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2 foundations that funded “Encore”
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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
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Private foundation · Morristown
Filmtech Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
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
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.