Private Funding Sources

    Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
    736 Market Street
    Chattanooga, TN 37402-4807
    Phone number: (423) 266-5257
    Contact: James Barber, Executive Director
    Fax: (423) 265-0949
    E-mail: Please call us during normal business hours to secure e-mail addresses

    Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga
    1270 Market Street
    Chattanooga, TN 37412-2713
    Phone number: (423) 265-0586
    Contact: Peter Cooper, President
    Email

    Cornerstone Foundation of Knoxville
    625 Market St., Suite 1200
    Knoxville, TN 37902-2204
    Phone number: (865) 637-1912
    Fax: (865) 546-5199
    Contact: J. Laurens Tullock, President

    East Tennessee Foundation
    625 Market Street, Suite 1400
    Knoxville, TN 37902
    (865) 524-1223
    Phone number: 1 (877) 524-1223
    Fax: (865) 637-6039
    Contact: Michael McClamroch, President & CEO

    Knoxville Christian Foundation
    P.O. Box 52250
    Knoxville, TN 37950-2550
    Phone number: (865) 523-5610
    Contact: David Ragland, Executive Director
    Email

    Lucille S. Thompson Family Fund
    4823 Old Kingston Pike, Suite 140
    Knoxville, TN 37919-6473
    Phone number: (865) 588-2836
    Contact: Lila Pfleger, Executive Director

    Lyndhurst Foundation
    517 East Fifth Street
    Chattanooga, TN 37403-1826
    Phone number: (423) 756-0767
    Contact: Jack Murrah President

    Niswonger Foundation
    Tusculum College
    P.O. Box 5112
    Greeneville, TN 37743
    Phone number: (423) 798-7837
    Contact: Oliver "Buzz" Thomas, Executive Director

    Thompson Charitable Foundation
    4823 Old Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919-6473
    Phone number: (865) 588-0491
    Contact: Monica Luke, Fund Director

    Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
    1900 Union Avenue
    Memphis, TN 38104
    Phone number: (901) 722-0054
    Type of Funding: Community Building Grant Program & various other grants
    Contact: Melissa Wolowicz, Director of Grants and Initiatives

    Plough Foundation
    62 North Main St, Ste. 201
    Memphis, TN 38103
    Phone number: (901) 521-2779
    Type of Funding: Grants to non-profit organizations in
    Memphis & Shelby County Only
    Contact: Barbara Sax Jacobs, Program Director

    Assisi Foundation
    515 Erin Dr.
    Memphis, TN 38117
    Phone number: (901) 684-1564
    Type of Funding: Grants
    Contact: Neus Sikes

    Hyde Family Foundations
    17 West Pontotoc Avenue, Suite 200
    Memphis, TN 38103
    Phone number: (901) 685-3403
    Type of Funding: Grants
    Contact: Courtney Leon, Grants Manager

    Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
    221 East Fourth Street, Ste. 1000
    Cincinnati, OH 45202
    Phone number: (888) 345-2246
    Type of Funding: Affordable Housing Program and the Welcome Home Program
    Contact: Carol M. Peterson

    West Tennessee Health Care Foundation
    620 Skyline Dr
    Jackson, TN 38301
    Phone number: (731) 984-2143
    Contact: Frank McMeen, President
    Type of Funding: General Grants

    The Foundation Group
    2736 Old Elm Hill Pike
    Nashville, TN 37214
    Phone number: (615) 361-9445
    Greg McRay

    The Frist Foundation
    3100 West End Ave., Ste. 1200
    Nashville, TN 37203
    Phone number: (615) 292-3868
    Email

    United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
    250 Venture Circle
    P.O. Box 280240
    Nashville, TN 37228
    Email