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220 foundations in Davidson County

Public charity · Nashville
Center for Contemplative Justice

How to apply: not stated

3 Tennessee grants totaling $88,627 · 3 in Davidson County · typical grant $7,000 to $71,627 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as St Augustine's Church

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Outreach travel; Recovery housing
Public charity · Houston, TX
Lewis Family Charitable Foundation

How to apply: not stated

3 Tennessee grants totaling $32,500 · 3 in Davidson County · typical grant $7,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Daystar Counseling Ministries Inc.

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Youth development-youth development programs; Mental health & crisis intervention-counseling; Health care-alliances & advocacy
Private foundation · Nashville
The Allen Foundation C/o Reber M Boult

Takes applications

3 Tennessee grants totaling $61,000 · 3 in Davidson County · typical grant $8,000 to $27,000 (tax year 2025)

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

No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: General funds
Public charity · Pittsburgh, PA
Highmark Health

How to apply: not stated

3 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · 3 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

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

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Sioux Falls, SD
The James W Pickle

Takes applications

3 Tennessee grants totaling $120,000 · 3 in Davidson County · typical grant $25,000 to $60,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Ascension Saint Thomas Mission & Ministry

Funded: Blades and socketts; Hear aids for 25 people; Dental and vision funding
Private foundation · Knoxville
Lawson Family Foundation

Takes applications

71 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Connect Ministries, Soar Youth Ministries, Soar Youth Ministries Thrive

76% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Sponsorship; Membership - great egret society; Life prep academy; 100knoxville; Sponsorship of concert
Private foundation · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation

Takes applications

60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Metropolitan Ministries Inc. (metmin), Temple Gwathmey Steeplechase Foundation

31% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarship - evan moore; Scholarship fund; Relay for life; Pups4patriots Tennessee; General support - imagine arts education initiative
Private foundation · Knoxville
Regal Foundation

Takes applications

48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.6 million · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as First Baptist Church Concord (concord Christian School)

48% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Education; Children & family; Health; Military
Public charity · Memphis
Women's Foundation for A Greater Memphis

How to apply: not stated

48 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $20,250 to $47,054 (tax year 2024)

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

19% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Various
Private foundation · Minneapolis, MN
The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation

Takes applications

41 Tennessee grants totaling $183,549 · 2 in Davidson County · 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
Private foundation · Morristown
Wallace Foundation

Takes applications

33 Tennessee grants totaling $99,875 · 2 in Davidson County · 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
Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK
Feed the Children Inc.

How to apply: not stated

33 Tennessee grants totaling $5.7 million · 2 in Davidson County · 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
Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Adams Family Foundation I

Takes applications

23 Tennessee grants totaling $335,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $3,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Short Mtn Church Camp, Greenhouse Ministries

57% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Adams Family Foundation II

Takes applications

17 Tennessee grants totaling $186,500 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

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

59% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Franklin
Tennessee Charitable Care Network

How to apply: not stated

16 Tennessee grants totaling $305,504 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $10,050 to $25,990 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Church Hill Medical Mission, Church Health Center, Church Hill Free Medical Clinic

6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To improve health care services offered to low-income, underserved tennesseans.
Private foundation · Westlake Village, CA
Conrad N Hilton Foundation

Takes applications

11 Tennessee grants totaling $262,360 · 2 in Davidson County · 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...
Public charity · Dallas, TX
Communities Foundation of Texas Inc.

How to apply: not stated

9 Tennessee grants totaling $344,332 · 2 in Davidson County · 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 · Paris
Betsy Ross Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

8 Tennessee grants totaling $43,500 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $2,500 to $6,000 (tax year 2024)

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

12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Environmental education; Support public education; Support for children with disabilities and rare diseases; Support for raptors; Support for youth programs
Public charity · Atlanta, GA
The Fund for Theological Education Inc.

How to apply: not stated

7 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $12,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as General Board of Higher Education and Ministry - Umc, First Presbyterian Church Dickson, Discipleship Ministries Team

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Discernment lab grant
Public charity · Dayton, OH
The Dayton Foundation

How to apply: not stated

6 Tennessee grants totaling $331,250 · 2 in Davidson County · typical grant $5,900 to $131,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Scholarships; Unrestricted, christmas needs for home; Dorm refresh - cogs

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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.