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1,142 foundations

Private foundation · Brooklyn, OH
Leichty Kathy K Charitable Pfdn

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Fellowship Baptist Church, Trinity Baptist Church

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Indianapolis, IN
Lawrence Christian Ministries Foundation Inc.

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,099 · typical grant $2,000 to $6,099 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Jefferson City Christian Church

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Help with hope cancer bag ministry; Putnam county
Private foundation · Naples, FL
Jocelyne K and Frank N Linsalata Family Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $300 · typical grant $100 to $200 (tax year 2025)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Operation christmas child; General contribution
Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Wurzburg Fdn Warren & Marjorie

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $146,010 · typical grant $5,000 to $141,010 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Temple Israel
Private foundation · Houston, TX
H Fort Flowers Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Red River Baptist Church

No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Unrestricted donation; For school of engineering joseph and lori flowers scholarship
Private foundation · Downers Grove, IL
The Sevan Charitable Foundation Inc.

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $22,777 · typical grant $250 to $22,527 (tax year 2025)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Public charity · Philadelphia, PA
Monument Lab Inc.

How to apply: not stated

2 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $15,000 (tax year 2024)

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

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Fiscal sponsor
Private foundation · Austin, TX
The Kuli Family Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2025)

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

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To support organization's purpose
Private foundation · Lynn Haven, FL
Mclaughlin Family Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $13,500 · typical grant $1,500 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Indian Ministries of North America

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Belmont, MI
John F Koetje & Delia Koetje Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,500 · typical grant $500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as City Church Network (covert)

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Religious institution; Children's health care
Private foundation · Spring Grove, PA
The Burdis Family Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $4,000 · typical grant $2,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Bible Pathways Ministries

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Newport News, VA
The Rosser Foundation A Pure Charitable Trust and Public Charit

How to apply: not stated

2 Tennessee grants totaling $766,031 · typical grant $155,000 to $611,031 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Church of God World Missions

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

2 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Church building
Private foundation · Santa Barbara, CA
Doing His Time Prison Ministry

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,256 · typical grant $256 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as This Is Living Ministries

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Promote restorative justice and disciple people affected by incareration; Ukrainian assistance
Private foundation · Windermere, FL
The John & Patricia Gibbs Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To support finding cures for cancer for children; To provide support for religious activities and build sustainable ministries
Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX
Give to Life Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,534 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,534 (tax year 2025)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Helping people live purpose-driven lives that positively influence culture
Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Levi Williams Charitable Trust

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $48,384 · typical grant $19,061 to $29,323 (tax year 2025)

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

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarships
Private foundation · Joplin, MO
The Bramlage and Willcoxon Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $8,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as 5 Stones Church

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Taylorsville, NC
The Griffin Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $2,500 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as First Pres Church Johnson City- the River

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Religious; Philanthropic
Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Marshall Charitable Trust

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $49,294 · typical grant $4,929 to $44,365 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Oak Grove Baptist Church

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Mary Jane Crowe Foundation

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $29,410 · typical grant $4,410 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Children's Bible Ministries Inc.

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unrestricted general; Scholarships

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.