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2 foundations that funded “Believers”
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Public charity · Dubuque, IA
Believers Stewardship Services Inc.
Invitation only · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
7 Tennessee grants totaling $419,914 · typical grant $20,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Nashville
Bailey & Lucy Evans Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $22,879 · typical grant $1,100 to $1,900 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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.