Browse grantmakers · Tennessee
Research funders based in Tennessee
515 grantmakers headquartered in Tennessee have substantial grant records in IRS filings, private foundations and grantmaking charities both. Headquarters is not reach — most also give beyond the state, and the search can filter by where the money went instead.
The biggest, by total giving
- Community Foundation · Memphis3,092 grants · $495.0M
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville1,034 grants · $450.8M
- Vanderbilt University · Nashville726 grants · $282.6M
- Christian Community Foundation of · Memphis1,826 grants · $273.0M
- The Community Foundation of Middle · Nashville5,093 grants · $209.7M
- The Frist Foundation · Nashville567 grants · $110.6M
- Chattanooga Christian Community · Chattanooga1,572 grants · $98.9M
- United Way of Middle Tennessee · Nashville1,093 grants · $86.8M
- The Maclellan Foundation · Chattanooga1,072 grants · $82.6M
- Hca Healthcare Foundation · Nashville2,734 grants · $68.6M
- The Community Foundation of Greater · Chattanooga1,979 grants · $65.8M
- The Haslam 3 Foundation · Knoxville93 grants · $64.4M
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Grants in Tennessee, by research topic
Topics where funders have a real record of paying for work in Tennessee.
- college access and success$29.4M
- higher education access$29.2M
- conservation and biodiversity$17.0M
- cancer research$12.0M
- mental health$10.9M
- math and science education$10.8M
- pediatric cancer$10.8M
- music education$10.7M
- renewable energy$9.2M
- HIV/AIDS$9.1M
- student-athlete mental health$8.2M
- housing and homelessness$6.0M
- democracy and civic engagement$5.8M
- palliative and hospice care$5.4M
- domestic violence$5.0M
- health disparities$3.7M
- early childhood education$3.6M
- women's health$2.6M
- literacy$2.6M
- criminal justice reform$2.5M
- workforce development$2.5M
- primary care access$2.4M