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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Tennessee, currently Vanderbilt University Medical Center, The Urban Child Institute, University of Pittsburgh. 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?

Vanderbilt University Medical Center gives the most to science organizations in Tennessee, $106M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Tennessee?

$140M reached 40 science organizations in Tennessee, from 116 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: Vanderbilt University alone draws 89% of every science grant dollar in Tennessee. One funder dominates the giving, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, at 75% of the total.

$140M

granted

organizations

83%

from in-state

The short version

116 funders gave $140M to 40 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 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, at $106M.
The science organization drawing the most is Vanderbilt University, at $124M.

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.

1Vanderbilt University Medical Center$106M 2The Urban Child Institute$4M 3University of Pittsburgh$4M 4Emory University$3M 5Oak Ridge Foundation$3M 6American Cancer Society Inc$2M 7J Craig Venter Institute$1M 8Hca Healthcare Foundation$1M 9Research Foundation of the City University of New York$1M 10Donors Trust Inc$995k

Science organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

Vanderbilt University$124M

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 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, The Urban Child Institute, University of Pittsburgh. 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 Vanderbilt University Medical Center, The Urban Child Institute, University of Pittsburgh. 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?: Vanderbilt University Medical Center gives the most to science organizations in Tennessee, $106M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Tennessee?: $140M reached 40 science organizations in Tennessee, from 116 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

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

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.