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958 foundations that funded “Churches”

Public charity · Nashville
Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort Inc.

How to apply: not stated

8 Tennessee grants totaling $408,036 · typical grant $15,541 to $111,436 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 17 Tennessee grants, such as Eastside Church of Christ, Elizabethton Church of Christ, Erwin Church of Christ

62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Disaster assistance
Private foundation · Merrill, WI
Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

3 Tennessee grants totaling $5,250 · typical grant $100 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, St John Baptist Church

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Hattie's luncheon fundraiser
Private foundation · Knoxville
Edney Irr Tua Fbo Church Street Umc

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $37,319 · typical grant $37,319 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Religious
Private foundation · East Fallowfield, PA
Fire Streak Ministry

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $24,000 · typical grant $24,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Ministry
Public charity · Brentwood
Encore Ministry Foundation

How to apply: not stated

9 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Christ United Methodist Church, Cooks United Methodist Church
Private foundation · Hugo, MN
Rimrock Ministries

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3 Tennessee grants totaling $1,300 · typical grant $100 to $1,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Grandi Nan Nou Home Ministries

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Preaching of gospel; Helping Haiti poor
Public charity · Spring Hill
Our Safe Harbor Church

How to apply: not stated

2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $11,750 to $13,250 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Graceworks Ministries Inc.

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Low-Income Financial Relief; Low Income Financial Relief
Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Henry Church Sch

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2 Tennessee grants totaling $78,912 · typical grant $39,456 (tax year 2023)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Grace Bible Church
Private foundation · Knoxville
Wartburg Church of Christ Crut

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $8,089 · typical grant $8,089 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Wartburg Church of Christ

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Public charity · Gallatin
Deborah Stricklin Ministries

How to apply: not stated

1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2025)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Public charity · Memphis
Second Presbyterian Church Foundation

How to apply: not stated

12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $30,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

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

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Cleveland
Acts Outreach Ministry Inc.

Takes applications

6 Tennessee grants totaling $52,806 · typical grant $3,921 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)

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

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Local outreach; Community assistance; International/ mission trips; National/domestic ministries
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 · 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 · Houston, TX
Oldham Little Church Foundation

Takes applications

2 Tennessee grants totaling $23,000 · typical grant $11,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Bethel Free Will Baptist Church, Mending Fences Cowboy Church, First Baptist Church Ridgetop

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Gravel and Concrete Work; Improvements to Modular Bldg.
Public charity · Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
Kingdom Fire Ministries

How to apply: not stated

2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,500 · typical grant $6,000 to $19,500 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Orbis School of Ministry Inc., Ken Fish Ministries Inc.

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Knoxville
First Baptist Church of Wartburg Crut

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $8,067 · typical grant $8,067 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Orlando, FL
Adams Methodist Church Under Will of Mamie J

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,142 · typical grant $9,142 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Private foundation · Dallas, TX
The Message of Life Ministries Endowment

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $35,658 · typical grant $35,658 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Support chafer theological
Private foundation · South Bay, FL
Woerner World Ministries Inc.

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1 Tennessee grant totaling $15,250 · typical grant $15,250 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Evangelism

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.