Private foundations · 990-PF data

Foundations accepting grant applications in Tennessee

195
foundations
$114.4M
grants paid, FY2022–FY2025
$5,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 195 private foundations based in Tennessee whose latest 990-PF says they accept unsolicited requests, from filings for FY2022–FY2025. Together they paid out $114.4 million in grants in their latest filing year. The most common cities are Nashville (38), Knoxville (25) and Memphis (23).

“Accepts unsolicited requests” is a box the foundation ticked on its 990-PF — not a promise to read your letter. Check the foundation’s own site before you write.

See all 790 foundations in Tennessee, including the ones that give by invitation only.

Top 25 of 195 foundations

Ranked by how many grants they made last year, most first. Another 170 are not shown.

Foundations accepting grant applications in Tennessee
Tractor Supply Company FoundationBrentwood, TN1,723$250$3.8M$250–$331,750FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Dollar General Employee AssistanceGoodletsville, TN1,306$2,000$1.7M$32–$6,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Gibson Gives FoundationNashville, TN320$4,000$2.5M$290–$343,057FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Ike Nizam Foundation IncBrentwood, TN215$1,782$697,667$100–$33,115FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Carolyn Smith FoundationHendersonville, TN165$15,000$4.8M$328–$225,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Tennessee Titans FoundationNashville, TN132$2,500$2.1M$500–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Joe C Davis FoundationNashville, TN108$20,000$8.2M$500–$2.8MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Louisiana-Pacific FoundationNashville, TN107$1,500$616,229$10–$100,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Stowers Machinery Foundation IncKnoxville, TN106$2,500$1M$200–$100,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Louie M & Betty M Phillips FoundatnNashville, TN87$5,000$405,500$1,000–$25,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Lawson Family FoundationKnoxville, TN86$10,000$2.4M$1,000–$500,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Weldon F Osborne Foundation IncChattanooga, TN83$10,000$1.4M$500–$100,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
George R Johnson Family FoundationCleveland, TN72$15,000$1.9M$2,000–$180,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Grace Foundation of Memphis IncMemphis, TN63$10,000$3M$100–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Boyd FoundationKnoxville, TN60$48,875$9.4M$500–$1.6MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Stegall Charitable EducationalMurfreesboro, TN55$1,000$85,000$1,000–$3,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Kemmons Wilson Family FoundationMemphis, TN54$17,500$1.9M$1,000–$650,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Richard Siegel FoundationFranklin, TN54$2,500$213,830$1,093–$10,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Morris Family FoundationNashville, TN54$500$120,900$100–$17,250FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Rich FoundationNashville, TN53$1,000$150,000$100–$50,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ma Rikard Charitable TrustNashville, TN52$4,000$357,000$200–$65,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ronald C Hart Family FoundationChattanooga, TN51$1,000$97,955$200–$12,500FY2023Locked: fit score and contacts
The Assisi Foundation of Memphis IncMemphis, TN46$100,000$11.5M$2,050–$2.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
M Stratton Foster CharitableNashville, TN45$5,000$290,000$1,000–$20,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Clarke Charitable FoundationBristol, TN43$1,000$144,870$50–$27,000FY2024Locked: 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 filings, FY2022–FY2025. Updated September 27, 2026.