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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Tennessee, currently Oak Ridge Foundation, Baptist Memorial Health Care, Northwestern University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Tennessee?

Oak Ridge Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Tennessee, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Tennessee?

$5M reached 8 science organizations in Tennessee, from 17 funders. 83% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Tennessee

Funding is concentrated: Ut-Battelle Development Corporation alone draws 73% of every science grant dollar in Tennessee. One funder dominates the giving, Oak Ridge Foundation, at 64% of the total.

$5M

granted

organizations

83%

from in-state

The short version

17 funders gave $5M to 8 science organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
83% of that came from funders also based in Tennessee; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Tennessee is Oak Ridge Foundation, at $3M.
The science organization drawing the most is Ut-Battelle Development Corporation, at $3M.

Largest funders of science in Tennessee

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

1Oak Ridge Foundation$3M 2Baptist Memorial Health Care$557k 3Northwestern University$349k 4Vanderbilt University Medical Center$339k 5Northeastern University$100k 6The Minneapolis Foundation$85k 7Ocean Conservancy$80k 8Servant Foundation$59k 9Network for Good$43k 10Mayo Clinic Group Return$31k

Science organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

Ut-Battelle Development Corporation$3M Baptist Clinical Research Institute$926k

How to find science funders in Tennessee

1
Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to science in Tennessee are Oak Ridge Foundation, Baptist Memorial Health Care, Northwestern University. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
17% of science money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Tennessee, currently Oak Ridge Foundation, Baptist Memorial Health Care, Northwestern University. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Tennessee?: Oak Ridge Foundation gives the most to science organizations in Tennessee, $3M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Tennessee?: $5M reached 8 science organizations in Tennessee, from 17 funders. 83% 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.