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Grants awarded

Who does Humanities Tennessee fund?

Humanities Tennessee has awarded $1.4 million across 132 grants to 104 organizations between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $7,833 and $11,936.

Total awarded
$1.4M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
104
Grants
132
Years
2019–2024

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 104 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Tennessee Historical Society $68K72019–20242024TN
East Tennessee Historical Society INC $48K62019–20222022TN
Centennial Park Conservancy $43K52019–20222022TN
Kidizenship INC $40K22022–20232023TN
East Nashville Hope Exchange INC $37K52019–20232023TN
Memphis Museums INC $23K22021–20232023TN
F Friends of Dunbar Cave INC $23K22020–20212021TN
C Chick History INC $20K120192019— —
U Ut Downtown Gallery $19K22020–20242024— —
Discovery Park of America INC $18K220212021TN
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art INC $18K22019–20242024TN
Memphis Filmworks INC $17K22021–20222022TN
E East Tennessee State University $16K120232023— —
G Grants 5k $16K120212021— —
Knoxville History Project $15K22021–20242024TN
Songbirds Foundation INC $15K120202020TN
Metropolitan Historical Commission $15K120192019TN
G Governor John Sevier Memorial $15K120212021— —
J James Agee Film Project $15K120212021— —
Ella Library $15K120212021TN
Southern Lit Alliance $15K120212021TN
R Robertson County Historical Society $15K120212021TN
Blues City Cultural Center INC $15K120212021TN
The Chattery $15K120212021TN
S Stax Museum of American Soul Music $15K120212021— —
Girls Incorporated of Memphis $15K120212021TN
Campbell Culture Coalition $15K120212021TN
Art 120 $15K120212021TN
Storyboard Memphis LLC $15K120212021TN
T The W E A L L B E Group INC $15K120212021— —
Tennessee Association of Museums INC $15K120212021TN
E Etowah Historical Commission $15K120212021— —
Rise Chattanooga $15K120212021TN
W Withers Collection Museum and $15K120212021— —
M Museum Center at 5ive Points $15K120212021— —
Historic Cragfont INC $14K22020–20212021TN
Rose Center and Council for the Arts INC $14K120212021TN
Refugee Empowerment Program $14K120212021TN
Memphis Symphony Orchestra INC $14K120212021TN
W Wolf Gap $13K120212021— —
Knox Heritage INC $12K120212021TN
N National Medal of Honor Heritage $12K120212021— —
F Friends of the Levitt Pavilion $12K120212021— —
Travellers Rest Historic House Museum INC $12K120212021TN
Nashville Food Project INC $12K120212021TN
Birthplace of Country Music INC $12K120212021TN
T The Children's Museum of Memphis $12K120212021— —
Global Education Center $12K120212021TN
T The Griot Collective of $12K120212021— —
E Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga $12K120212021TN
Paris-Henry County Heritage Center $12K120212021TN
H Highlander Research and Education $12K120212021— —
Cumberland River Compact INC $12K120212021TN
H Historic Lebanon Tomorrow INC $12K120212021TN
T The Houston Museum of Decorative $12K120212021— —
H Heritage Foundation of Williamson $12K120212021— —
M Morgan County Genealogical & $12K120212021— —
Nashville Symphony Association $12K120212021TN
M McMinn County Living Heritage $12K120212021— —
Mngk Garvey Program $12K120212021TN
Southern Word INC $12K120212021TN
Nashville Public Library Foundation $12K120212021TN
B Blount Mansion $11K120212021— —
Urbanart Commission $11K120212021TN
Elmahaba Center $11K120212021TN
Riverartsfest INC $11K120212021TN
S Splash $11K120212021— —
C Center for Nonprofit Management $10K120212021— —
Nashville Public Radio $10K120242024TN
V Vine Branch Fellowship $10K120212021— —
D Dyersburg Army Air Base $10K120212021— —
N National Alliance of Pan African Seminarians $10K120242024TN
Arrow Creative INC $10K120212021TN
O Old Copper Road Preservation $10K120212021— —
C Claiborne County Chamber and Ecd Foundation INC $10K120212021TN
A American Museum of Science and $10K120212021— —
N New Ballet Ensemble and School INC $10K120212021— —
L Lorraine Civil Rights Museum $9K120212021— —
K Knoxville Chapter Association for $9K120212021— —
G Greeneville Greene County History $9K120212021— —
W Wyxr $9K120212021— —
S Surgoinsville Area Archives and $9K120212021— —
Museum & Cultural Center at 5ive Points $9K120232023TN
Memphis 13 Foundation $8K120242024TN
Inter-Museum Council of Nashvilleinc $8K120242024TN
F Friends of the Delta Heritage $8K120212021— —
Faith & Culture Center $8K120212021TN
H Historic Ramsey House $8K120222022— —
O Oscar Farris Agricultural Museum $7K120212021— —
W Wyxr $7K120242024TN —
Nashville Zoo INC $7K120192019TN
T The Porch Writer's Collective $6K120212021— —
A African American Heritage Society $6K120212021— —
The Southern Documentary Fund $6K120222022NC
Contemporary Performing Arts of Chattanooga INC $6K120202020TN
T Tom & Oe Stigall Ethnic Library $6K120212021— —
Orpheum Theatre Group $6K120212021TN
The Contributor INC $6K120232023TN
I International Storytelling Center $6K120212021— —
B Black in Appalachia $6K120212021— —

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