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Ned R McWherter Charitable Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

125
grants reported
$985,581
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$3,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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  • City of Jackson - the Ned McWherter Performing Arts Center5 grants · $115,500
  • The Community Foundation of West Tennessee1 grant · $90,000
  • First Presbyterian Church3 grants · $70,000
  • The Jackson Symphony (Music Academy)2 grants · $60,000
  • The Community Foundation West Tennessee1 grant · $50,000
  • The Jackson Symphony2 grants · $37,500
  • Jackson Boys & Girls Club - Endowment Fund1 grant · $35,000
  • The Jackson Symphony - Endowment Fund1 grant · $35,000
  • The Star Center2 grants · $35,000
  • Tpac1 grant · $30,000

Giving over time

$236,750
2022
$178,450
2023
$279,170
2024
$291,211
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 125 grants.

  • $101,000

    City of Jackson - the Ned McWherter Performing Arts Center · Jackson, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $90,000

    The Community Foundation of West Tennessee · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $50,000

    The Community Foundation West Tennessee · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $35,000

    The Jackson Symphony · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $35,000

    Jackson Boys & Girls Club - Endowment Fund · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $35,000

    The Jackson Symphony - Endowment Fund · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $35,000

    The Jackson Symphony (Music Academy) · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $30,000

    The Star Center · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $30,000

    Tpac · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $26,500

    City of Dresden · Dresden, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $25,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $25,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $25,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $25,000

    Sultana Historical Preservation Society · Marion, AR · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $25,000

    The Jackson Symphony (Music Academy) · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $20,000

    First Presbyterian Church · Jackson, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $15,000

    Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $11,970

    Weakley County Library Board · Dresden, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Sunset Cemetery · Dresden, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Swan Ball 2025 · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Dresden First United Methodist Church · Dresden, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $10,000

    Open Eyes · Wheaton, IL · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $8,000

    Aspell Manor · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    Folds of Honor · Edmond, OK · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    Rifa · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    The Star Center · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    Sunset Cemetery · Dresden, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    City of Jackson - the Ned McWherter Performing Arts Center · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    Sunset Cemetery · Dresden, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $7,500

    William Clinton Foundation · Little Rock, AR · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $7,000

    Weakley County Library Board · Dresden, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Jackson Boys & Girls Club · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    West Tn Pbs · Martin, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Jackson Boys & Girls Club · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Rifa · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Swan Ball 2024 Underwriters - Cheekwood · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    The Star Center · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    City of Jackson - the Ned McWherter Performing Arts Center · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Jackson Boys & Girls Club · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $5,000

    Rifa · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $4,500

    Tennessee Ffa Foundation · Cookeville, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $4,500

    Tn Ffa Foundation · Cookeville, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Global Citizens Adventure Corps · Dresden, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Ned Ray McWherter Institute · Martin, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    The Dream Center · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Aspell Manor · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    The Dream Center · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    Aspell Manor · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $4,000

    The Dream Center · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $3,700

    Discovery Park of America · Union City, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,700

    Discovery Park · Union City, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $3,500

    Swan Ball 2025 Patron'S Party · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Crime Stoppers · Denmark, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Lucille McWherter Senior Center · Memphis, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    St John'S Community Service · Martin, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Weakley County Senior Center (Co City of Dresden) · Dresden, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Crime Stoppers · Denmark, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Swan Ball 2023 Underwriters · Nashville, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Crime Stoppers · Denmark, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $3,000

    Swan Ball 2022 Underwriters · Nashville, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Andrew Jackson Foundation · Hermitage, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    City of Jackson - the Ned · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Tennessee Ffa Foundation · Cookeville, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    The Jackson Symphony · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Volunteer State Horseman'S Foundation · Franklin, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Weststar - U T Martin · Martin, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Andrew Jackson Foundation · Hermitage, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Tennessee Ffa Foundation · Cookeville, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Andrew Jackson Foundation · Hermitage, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $2,500

    Andrew Jackson Foundation · Hermitage, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Belmont University · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Global Citizens Adventure Corps · Dresden, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Ned Ray McWherter Institute · Martin, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    Jackson Boys & Girls Club · Jackson, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $2,000

    The Jackson Symphony · Jackson, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $1,500

    City of Dresden · Dresden, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,500

    Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,500

    Miss Volunteer America Pageant · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,500

    City of Dresden · Dresden, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,500

    Miss Volunteer America Pageant · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,500

    St John'S Community Service · Martin, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,500

    City of Dresden · Dresden, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $1,500

    Ned R McWherter Museum · Dresden, TN · 2022

    Advertising

  • $1,300

    Tn Performing Arts Center Tpac Gala · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,250

    Dyer County School System · Dyersburg, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,250

    Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,250

    Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2023

    For general purposes

  • $1,250

    Lane College · Jackson, TN · 2022

    For general purposes

  • $1,211

    Weakley County Library Board · Dresden, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,200

    Tennessee Performing Arts Center Gala · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,000

    Room in the Inn · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,000

    Tn Center of Performance Excellence · Nashville, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,000

    West Tennessee Veterans Coalition · Jackson, TN · 2025

    For general purposes

  • $1,000

    City of Jackson - the Ned McWherter Performing Arts Center · Jackson, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,000

    Global Citizens Adventure Corps · Dresden, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,000

    James R Sasser Memorial Fund · Nashville, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

  • $1,000

    Lucille McWherter Senior Center · Memphis, TN · 2024

    For general purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.