How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Tennessee?

Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Tennessee, currently The Healing Trust, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.

How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Tennessee?

$28M reached 48 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Tennessee, from 245 funders. 39% came from funders also based in Tennessee.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Tennessee · Civil rights and advocacy

Who funds civil rights and advocacy in Tennessee

Tennessee's civil rights and advocacy organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$28M

granted

organizations

39%

from in-state

The short version

245 funders gave $28M to 48 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
39% of that came from funders also based in Tennessee; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of civil rights and advocacy in Tennessee is The Healing Trust, at $2M.
The civil rights and advocacy organization drawing the most is Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee, at $5M.

Largest funders of civil rights and advocacy in Tennessee

The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Tennessee, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Healing Trust$2M 2Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation$2M 3Community Foundation$1M 4The Kresge Foundation$1M 5National Federation of Independent$1M 6Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc$1M 7Wallace H Coulter Trust$1M 8United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$841k 9Sandler Foundation$700k 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$637k

Civil rights and advocacy organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

38 other civil rights and advocacy organizations$7M

Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee$5M The Equity Alliance$4M Civic Tn$3M New Memphis Institute$2M Christian Advocates Serving$1M One Generation Away$1M Tirrc Votes$1M

How to find civil rights and advocacy funders in Tennessee

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Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to civil rights and advocacy in Tennessee are The Healing Trust, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Community Foundation. A funder already writing civil rights and advocacy checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
61% of civil rights and advocacy money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national civil rights and advocacy funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a civil rights and advocacy nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to civil rights and advocacy in Tennessee, currently The Healing Trust, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the civil rights and advocacy organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest civil rights and advocacy funder in Tennessee?: The Healing Trust gives the most to civil rights and advocacy organizations in Tennessee, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to civil rights and advocacy in Tennessee?: $28M reached 48 civil rights and advocacy organizations in Tennessee, from 245 funders. 39% came from funders also based in Tennessee.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.