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335 foundations that funded “Churches”

Private foundation · Brentwood
Helping Hands Foundation

Takes applications

2 Tennessee grants totaling $2,260 · typical grant $500 to $1,760 (tax year 2025)

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

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: For missions fund; For kenya mission trip
Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA
Calvin P & Irma B Bentley Charitable Fnd Pnc

Takes applications

2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,350 · typical grant $1,850 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Public charity · Philadelphia, PA
Monument Lab Inc.

How to apply: not stated

2 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $15,000 (tax year 2024)

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

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Fiscal sponsor
Public charity · Montgomery, AL
Respite for All Foundation

How to apply: not stated

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

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Canton, OH
The Abner and Esther Yoder Charitable Foundation

Takes applications

2 Tennessee grants totaling $7,100 · typical grant $1,000 to $6,100 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Terry Tripp Ministries, Laverne Tripp Ministries, Terry Tripp Ministries - Marantha

No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing

50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Public charity · Candler, NC
Freedom in Christ Inc.

How to apply: not stated

2 Tennessee grants totaling $181,189 · typical grant $54,111 to $127,078 (tax year 2025)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Christian missions
Private foundation · Bryn Mawr, PA
Joseph P Heenan Family Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

2 Tennessee grants totaling $6,250 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,250 (tax year 2024)

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

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Educational
Public charity · Los Angeles, CA
Farmlink Project

How to apply: not stated

2 Tennessee grants totaling $44,180 · typical grant $9,288 to $34,892 (tax year 2024)

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

Funded: To provide healthy fresh produce to families in need
Private foundation · Wayzata, MN
The Carter Family Foundation

Takes applications

2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,025 · typical grant $520 to $2,505 (tax year 2024)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To support the Organization's mission.
Public charity · Landover, MD
Homefree USA Inc.

How to apply: not stated

2 Tennessee grants totaling $42,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $27,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Life of Victory I Ministry, Life of Victory International Christian Ministries

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To assist with Housing Counseling and acquisition services in the local community.; Housing Counseling Assistance
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 · Ooltewah
Tucker Foundation

Takes applications

60 Tennessee grants totaling $4.3 million · 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 · 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.
Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK
Feed the Children Inc.

How to apply: not stated

33 Tennessee grants totaling $5.7 million · 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 · Chattanooga
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

17 Tennessee grants totaling $133,504 · typical grant $750 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Chattanooga Church Ministries, Church of the Good Shepherd, Metropolitan Ministries

18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Annual fund on behalf of kate caldwell nevin; Lindy hop; Genneral operations
Public charity · Nashville
Mission Possible

How to apply: not stated

16 Tennessee grants totaling $285,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

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

80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Hurricane relief
Private foundation · Dyersburg
Brayton Foundation

How to apply: not stated

10 Tennessee grants totaling $5,100 · typical grant $100 to $900 (tax year 2025)

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

10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unrestricted use donation; Scholarship
Private foundation · Jackson
Charles and Debby Campbell Family Foundation

Takes applications

8 Tennessee grants totaling $349,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Fellowship Bible Church, First Baptist Church

25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Growing a Legacy III; Org # 10754100; Brazil mission trip; Women's Soccer; Support for Leon Willis
Public charity · Germantown
Breast Cancer Eradication Initiative Inc.

How to apply: not stated

8 Tennessee grants totaling $176,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Church Health Center of Memphis Inc.

25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Breast cancer research/educ/treatment
Private foundation · New York, NY
William Randolph Hearst Foundation

Takes applications

6 Tennessee grants totaling $827,500 · typical grant $125,000 to $150,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Church Health Center of Memphis

80% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

2 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: To support general operations; To support the New Art Museum for Memphis capital campaign; To support the School of Nursings micro-credentialing program and the TV News...

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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.