How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Tennessee?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Tennessee, currently Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc, Nashville District Management Corp Inc, Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development 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 community development in Tennessee?

$192M reached 213 community development organizations in Tennessee, from 386 funders. 86% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Tennessee

Funding is concentrated: Goodwill Foundation of Middle Tennessee alone draws 47% of every community development grant dollar in Tennessee. One funder dominates the giving, Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc, at 47% of the total.

$192M

granted

213

organizations

86%

from in-state

The short version

386 funders gave $192M to 213 community development organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
86% of that came from funders also based in Tennessee; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Tennessee is Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc, at $90M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Goodwill Foundation of Middle Tennessee, at $90M.

Largest funders of community development in Tennessee

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

1Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc$90M 2Nashville District Management Corp Inc$21M 3Community Foundation$9M 4United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$4M 5Upper East Tennessee Human$4M 6Tucker Foundation$3M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 8National Rural Water Association$3M 9Tennessee Technology Development Corp$3M 10Formanek Foundation$2M

Community development organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

Goodwill Foundation of Middle Tennessee$90M

203 other community development organizations$51M

Nashville Downtown Partnership$21M

How to find community development funders in Tennessee

1
Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to community development in Tennessee are Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc, Nashville District Management Corp Inc, Community Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
Most community development money here is local, so focus on Tennessee funders first before widening the search.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Tennessee, currently Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc, Nashville District Management Corp Inc, Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Tennessee?: Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc gives the most to community development organizations in Tennessee, $90M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Tennessee?: $192M reached 213 community development organizations in Tennessee, from 386 funders. 86% 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

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The DAF merry-go-round

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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.