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1,142 foundations

  1. Public charity · St Louis, MO

    Saint Thomas West Hospital

    How to apply: not stated

    34 Tennessee grants totaling $663,167 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Catholic Charities Diocese of Nashville

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Support of Teeth For Life program; Support of pregnancy services for uninsured, low income women; Support of No-Cost Mental Health Counseling; Support of Community Health...

  2. Private foundation · Nashville

    The Samuel M Fleming Foundation

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    33 Tennessee grants totaling $568,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

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

    21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Nashville

    Purity Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $134,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Bridge Ministry, Daystar Counseling Ministries, Harpeth Hills Church of Christ

    42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  4. Private foundation · Morristown

    Wallace Foundation

    Takes applications

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $99,875 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 15 Tennessee grants, such as First Baptist Church, Alpha Baptist Church, Bridgeport Free Will Baptist Church

    15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarship; Wallace scholarship

  5. Private foundation · Nashville

    Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation

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    33 Tennessee grants totaling $35,960 · typical grant $250 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Preston Taylor Ministries, St Georges Episcopal Church, St George's Episcopal Church

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Private foundation · Nashville

    Henry Laird Smith Foundation

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    33 Tennessee grants totaling $547,500 · typical grant $1,250 to $17,500 (tax year 2025)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 9 Tennessee grants, such as Christ Church Cathedral, Church of the Good Shepherd, Saint Augustine Chapel

    18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Morristown

    Filmtech Foundation Inc.

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    33 Tennessee grants totaling $122,400 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 8 Tennessee grants, such as St Patrick's Church, Diocese of Knoxville

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support the mission of 501(c)(3) org; Provide funds to church; Support mission of 501(c)(3) org; Support the mission of church

  8. Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK

    Feed the Children Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    33 Tennessee grants totaling $5.7 million · typical grant $23,726 to $152,603 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 23 Tennessee grants, such as Christian Faith Ministry, Family Food Ministry, The Bridge Ministry Inc.

    27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Necessities for children and families experiencing hunger and hardship

  9. Public charity · Santa Barbara, CA

    Direct Relief

    How to apply: not stated

    32 Tennessee grants totaling $12.2 million · typical grant $26,826 to $325,000 (tax year 2024)

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

    31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support to us clinics & health centers for low-income, uninsured patients; Hurricane helene response

  10. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Haslam Family Foundation Inc.

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    32 Tennessee grants totaling $7.9 million · typical grant $20,000 to $324,000 (tax year 2024)

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

    45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community grant - boldpath program; 2024 & 2025 evergreen ball; 2024 jazz baby!; Payment on verbal pledge & two table sponsorships; School of music gala

  11. Private foundation · Gallatin

    Goodall Family Foundation

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    32 Tennessee grants totaling $159,977 · typical grant $250 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 8 Tennessee grants, such as Grace Place Ministries, Long Hollow Baptist Church, Living Sent Ministries

    Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    41% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Oak Hill

    Pfeffer Foundation

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    32 Tennessee grants totaling $54,590 · typical grant $250 to $2,578 (tax year 2025)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Precept Ministries, Amazima Ministries, Christ Presbyterian Church

    78% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General funds

  13. Private foundation · Memphis

    Rose Montgomery@johnston Family Foundation

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    31 Tennessee grants totaling $187,600 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 7 Tennessee grants, such as Calvary Episcopal Church, Church Health Center, Emmanuel Episcopal Church

    19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Arts/cultural; Religion; Support religious activities; Education; Develop gardens in Memphis

  14. Private foundation · Nashville

    Hunt Family Foundation of Nashville Tennessee

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    31 Tennessee grants totaling $133,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $4,500 (tax year 2025)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Diocese of Nashville, Inner City Ministries

    23% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Private foundation · Boulder, CO

    The Boedecker Foundation

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    31 Tennessee grants totaling $751,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Family Affair Ministries, New Beginnings Church

    26% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Program Needs; Program Revenue

  16. Private foundation · Memphis

    Day Foundation

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    30 Tennessee grants totaling $11.2 million · typical grant $25,000 to $335,000 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Immaculate Conception Church, The Catholic Diocese of Memphis, Calvary Episcopal Church

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Scholarships; National growth plan

  17. Private foundation · Memphis

    Belz Foundation

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    30 Tennessee grants totaling $2.9 million · typical grant $2,000 to $158,500 (tax year 2025)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 7 Tennessee grants, such as Baron Hirsch Congregation, Church Health Center of Memphis, St John's Episcopal Church

    13% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Education; Health/welfare; Arts; Community; Religious

  18. Private foundation · Troy, MI

    The Kresge Foundation

    Takes applications

    30 Tennessee grants totaling $6.2 million · typical grant $120,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

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

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    2 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Project support grant to complete the final phase of the locally driven narrative efforts supported by ideas42; Project support to implement the strategic plan to strengthen...

  19. Private foundation · Nashville

    Bradford Family Foundation

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    29 Tennessee grants totaling $898,411 · typical grant $1,086 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as All Saints Episcopal Church Linville

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  20. Private foundation · Brentwood

    The Houghland Foundation

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    29 Tennessee grants totaling $285,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 10 Tennessee grants, such as Churches of Christ Disaster Relief, First Presbyterian Church, Graceworks Ministries Inc.

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Meals on wheels

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.