Arts & Culture grants for nonprofits in Tennessee
507 private foundations reported 1,446 arts & culture grants to organizations in Tennessee on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $65.1M in all. 229 of them are based in Tennessee.
Foundations507
Grants on record1,446
Total granted$65.1M
Their typical grant$6,000
Foundations that fund arts & culture in Tennessee
20 of the 507: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of arts & culture grants to Tennessee organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Focus Press Inc, Franklin - General support$724
- Creativets, Nashville - General support$564
- Mount Juliet Band Boosters Club Inc, Mount Juliet - General support$543
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Gave $12.9M in 2024
Jr Hyde III Family Foundation
Memphis, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis - General operating support / support for the bridge fund$1,700,000
- Ballet Memphis, Memphis - General operating support$345,500
- Memphis Fourth Estate Inc, Memphis - General operating support$200,200
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Gave $52.5M in 2024
Publix Super Markets Charities Inc
Lakeland, FL · latest return: tax year 2024- Creative Discovery Museum, Chattanooga - Organization's charitable purpose$12,500
- Adventure Science Center Nashville, Nashville - Organization's charitable purpose$10,000
- Nashville Ballet, Nashville - Organization's charitable purpose$10,000
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Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc
Little Rock, AR · latest return: tax year 2025- Metal Museum, Memphis - Art & culture$3,007,347
- Metal Museum, Memphis - Art & culture$3,005,525
- Metal Museum, Memphis - Art & culture$2,480,447
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Gave $25.4M in 2024
Hca Healthcare Foundation
Nashville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Frist Art Museum, Nashville - Operational funding request$300,000
- Nashville Repertory Theatre Inc, Nashville - Operational funding request$35,000
- Nashville Opera Association, Nashville - Operational funding request$30,000
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Gave $58.2M in 2024
The Frist Foundation
Nashville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Frist Art Museum, Nashville - Annual operating gift$6,452,457
- Frist Art Museum, Nashville - Capital support$1,100,000
- Frist Art Museum, Nashville - Annual operating gift$115,881
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Dettwiller Foundation
Nashville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Centennial Park Conservancy, Nashville - General fund$150,000
- Nashville Public Radio, Nashville - General fund$60,000
- Nashville Ballet, Nashville - General fund$50,000
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Gave $11.1M in 2024
The Clayton Family Foundation
Knoxville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Knoxville Science Museum, Knoxville - Site demolition for new building$270,000
- Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville - Art museum & education$100,000
- Muse Knoxville, Knoxville - Muse pop summer program$50,000
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Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation
Knoxville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Knoxville Symphony Society Inc, Knoxville - General operating support$12,500
- Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville - General operating support$10,000
- Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville - Summer soiree$5,000
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Gave $42M in 2024
The Shubert Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Circuit Playhouse Inc, Memphis - General operating support for theatrical productions and activities$100,000
- Nashville Ballet, Nashville - General operating support for dance productions and activities$100,000
- Nashville Repertory Theatre Inc, Nashville - General operating support for theatrical productions and activities$75,000
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Gave $9.4M in 2024
The Boyd Foundation
Knoxville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Big Ears Festival, Knoxville - To collaborate with artists, audiences, and communities to create joyful, meaningful, and transcendent…$300,000
- Muse Knoxville, Knoxville - To inspire and empower all children thorugh transformative learning experiences.$250,000
- Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg - To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.$80,730
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Art Bridges Inc
Fort Worth, TX · latest return: tax year 2024- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis - To support art sharing and community engagement programs$234,986
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis - To support fellows and internship programs$67,150
- Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga - To support exhibition hosting costs and to support programs that create transformative experiences connecting…$57,100
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Gave $21.5M in 2024
The Maclellan Foundation Inc
Chattanooga, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Gospel Music Association, Franklin - For general operating support.$50,000
- Partners for Christian Media Inc, Chattanooga - For outreach to families.$25,000
- Faith Co-Op, Chattanooga - For holistic community outreach and development.$15,000
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Edward Jones Foundation
St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024- Charger Foundation Inc, Martin - Arts, culture and humanities$2,000
- Jackson Arts Council, Jackson - Arts, culture and humanities$423
- The Marshall County Community Theatre Inc, Lewisburg - Arts, culture and humanities$300
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The Robert E & Jenny D Kirkland Foundation
Union City, TN · latest return: tax year 2024- Discovery Park of America, Union City - Education$8,664,085
- Nashville Symphony, Nashville - Entertain & educate audiences through varied engagement with orchestrial music$3,000
- Masquerade Theater, Union City - Quality art through live performance$2,000
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Gave $418K in 2024
Les Paul Foundation
Syosset, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Soulsville Foundation, Memphis - Music programs$30,000
- Musicians on Call, Nashville - Virtual bedside performance program$25,000
- Country Music Foundation, Nashville - Supporting funds for music programs$7,500
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The Pfizer Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Musicians on Call Inc, Nashville - Matching gifts$1,160
- Cazateatro Bilingualtheater Group, Memphis - Matching gifts$200
- Mid-South Public Communications Foundation, Cordova - Volunteer program$200
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Gave $555M in 2024
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Tennessee Higher Education Initiative Inc, Nashville - To support the tennessee arts & humanities initiative$1,000,000
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville - To support capacity and programming at the engine for art, democracy, and justice$600,000
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc, Memphis - To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers…$500,000
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Gave $3.9B in 2025
Lilly Endowment Inc
Indianapolis, IN · latest return: tax year 2025- Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Fdn, Memphis - Religion & cultural inst initiative$2,500,000
- National Museum of African-Am Music, Nashville - Religion & cultural inst initiative$2,500,000
- Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Fdn, Memphis - Religion & cultural inst initiative$99,828
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Gave $844.7M in 2024
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc, Memphis - General support$200,000
- Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Core support for the engine for art, democracy and justice project, a collaborative civic engagement…$150,000
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Tennessee organizations that received arts & culture grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Frist Art Museum Nashville | 7 | $8,042,356 |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Memphis | 6 | $2,839,102 |
| Nashville Repertory Theatre Nashville | 5 | $132,612 |
| Nashville Ballet Nashville | 4 | $160,146 |
| Knoxville Museum of Art Knoxville | 4 | $120,029 |
| Musicians on Call Inc Nashville | 4 | $36,528 |
| Ballet Memphis Corporation Memphis | 3 | $385,528 |
| Muse Knoxville Knoxville | 3 | $300,069 |
| Hattiloo Theatre Memphis | 3 | $150,109 |
| Nashville Public Radio Nashville | 3 | $85,222 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Tennessee that we classify as arts & culture, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 507 foundations, 191 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.