Dettwiller Foundation

• The Dettwiller Foundation funds work across Tennessee in religious work, education, the arts, health and human services, and law enforcement and first responders, so a project fitting one of these named themes is well placed to apply.
• Eligible applicants are registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits operating in Tennessee; the foundation will not fund individuals or their projects, private foundations, disease-specific organisations seeking support for national research projects or programmes, political activities, other grantmaking organisations, projects, programmes or organisations with a limited audience, or individual schools.
• Around eight in ten of its grants to organisations fall between $10,000 and $150,000, with the median grant at $25,000, so a modest request in that range is realistic, though it has made at least one much larger grant.
• Half of its grant dollars to organisations have gone to organisations it has also funded before, so relationships and a track record with the foundation seem to count for something, while new applicants should make a clear, mission-aligned case.
• To apply, email a Letter of Intent describing how the work aligns with the foundation's mission and wait for an invitation before submitting a full application, and be ready for a possible follow-up visit or in-person meeting.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Tpac · General fund
  $2,000,0002024 tax year
• Centerstone · General fund
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Nashville Symphony · General fund
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Nashville Police and Public Safety Alliance · General fund
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Cumberland Heights · General fund
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Ymca · General fund
  $375,0002024 tax year
• Gilda's Club of Middle Tennessee · General fund
  $333,3332024 tax year
• Shelby Commons · General fund
  $333,3332024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.