Grants and funding in Tennessee

9,496 foundations reported granting into Tennessee on their most recent IRS filings: 27,565 itemized grants worth $4B between them. On top of that, 16 live grant programs and 63 contract opportunities are specific to Tennessee, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state

9,496

of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file

in itemized grants into the state

$4B

across 27,565 grants on IRS filings

live grants specific to Tennessee

16

of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide

community lenders serving the state

45

of 483 CDFIs on file

Who gives the most into Tennessee

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Tennessee on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 9,496 above filtered to funders that accept applications.

Who the Tennessee-specific grants are for

Of the 16 live grant programs specific to Tennessee, here is who the announcements name. 9 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.

Wherever you sit, nonprofits, cities and towns, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.

The lenders almost nobody checks

45 community development lenders serve Tennessee: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Communities Unlimited, Inc., Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.