Home › United States Charities in Tennessee Registered 33,474 charities
Total income $46.51bn latest returns
Median income $163k per charity
Top-10 share 46% of income
Overview Tennessee has 33,474 registered charities on the current register extract, of which 9,130 reported income in their latest return. Together they reported $46.51bn of income. The median charity took in $163k, while the largest tenth reported $3.1m or more, so a typical donation goes to a far smaller organisation than the household names at the top of this list.
Income is concentrated: the ten largest charities account for 46% of the total. Across the whole group, 503 charities have a note from the register, such as overdue accounts or three years of spending above income, and those notes are shown on each charity's page.
3,309 of the charities with reported income (36%) took in under $100k a year. Pages for the 6,119 charities with several years of accounts include their full income history, a comparison with similar-sized peers and a breakdown of where the money comes from.
Largest by income # Charity Location Income 1 Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN $6.92bn 2 American Lebanese Syrian Assoc Char Inc Memphis, TN $2.69bn 3 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN $2.27bn 4 Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Memphis, TN $1.94bn 5 St Jude Childrens Research Hospital Inc Memphis, TN $1.71bn 6 University Health System Inc Knoxville, TN $1.50bn 7 Mountain States Health Alliance Johnson City, TN $974.9m 8 Baptist Memorial Hospital Memphis, TN $898.1m 9 Wellmont Health System Johnson City, TN $840.4m 10 Shelby County Health Care Corporation Memphis, TN $736.1m 11 Dialysis Clinic Inc Nashville, TN $728.1m 12 Belmont University Nashville, TN $454.0m 13 Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville, TN $437.3m 14 Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville, TN $399.3m 15 Youth Villages Inc Bartlett, TN $342.2m 16 Ducks Unlimited Inc Memphis, TN $302.2m 17 East Tennessee Childrens Hospital Association Inc Knoxville, TN $289.2m 18 Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Memphis, TN $281.0m 19 Baptist Memorial Hospital - Jonesboro Inc Memphis, TN $261.9m 20 Baptist Memorial Medical Group Inc Memphis, TN $241.6m 21 Baptist Memorial Hospital Tipton Covington, TN $238.8m 22 Lipscomb University Nashville, TN $228.2m 23 Lincoln Memorial University Harrogate, TN $225.1m 24 The University of Tennessee Foundat Ion Inc Knoxville, TN $211.8m 25 Methodist Lebonheur Healthcare Memphis, TN $209.8m 26 Meharry Medical College Nashville, TN $209.4m 27 Covenant Health Knoxville, TN $207.1m 28 Johnston Memorial Hospital Inc Johnson City, TN $197.1m 29 University of the South Sewanee, TN $175.3m 30 The Community FDN of Middle TN Inc Nashville, TN $169.7m 31 Methodist Medical Center Knoxville, TN $169.1m 32 Rhodes College Memphis, TN $165.4m 33 Guardian Foundation Inc Ooltewah, TN $162.3m 34 Education Loan Finance Inc Knoxville, TN $155.5m 35 Leconte Medical Center Knoxville, TN $149.9m 36 Centerstone of Tennessee Inc Nashville, TN $149.7m 37 Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee Inc Nashville, TN $147.5m 38 Morristown Hamblen Hosp Knoxville, TN $140.1m 39 Wellmont Medical Associates Inc Johnson City, TN $135.9m 40 Health Services Management Inc Murfreesboro, TN $131.1m 41 Dci Donor Services Inc Nashville, TN $125.6m 42 Oak Ridge Associated Universities Inc Oak Ridge, TN $123.9m 43 Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc Memphis, TN $114.4m 44 The Helen Ross McNabb Center Knoxville, TN $111.4m 45 Soles 4 Souls Nashville, TN $108.4m 46 Takoma Regional Hospital Inc Johnson City, TN $107.3m 47 Youth Villages Foundation Inc Bartlett, TN $106.7m 48 Methodist Healthcare-Olive Branch Hospital Memphis, TN $106.1m 49 Union University Jackson, TN $102.2m 50 Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee Inc Nashville, TN $100.3m 51 Young Mens Christian Association of Nashville and Middle Tennessee Nashville, TN $100.0m 52 Lee University Cleveland, TN $97.3m 53 Charity Global Inc Franklin, TN $96.8m 54 Cumberland Medical Center Inc Knoxville, TN $94.3m 55 Centerstone of Indiana Inc Nashville, TN $92.5m 56 Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN $90.7m 57 Ut Regional One Physicians Inc Memphis, TN $88.4m 58 Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc Memphis, TN $88.3m 59 Trousdale Foundation Inc Cleveland, TN $86.3m 60 Mental Health Cooperative Inc Nashville, TN $83.1m
Charities by income band $under 10k 12th pct
496 charities
$10k-100k 69th pct
2,813 charities
$100k-1m 100th pct
4,072 charities
$1m-10m 33rd pct
1,336 charities
$10m-100m 9th pct
362 charities
$100m+ 1st pct
51 charities
Registrations by year 0 562 1,124 1,686 2,248 00 New registrations: $378 00 01 New registrations: $313 01 02 New registrations: $389 02 03 New registrations: $392 03 04 New registrations: $435 04 05 New registrations: $436 05 06 New registrations: $393 06 07 New registrations: $453 07 08 New registrations: $404 08 09 New registrations: $459 09 10 New registrations: $440 10 11 New registrations: $463 11 12 New registrations: $428 12 13 New registrations: $389 13 14 New registrations: $1,161 14 15 New registrations: $883 15 16 New registrations: $851 16 17 New registrations: $828 17 18 New registrations: $850 18 19 New registrations: $1,110 19 20 New registrations: $962 20 21 New registrations: $1,002 21 22 New registrations: $1,501 22 23 New registrations: $1,464 23 24 New registrations: $1,969 24 25 New registrations: $2,248 25 26 New registrations: $1,801 26 New registrations By cause Other charitable purposes 8,995 Religion 4,558 Poverty relief 3,567 Education and training 3,372 Arts, culture, heritage and science 1,988 Health and saving lives 1,816 Amateur sport and recreation 1,772 Grant-making and general purposes 1,549 Community and economic development 1,102 Children and youth development 1,078 Animals 956 Environment and conservation 776 Housing and shelter 680 Human rights and equality 458 Armed forces, emergency and public safety 440 Overseas aid and international 367