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Who funds youth development in Tennessee

Youth development funding in Tennessee is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall leads, and the money reaches 453 groups.

$511M
granted
453
organizations
65%
from in-state

The short version

Largest funders of youth development in Tennessee

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

1Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee$60M2Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc$39M3The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc$18M4Boys & Girls Clubs of America$18M5Christian Community Foundation of Memphis$17M6Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Group Return)$17M7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$15M8East Tennessee Foundation$14M9United Way of Greater Knoxvilleinc$11M10Blue Meridian Partners Inc$10M

Youth development organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

443 other youth development organizations$285M
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Vall$47MEmerald Youth Foundation$43MSeeding Success$31MBridges USA Inc$19M

How to find youth development funders in Tennessee

  1. 1
    Start with the funders already active in Tennessee

    The funders giving the most to youth development in Tennessee are Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc. A funder already writing youth development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.

  2. 2
    See who funds organizations like yours

    Open the youth development 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. 3
    Add the out-of-state funders reaching in

    35% of youth development money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national youth development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a youth development nonprofit in Tennessee?
Start with the funders already giving to youth development in Tennessee, currently Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc, The Haslam 3 Foundation Inc. Then look at who funds the youth development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest youth development funder in Tennessee?
Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee gives the most to youth development organizations in Tennessee, $60M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to youth development in Tennessee?
$511M reached 453 youth development organizations in Tennessee, from 1,169 funders. 65% 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 endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines

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.