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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Tennessee, currently American Lebanese Syrian Associated, Vanderbilt University, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Tennessee?

American Lebanese Syrian Associated gives the most to health organizations in Tennessee, $2.5B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Tennessee?

$3.3B reached 275 health organizations in Tennessee, from 3,211 funders. 85% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Tennessee

Funding is concentrated: St Jude Children's Research Hospital alone draws 85% of every health grant dollar in Tennessee. One funder dominates the giving, American Lebanese Syrian Associated, at 74% of the total.

$3.3B

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275

organizations

85%

from in-state

The short version

3,211 funders gave $3.3B to 275 health organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
85% of that came from funders also based in Tennessee; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Tennessee is American Lebanese Syrian Associated, at $2.5B.
The health organization drawing the most is St Jude Children's Research Hospital, at $2.8B.

Largest funders of health in Tennessee

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

1American Lebanese Syrian Associated$2.5B 2Vanderbilt University$77M 3American Online Giving Foundation Inc$69M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$53M 5Clarksville Volunteer Health Inc$38M 6Community Foundation$38M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$32M 8Ballad Health Foundation$22M 9The Blackbaud Giving Fund$22M 10Memphis Medical Center Air Ambulance Services Inc$16M

Health organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

St Jude Children's Research Hospital$2.8B

How to find health funders in Tennessee

1
Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to health in Tennessee are American Lebanese Syrian Associated, Vanderbilt University, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
15% of health money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national health funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Tennessee, currently American Lebanese Syrian Associated, Vanderbilt University, American Online Giving Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Tennessee?: American Lebanese Syrian Associated gives the most to health organizations in Tennessee, $2.5B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Tennessee?: $3.3B reached 275 health organizations in Tennessee, from 3,211 funders. 85% 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.