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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Tennessee, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Community Foundation, The Martin Family Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.

Who is the largest employment funder in Tennessee?

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund gives the most to employment organizations in Tennessee, $30M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Tennessee?

$61M reached 46 employment organizations in Tennessee, from 150 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Tennessee

Funding is concentrated: Southeast Community Capital Corporation alone draws 51% of every employment grant dollar in Tennessee. One funder dominates the giving, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, at 49% of the total.

$61M

granted

organizations

36%

from in-state

The short version

150 funders gave $61M to 46 employment 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 employment in Tennessee is Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, at $30M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Southeast Community Capital Corporation, at $31M.

Largest funders of employment in Tennessee

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

1Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$30M 2Community Foundation$7M 3The Martin Family Foundation Inc$4M 4Family & Children's Service$3M 5United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc$2M 6Lions Volunteer Blind Industries Inc$2M 7United Association of Journeymen &$1M 8Center for Workforce Inclusion Inc$1M 9National Council on Aging Inc$1M 10Christian Community Foundation Of$787k

Employment organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

Southeast Community Capital Corporation$31M My City Rides$8M Goodwill Industries of Middle TN Inc$5M

36 other employment organizations$5M

The Collective Blueprint$3M

How to find employment funders in Tennessee

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Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to employment in Tennessee are Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Community Foundation, The Martin Family Foundation Inc. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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 employment money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Tennessee, currently Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund, Community Foundation, The Martin Family Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Tennessee?: Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund gives the most to employment organizations in Tennessee, $30M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Tennessee?: $61M reached 46 employment organizations in Tennessee, from 150 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.