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30 foundations that funded “Ministry Outreach Foundation”

Community foundation · Norfolk, VA
Hampton Roads Community Foundation

How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

3 Tennessee grants totaling $44,400 · typical grant $10,000 to $22,400 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Knox Area Rescue Ministries

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Human services; Health; Other
Public charity · Dallas, TX
Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.

How to apply: not stated

9 Tennessee grants totaling $344,332 · typical grant $10,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Matthew 10 International Ministry Incorporated, The Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc., Outreach Foundation of the Presbyterian Church Inc.

22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: This grant is designated for general support.
Private foundation · Columbia
Crichton Family Foundation

Takes applications

21 Tennessee grants totaling $365,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Lookout Mountain Presby Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Maury United Ministries

29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation

Takes applications

41 Tennessee grants totaling $183,549 · typical grant $4,139 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 9 Tennessee grants, such as All for Him Ministry, Loves Arm Outreach Ministries, Renewed Life Ministries Outreach

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Human services; Education
Public charity · Atlanta, GA
Points of Light Foundation

How to apply: not stated

4 Tennessee grants totaling $500,000 · typical grant $105,000 to $190,000 (tax year 2024)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Community improvement project
Public charity · Nashville
Vultee Charitable Foundation

How to apply: not stated

13 Tennessee grants totaling $897,500 · typical grant $15,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2022)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Nolen Hills Church of Christ, Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry, Lebanon Road Church of Christ
Private foundation · Nashville
Ezell Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

35 Tennessee grants totaling $509,800 · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 13 Tennessee grants, such as Bridge Ministry, Encouragement Ministries, Fresh Approach Ministries

17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Caledonia, IL
Hope and Equip Inc.

How to apply: not stated

4 Tennessee grants totaling $194,427 · typical grant $19,000 to $130,427 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Berrys Chapel Church of Christ, Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry

75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Paducah, KY
Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation

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4 Tennessee grants totaling $175,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Eppic Ministries, Precept Ministries

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Share the gospel; Support christian ministry; Christian ministry; To fund christian outreach to the poor
Private foundation · Knoxville
Robert Lee Weiss Foundation First TN Bank Plaza Tower

Takes applications

26 Tennessee grants totaling $159,500 · typical grant $4,000 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Central Baptist Church of, Volunteer Ministry Center

Stated deadlines: Jun 30 · next Jun 30, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

5 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Community service projects; Scholarship funding; Capital projects; Accessible equipment for; Emergency assistance
Private foundation · Knoxville
Jane I Pettway Foundation

Takes applications

40 Tennessee grants totaling $334,276 · typical grant $5,000 to $11,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 8 Tennessee grants, such as Volunteer Ministry Center, St James Episcopal Church, St Paul's Episcopal Church

Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

15% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Financially needy women; Utility assistance for; Samaritan place; Jane pettway helping women; Certified nurse assistant
Private foundation · Westlake Village, CA
Conrad N Hilton Foundation

Takes applications

11 Tennessee grants totaling $262,360 · typical grant $1,000 to $1,650 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Every Nation Churches & Ministries

Stated deadlines: Aug 29 · next Aug 29, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

60% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To support campus youth outreach; For prenatal-3 policy impact center to lead an early childhood development governance evaluation and advance evidence-based policy progress...
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Robert L and Kathrina H Maclellan Foundation

Takes applications

34 Tennessee grants totaling $2.8 million · typical grant $14,000 to $80,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Church of the First Born, Grace Baptist Church of Hamilton County, Metropolitan Ministries

32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: For education of youth and children.; For outreach to families.; For holistic community outreach and development.; For outreach to the indigent.; For spiritual formation and education.
Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.

How to apply: not stated

1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 113 Tennessee grants, such as Immaculate Conception Church, First Presbyterian Church Nashville, Westminster Presbyterian Church

46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

55 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
Private foundation · Knoxville
Mary G K Fox Foundation

Takes applications

27 Tennessee grants totaling $181,310 · typical grant $1,000 to $9,210 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 9 Tennessee grants, such as Greene County Firewood Ministry, Tabernacle Mission Soup Kitchen, First Presbyterian Church

19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

2 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: 2022 grant request; 2024 grant request; Assistance to indigent; Web site domain and hosting; Educational audio/video
Private foundation · Knoxville
Boyd Foundation

Takes applications

56 Tennessee grants totaling $9.3 million · typical grant $10,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as True Purpose Ministries, Volunteer Ministry Center

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

36% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: For annual budget.; To seek to build and admire meaningful arts and crafts expeeriences.; To preserve and enrich the diversity of art and culture in East Tennessee.; To...
Private foundation · Knoxville
Willayne E Towe Foundation

Takes applications

13 Tennessee grants totaling $97,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

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

31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Irving, TX
Celanese Foundation

How to apply: not stated

11 Tennessee grants totaling $13,298 · typical grant $26 to $500 (tax year 2024)

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

55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Cincinnati, OH
The Scripps Howard Foundation

How to apply: not stated

37 Tennessee grants totaling $49,195 · typical grant $600 to $1,250 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Gateway Church Assembly of God, Lee Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

54% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Volunteer Gift; Matching Gift; Community Market Grant; CEO discretionary grant; Journalism Internship stipend
Community foundation · Los Angeles, CA
California Community Foundation

How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply

12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · typical grant $25,000 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Intend Ministries, World Outreach Church of Murfreesboro TN Inc., Long Hollow Baptist Church

58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Animal welfare; Religion; Disaster response; Health; Arts

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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.