Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Tennessee

1,172
foundations
$1.42B
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
299
say they accept unsolicited
$7,700
median grant

Grantlas lists 1,172 foundations based in Tennessee — 1,080 private foundations and 92 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $1.42 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 299 of them (26%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Nashville (303), Memphis (118) and Knoxville (110).

299 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Tennessee.

Top 25 of 1,172 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 274 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Tennessee
The Frist FoundationNashville, TN$20,000$58.2M$1,000–$23.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Bill Gatton FoundationBristol, TN$1.8M$27.1M$43,452–$13.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hca Healthcare FoundationNashville, TN$5,000$25.4M$1,000–$9.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Maclellan Foundation IncChattanooga, TN$9,500$21.5M$50–$4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Haslam 3 Foundation IncKnoxville, TN$200,000$21.4M$4,100–$6.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
First Horizon FoundationMemphis, TN$18.6M$18.6M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Jr Hyde III Family FoundationMemphis, TN$37,500$12.9M$50–$1.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Assisi Foundation of Memphis IncMemphis, TN$100,000$11.5M$2,050–$2.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Clayton Family FoundationKnoxville, TN$5,000$11.1M$500–$10MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Ayers Foundation TrustParsons, TN$25,000$10.8M$250–$5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Cal Turner Family Foundation IncNashville, TN$97,280$10.1M$2,880–$4MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Boyd FoundationKnoxville, TN$48,875$9.4M$500–$1.6MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Scarlett Family FoundationNashville, TN$13,019$9.2M$1,250–$443,700FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Joe C Davis FoundationNashville, TN$20,000$8.2M$500–$2.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Benwood Foundation IncChattanooga, TN$20,000$7.9M$1,000–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Formanek FoundationMemphis, TN$161,464$7.6M$20,000–$1.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lyndhurst Foundation IncChattanooga, TN$15,500$7M$30–$750,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Healing TrustNashville, TN$26,129$4.8M$100–$190,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Tucker FoundationOoltewah, TN$10,000$4.8M$99–$2.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Carolyn Smith FoundationHendersonville, TN$15,000$4.8M$328–$360,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Christy-Houston Foundation IncMurfreesboro, TN$49,750$4.2M$6,000–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Housing Affordability TrustNashville, TN$100,000$3.8M$985–$834,223FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Tractor Supply Company FoundationBrentwood, TN$250$3.8M$250–$331,750FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Tennessee Health Foundation IncChattanooga, TN$8,000$3.8M$306–$1.7MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
International Paper Company FoundationMemphis, TN$3,500$3.4M$500–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.