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Tennessee private foundations

There are 2,071 private foundations in Tennessee. Combined, these Tennessean private foundations employ 203 people, earn more than $2 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $10 billion.
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Types of private foundations in Tennessee

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Private foundations
 
2,071
 
$2,334,326,881
Corporate foundations
 
33
 
$93,866,193
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Private foundations by major Tennessee cities

Metro areaNonprofitsRevenues
Nashville
 
865
 
$664,520,814
Memphis
 
368
 
$345,543,293
Knoxville
 
264
 
$431,118,857
Chattanooga
 
160
 
$112,731,370
Johnson City
 
50
 
$1,886,102
Kingsport
 
40
 
$690,465,827
Jackson, TN
 
34
 
$9,112,774
Clarksville
 
29
 
$554,621
Cleveland, TN
 
26
 
$11,582,728
Morristown
 
22
 
$3,578,289
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Sizes of private foundations in Tennessee

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
1,065
$250k to $1M
 
212
$1M to $5M
 
126
$5M to $25M
 
41
$25M to $100M
 
13
$100M+
 
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Directory of private foundations in Tennessee

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1-20 of 2,071

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)

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)

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)

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)

The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation

The Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation is a private foundation that primarily funds general operating expenses. In recent years, it has made a number of grants to various charities, including the University of Memphis Foundation.
Revenue
$7.7m
Assets
$39.8m
Employees
2
EIN
62-6046687
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)

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)

Sunshine Lady Foundation

To invest in organizations and programs dedicated to providing opportunities for the advancement of education, well being and new life choices for disadvantaged people with special empathy for the working poor and families in crisis.
Revenue
$13.7m
Assets
$20.2m
Employees
0
EIN
56-1977987
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)

The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland

The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland is a private foundation in Franklin, TN whose mission is: The Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland made 61 grants last year.
Revenue
$8.7m
Assets
$126.2m
Employees
4
EIN
82-3829140
IRS type
501(c)(3)

JR Hyde Iii Family Foundation

The J R Hyde III Family Foundation is a private foundation located in Memphis, TN. It made $17,000,778 in annual grants last year and has total assets of $178,358,886.
Revenue
$31.5m
Assets
$248.2m
Employees
13
EIN
62-1512725
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Day Foundation

The Day Foundation is a private foundation located in Memphis, TN. Last year, the foundation made 29 grants, and its grantees include Youth Villages. The foundation's trustees are J Richard Buchignani, William G Griesbeck, and C Thomas Whitman.
Revenue
$28.0m
Assets
$151.8m
Employees
3
EIN
64-6025122
IRS type
501(c)(3)

First Horizon Foundation

The First Horizon Foundation is a private foundation located in Memphis, TN that gave $8,372,098 in grants last year. It has $39,025,437 in assets.
Revenue
$62.2m
Assets
$62.5m
Employees
0
EIN
62-1533987
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation

Incorporated in June of 1945 by Robert J. Maclellan, his son Robert L. Maclellan, and his sister Dora Maclellan Brown, the Maclellan Foundation has served the evangelical and Chattanooga communities for over sixty years.
Revenue
$7.7m
Assets
$56.0m
Employees
4
EIN
23-7159802
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund

To honor the legacy of Dan and Margaret Maddox by making positive differences in the lives of young people and promoting the conservation of wildlife habitats.
Revenue
$6.3m
Assets
$44.6m
Employees
2
EIN
23-7017790
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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