How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Tennessee?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Tennessee, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Tennessee?

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Tennessee, $61M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Tennessee?

$1.1B reached 804 education organizations in Tennessee, from 2,193 funders. 36% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Tennessee

$1.1B reached 804 education organizations in Tennessee, from 2,193 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.1B

granted

804

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

2,193 funders gave $1.1B to 804 education organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
36% of that came from funders also based in Tennessee; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Tennessee is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $61M.
The education organization drawing the most is Vanderbilt University, at $233M.

Largest funders of education in Tennessee

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

1Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$61M 2The Chicago Community Trust$44M 3Community Foundation$43M 4National Philanthropic Trust$43M 5Vanderbilt University Medical Center$38M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$32M 7Governors Rural Education$28M 8Christian Community Foundation Of$22M 9Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc$20M 10Cabin Road Foundation$20M

Education organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

794 other education organizations$592M

Vanderbilt University$233M Meharry Medical College$69M University of Memphis Foundation$49M Instruction Partners$45M

How to find education funders in Tennessee

1
Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to education in Tennessee are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, Community Foundation. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
64% of education money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Tennessee, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Chicago Community Trust, Community Foundation. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Tennessee?: Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to education organizations in Tennessee, $61M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Tennessee?: $1.1B reached 804 education organizations in Tennessee, from 2,193 funders. 36% 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.