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Health grants for nonprofits in Tennessee

2,284 private foundations reported 3,150 health grants to organizations in Tennessee on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $90.7M in all. 233 of them are based in Tennessee.

Foundations2,284
Grants on record3,150
Total granted$90.7M
Their typical grant$4,000

Foundations that fund health in Tennessee

20 of the 2,284: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of health grants to Tennessee organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.

  • Amazonsmile Foundation

    Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023
    Invitation Only
    Health grants in TN 277 Total there $2.3M Typical grant $57 Preselected recipients only
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - General support$2,295,961
    • Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Greater Chattanooga Inc, Chattanooga - General support$1,508
    • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville - General support$1,341

  • Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc

    Radnor, PA · latest return: tax year 2025
    Gave $8.8M in 2025
    Health grants in TN 52 Total there $4,559 Typical grant $100 Describes how to apply
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gifts$300
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gifts$250
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gifts$250

  • Edward Jones Foundation

    St Louis, MO · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Health grants in TN 23 Total there $36K Typical grant $300 Preselected recipients only
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Health - general and rehabilitative$15,487
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc, Memphis - Health/Human services$7,250
    • Mcminn County Emergency and Rescue Squad Inc, Athens - Emergency medical services & transport$5,000

  • Pentair Foundation

    Golden Valley, MN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $1.2M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 18 Total there $939 Typical grant $100 Describes how to apply
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc, Memphis - Matching Gift$150
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc, Memphis - Matching Gift$125
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc, Memphis - Matching Gift$100

  • Hca Healthcare Foundation

    Nashville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $25.4M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 14 Total there $468K Typical grant $20,000 Describes how to apply
    • Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee, Nashville - Capital funding request$140,000
    • Faith Family Medical Center, Nashville - Operational funding request$75,000
    • Charis Health Center, Mt Juliet - Operational funding request$50,000

  • Regal Foundation

    Knoxville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $3M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 10 Total there $475K Typical grant $679 Describes how to apply
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Health$363,092
    • Fort Sanders Foundation, Knoxville - Health$30,000
    • Helen Ross Mcnabb Foundation, Knoxville - Health$25,000

  • The Pfizer Foundation Inc

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Health grants in TN 10 Total there $113K Typical grant $200 Preselected recipients only
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gifts$96,302
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Volunteer program$15,621
    • Noahbrave Foundation, Franklin - Matching gifts$200

  • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

    Princeton, NJ · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $622.6M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 7 Total there $1.1M Typical grant $46,950 Describes how to apply
    • Meharry Medical College, Nashville - Training and placing climate and health fellows in city government to enhance local capacity for addressing…$390,000
    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Advancing a decolonizing agenda to address health inequities and help build global and local u.s. solutions$333,283
    • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville - Understanding how anti-displacement housing redevelopment impacts the social cohesion and health outcomes of…$157,867

  • The Frist Foundation

    Nashville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $58.2M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 6 Total there $197K Typical grant $20,000 Describes how to apply
    • The Heimerdinger Foundation, Nashville - Capital needs ($100,000) and consulting support ($25,000)$125,000
    • Village at Glencliff, Nashville - Support for staff and board development, strategic planning and hospital partnerships$25,000
    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Support for department of medicine health and society directed by lauren ingram$20,000

  • International Paper Company Foundation

    Memphis, TN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $3.4M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 6 Total there $131K Typical grant $3,500 Describes how to apply
    • Special Kids Inc, Murfreesboro - Outpatient pediatric speech therapy$2,500

  • Conrad N Hilton Foundation

    Westlake Village, CA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $287.7M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 6 Total there $6,650 Typical grant $76,000 Describes how to apply
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc, Memphis - For general operating support$1,650
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc, Memphis - For general operating support$1,000
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc, Memphis - For general operating support$1,000

  • The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Health grants in TN 5 Total there $1.3M Typical grant $394,365 Preselected recipients only
    • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville - Expansion of pancreatlas connectivity platform and phenotyping of handel samples by cutting-edge single cell…$364,886
    • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville - Screening human islets to identify small molecules enhancing glucagon secretion under hypoglycemia$330,000
    • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville - Defining molecular mechanisms of cell dysfunction in type 1 diabetes to develop new approaches to prevent…$275,000

  • The Ford Foundation

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $844.7M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 5 Total there $9,975 Typical grant $104,795 Describes how to apply
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gift$4,500
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gift$4,500
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gift$375

  • Bnsf Railway Foundation

    Fort Worth, TX · latest return: tax year 2025
    Gave $7M in 2025
    Health grants in TN 5 Total there $7,100 Typical grant $2,500 Describes how to apply
    • Mid-South Food Bank, Memphis - Health & human services$5,000
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gifts 1$1,200
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Matching gifts 1$600

  • Wellcome Leap Inc

    San Diego, CA · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Health grants in TN 4 Total there $3.8M Typical grant $687,262 Preselected recipients only
    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Global health research$1,809,618
    • Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Global health research$1,557,912
    • University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Global health research$411,627

  • Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation

    Knoxville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Health grants in TN 4 Total there $186K Typical grant $10,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Interfaith Health Center, Knoxville - General operating support$100,000
    • Free Medical Clinic of America, Knoxville - East knoxville health clinic for the uninsured - 2nd location$80,000
    • Hope Resource Center, Knoxville - General operating support$3,000

  • Dettwiller Foundation

    Nashville, TN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Invitation Only
    Health grants in TN 4 Total there $155K Typical grant $25,000 Preselected recipients only
    • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville - General fund$100,000
    • Heimerdinger Foundation, Nashville - General fund$25,000
    • Saddle Up, Franklin - General fund$20,000

  • Jpmorgan Chase Foundation

    New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025
    Invitation Only
    Health grants in TN 4 Total there $117K Typical grant $600 Preselected recipients only
    • St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc, Memphis - Matching contribution (general operating support)$114,022
    • Special Spaces Inc, Knoxville - Matching contribution (general operating support)$2,650
    • Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville - Matching contribution (general operating support)$500

  • The Maclellan Foundation Inc

    Chattanooga, TN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $21.5M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 4 Total there $92K Typical grant $9,500 Describes how to apply
    • First Things First Inc, Chattanooga - For outreach to families.$37,500
    • First Things First Inc, Chattanooga - For outreach to families.$37,500
    • Lifespring Community Health, Chattanooga - For building organizational capacity.$10,000

  • Jr Hyde III Family Foundation

    Memphis, TN · latest return: tax year 2024
    Gave $12.9M in 2024
    Health grants in TN 4 Total there $11K Typical grant $37,500 Describes how to apply
    • Southern Reins Ctr for Equine Therapy, Collierville - General operating support$5,500
    • St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - General operating support$3,890
    • Alpha Omega Veterans Services, Memphis - Support for allmemphis foundational literacy community cohort$1,000

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Organizations several of these foundations fund

Tennessee organizations that received health grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.

OrganizationFundersGrants total
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis
14$2,984,184
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville
5$1,554,998
The Heimerdinger Foundation
Nashville
4$167,139
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
3$3,808,261
Saddle Up
Franklin
3$25,435
Hope Resource Center
Knoxville
3$3,874
Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee
Nashville
2$180,528
First Things First Inc
Chattanooga
2$75,029
Charis Health Center
Mt Juliet
2$50,109
Medical Foundation of Nashville
Nashville
2$50,044

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 health, 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 2,284 foundations, 545 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.