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1,142 foundations

Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
The Hartley Foundation

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $28,500 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Church of the Good Shepherd, Metropolitan Ministries

18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Haiti fund; Raccoon Mountain trail fund
Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Tch Paul Holbrook

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $58,205 · typical grant $1,617 to $6,467 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 12 Tennessee grants, such as Lindsley Ave Church of Christ, Charlotte Heights Church of Christ, Perry Heights Church of Christ

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · New York, NY
Mutual of America Foundation

Takes applications

11 Tennessee grants totaling $103,460 · typical grant $50 to $1,200 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Heartbound Ministries Inc., Second Presbyterian Church

89% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Westlake Village, CA
Conrad N Hilton Foundation

Takes applications

11 Tennessee grants totaling $262,360 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,650 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Every Nation Churches & Ministries

Stated deadlines: Aug 29 · next Aug 29, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To support campus youth outreach; For prenatal-3 policy impact center to lead an early childhood development governance evaluation and advance evidence-based policy progress...
Private foundation · Irving, TX
Celanese Foundation

How to apply: not stated

11 Tennessee grants totaling $13,298 · typical grant $26 to $500 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Grace Baptist Church

55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Shelbyville
Marsh Family Foundation

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11 Tennessee grants totaling $56,100 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as First Presbyterian Church
Public charity · Nashville
We Are One World Foundation Inc.

How to apply: not stated

11 Tennessee grants totaling $580,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Blackberry Family Church, Calvary Church Brentwood, Home Street Home Ministries

82% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Nashville
Hudson Family Charitable Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $372,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Westminster Presbyterian Church

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Nashville
Mary Elizabeth Franklin Family Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $33,795 · typical grant $500 to $3,900 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Christ the King Catholic Church

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Donation to mother to mother; A fundraising event benefitting the Nashville symphony.; Donation to benefit oak hill school.; Donation to annual campaign; A fundraising event...
Private foundation · Dyersburg
Brayton Foundation

How to apply: not stated

10 Tennessee grants totaling $5,100 · typical grant $100 to $900 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as First Presbyterian Church

10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unrestricted use donation; Scholarship
Private foundation · Memphis
Herbert Shainberg Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $25,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Temple Israel, Church Health Center of Memphis

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Rucker-Donnell Foundation

Takes applications

10 Tennessee grants totaling $266,100 · typical grant $1,500 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Archie's Promise Ministries, Franklin Road Baptist Church, Salem United Methodist Church

40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Charitable gift
Private foundation · Old Hickory
Bobby R Mannery Foundation Tr

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $357,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $55,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Hermitage Church of the Nazarene, Rest Stop Ministries

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Domestic violence shelter; Living assistance; Cancer patient & fam assist; Mission/missionary assistance; Homeless shelters
Private foundation · Nashville
The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $392,300 · typical grant $2,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Congregation Micah, Congregation Sherith Israel, West End Synagogue

90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Springfield
Jacqueline D Guthrie Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $27,050 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,500 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as First United Methodist Church, United Ministries Robertson County, United Ministries Food Bank of Robertson Co

40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Chattanooga
The Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission Inc.

How to apply: not stated

10 Tennessee grants totaling $59,555 · typical grant $5,930 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as City Church of Chattanooga, Widow's Harvest Ministry, Ministry to Israel

10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Galesburg, IL
National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources I

How to apply: not stated

10 Tennessee grants totaling $105,326 · typical grant $5,413 to $14,309 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 7 Tennessee grants, such as Bayside Baptist Church, Leoma Baptist Church, Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church

40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Care of ill, needy, or minor
Community foundation · Asheville, NC
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina Inc.

How to apply: not stated

10 Tennessee grants totaling $418,474 · typical grant $10,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Boones Creek Christian Church

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Building community & economic vitality; Promoting quality health; Religion; Assisting people in need
Private foundation · Sewickley, PA
Richard & Janice Rawe Foundation

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10 Tennessee grants totaling $55,885 · typical grant $200 to $1,650 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knox Area Rescue Ministries

30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Social welfare; Religious development
Public charity · Federal Way, WA
World Vision Inc.

How to apply: not stated

10 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $72,319 to $199,861 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 13 Tennessee grants, such as Church of the Living God-Paris, Citizens Church - Petersburg, Greater Community Temple Church of God in Christ

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Family assistance & development; Development & disaster relief; Development; Family assistance; Christian ministry

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which lists the grants they paid and how to apply. Community foundations, United Ways and other public charities file Form 990, and we use its Schedule I (grants over $5,000). We include every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee groups. Corporate and community-foundation grant rounds are in the grant search.