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Tennessee foundations

There are 2,809 foundations and grantmaking organizations in Tennessee. Combined, these Tennessean foundations employ 2,205 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $15 billion.
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Types of foundations in Tennessee

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
2,069
 
$2,336,443,817
Grantmaking public charity foundations
 
322
 
$963,981,077
Organizations supporting multiple foundations
 
86
 
$7,152,064
Community foundations
 
73
 
$478,773,425
Corporate foundations
 
33
 
$93,862,638
Organizations supporting a single foundation
 
16
 
$30,677,684
Foundation alliances and advocates
 
14
 
$3,230,960
Foundation professional societies
 
4
 
$218,194
Foundation technical and management assistance providers
 
2
 
$71,520
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Foundations by major Tennessee cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Nashville
 
1,143
 
$1,029,046,597
Memphis
 
502
 
$732,313,613
Knoxville
 
351
 
$518,454,402
Chattanooga
 
216
 
$368,047,924
Johnson City
 
68
 
$13,360,435
Kingsport
 
56
 
$695,050,956
Clarksville
 
50
 
$1,941,064
Jackson, TN
 
44
 
$9,021,187
Cleveland, TN
 
42
 
$18,953,108
Morristown
 
31
 
$4,910,187
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Job trends for Tennessee foundations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
1,444
1-10
 
119
11-25
 
18
26-100
 
7
101 to 1,000
 
3
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of foundations in Tennessee

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
1,224
$250k to $1M
 
260
$1M to $5M
 
164
$5M to $25M
 
57
$25M to $100M
 
20
$100M+
 
7
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Directory of foundations in Tennessee

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The Melkus Family Foundation

The Melkus Family Foundation is a private foundation that made $3,630,204 in annual grants last year and currently has $39,354,444 in total assets.
Revenue
$29.8m
Assets
$63.9m
Employees
1
EIN
62-1518285
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Bill Gatton Foundation

The Bill Gatton Foundation is a private foundation located in Bristol, TN. The Foundation's trustees are Frank Winston and Danny L. Dunn. The Foundation awards annual grants totaling approximately $5,230,000.
Revenue
$664.2m
Assets
$876.4m
Employees
2
EIN
62-1266284
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Housing Affordability Trust

Housing Affordability Trust provides financial support for housing and essential services to charities, empowering families and building healthy communities.
Revenue
$14.3m
Assets
$57.1m
Employees
1
EIN
46-1003393
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fleetwood Foundation

The Fleetwood Foundation is a private foundation located in Memphis, TN. Last year, it awarded $1,560,000 in grants. It has $38,924,318 in total assets.
Revenue
$5.6m
Assets
$45.2m
Employees
0
EIN
27-5486698
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Scarlett Family Foundation

The Scarlett Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Nashville, TN. Last year, it made 328 grants. Its trustees are Tara Anne Scarlett, Dorothy F Scarlett, and Joseph H Scarlett JR. Grantees include New Venture Fund.
Revenue
$86.8m
Assets
$240.3m
Employees
1
EIN
20-1980932
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Aspire Foundation

Aspire Foundation is a private foundation in Clinton, TN whose mission is: The Aspire Foundation made a grant to the McClung Museum of National History last year.
Revenue
$20.4m
Assets
$85.3m
Employees
0
EIN
83-4048199
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Niswonger Foundation

The Niswonger Foundation is a nonprofit family foundation based in Greeneville, TN, focused on improving literacy and mathematics for students in grades 1-8 through its high-dosage/low ratio tutoring program called Project on Track.
Revenue
$16.3m
Assets
$25.1m
Employees
7
EIN
62-1871605
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated

BVI provides funding for charitable initiatives and STEM education, manages related organizations, and supports robotics competitions in the Tennessee Valley.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$26.7m
Employees
19
EIN
62-1204440
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lane Motor Museum

The Lane Motor Museum is a private foundation that collects and preserves automobiles built from 1940-1990. The museum contains unique and oddball vehicles as well as more common ones, and is located in Nashville, Tennessee.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$17.3m
Employees
6
EIN
26-0056922
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee brings good people and good causes together to help ensure both the excellent stewardship of donor funds and the wise investment of grants in the 40 counties of Middle Tennessee we serve.
Revenue
$169.7m
Assets
$683.0m
Employees
56
EIN
62-1471789
IRS type
501(c)(3)

G Harbaugh Foundation

The G Harbaugh Foundation is a private foundation located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The foundation made 49 grants last year to various organizations, including the Social Impact Fund. The trustee of the foundation is Joseph Balla.
Revenue
$7.1m
Assets
$60.3m
Employees
1
EIN
81-3762345
IRS type
501(c)(3)

East Tennessee Foundation (ETF)

East Tennessee Foundation's mission is to build charitable resources to make communities stronger and lives better through thoughtful giving.
Revenue
$19.8m
Assets
$255.7m
Employees
24
EIN
62-0807696
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Rucker-Donnell Foundation

The Rucker-Donnell Foundation is a private foundation located in Murfreesboro, TN that primarily funds charitable gifts. The grantees of the foundation include Redeemer Classical Academy and others. Last year, the foundation made seven grants.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$11.3m
Employees
0
EIN
62-1856912
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Christian Community Foundation of Memphis

Christian foundation that serves donors in the Mid-South by recommending grants to various secular, educational, and Christian charitable organizations.
Revenue
$112.2m
Assets
$218.6m
Employees
4
EIN
62-1752885
IRS type
501(c)(3)

United Way of Greater Nashville (UWGN)

United Way of Metropolitan Nashville manages two federal grants that come through the State of Tennessee's Department of Health - one from the Ryan White CARE Act and the other from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Revenue
$46.2m
Assets
$70.3m
Employees
160
EIN
62-0533104
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Generosity Trust

The Generosity Trust empowers Christian Giving through training churches, tuition for seminary student and tools to re-engage Christians with the joy of generosity.
Revenue
$35.7m
Assets
$111.4m
Employees
10
EIN
62-1536731
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis is a grantmaking foundation that administers more than 900 charitable funds. Founded in 1969, the foundation is among the 50 largest of more than 600 community foundations in the United States.
Revenue
$110.8m
Assets
$908.7m
Employees
19
EIN
58-1723645
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Speer Foundation

The Speer Foundation is a private foundation located in Odessa, FL that primarily funds operating support. Last year, the Speer Foundation made 57 grants to grantees including First Baptist Church of Elfers and others.
Revenue
$8.4m
Assets
$131.2m
Employees
5
EIN
81-6922938
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Robert E and Jenny D Kirkland Foundation

The Robert E and Jenny D Kirkland Foundation supports low-income housing, education, water solutions, and scholarships, serving Union City, TN and beyond.
Revenue
$16.9m
Assets
$285.4m
Employees
11
EIN
13-4228589
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Community Foundation of Cleveland and Bradley County

Connects philanthropic resources with local needs, building endowments and facilitating charitable giving to improve quality of life in Cleveland and Bradley County.
Revenue
$5.2m
Assets
$13.7m
Employees
2
EIN
26-2101084
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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