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47 foundations that funded “Harvest”

Public charity · Murfreesboro
Charity Circle of Murfreesboro

How to apply: not stated

38 Tennessee grants totaling $697,650 · typical grant $8,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)

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

18% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Contribution to donor advised fund to be used as general support for charities
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
Private foundation · Parsons
The Ayers Foundation Trust

Takes applications

36 Tennessee grants totaling $10.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $106,600 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as First Baptist Church, Jonesborough United Methodist Church, St Georges Episcopal Church

No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

Funded: General/operating
Public charity · Crossville
United Fund of Cumberland County

How to apply: not stated

35 Tennessee grants totaling $358,182 · typical grant $5,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

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

20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · Nashville
Purity Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

33 Tennessee grants totaling $134,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Bridge Ministry, Daystar Counseling Ministries, Harpeth Hills Church of Christ

42% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
United Way · Lebanon
United Way of Wilson County & the Upper Cumberland

How to apply: not stated

28 Tennessee grants totaling $206,158 · typical grant $9,637 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)

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

4% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Designated
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 · Nashville
James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

26 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

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

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

4 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern Tennessee from hurricane helene; Recovery in community capital campaign; Capital fund support - new building; Fall bash -...
United Way · Maryville
United Way of Blount County

How to apply: not stated

26 Tennessee grants totaling $1.4 million · typical grant $23,000 to $73,500 (tax year 2024)

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

8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Program oper cost; Program seed fdg
United Way · Hendersonville
United Way of Sumner County

How to apply: not stated

23 Tennessee grants totaling $458,197 · typical grant $9,078 to $27,115 (tax year 2024)

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

22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Health focus; Financial stability; Youth opportunity; Rebuilding lives; Community resiliency
Private foundation · Knoxville
Roger B & Evelyn W Paddison Charitable Foundation

Takes applications

20 Tennessee grants totaling $157,000 · typical grant $4,000 to $12,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 11 Tennessee grants, such as Focus Group Prison Ministry, Fountain City Ministry Center, Lost Sheep Ministry

Stated deadlines: Jan 31 · next Jan 31, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Mobile meals; Educational; Funding the roger b & evelyn w paddison scholarship
Public charity · Big Island, VA
The Society of St Andrew Inc.

How to apply: not stated

20 Tennessee grants totaling $585,584 · typical grant $6,122 to $26,199 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 13 Tennessee grants, such as Alameda Christian Church, Cornerstone Church of God, First Southern Baptist Church

55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To provide nourishment to hungry neighbors
Public charity · Nashville
Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee

How to apply: not stated

20 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $9,513 to $174,153 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Congregation Micah, Congregation Sherith Israel, The Temple Ohabai Sholom

65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: General program support
Private foundation · Murfreesboro
Adams Family Foundation II

Takes applications

17 Tennessee grants totaling $186,500 · 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
Private foundation · Nashville
Thackston Family Foundation

Takes applications

16 Tennessee grants totaling $96,500 · typical grant $2,500 to $5,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Lebanon First United Methodist Church

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Elevator repair; Scholarship; Gift to food bank; Historic place markers; Empower me daycamp
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 · Nashville
Angel Corps

Takes applications

15 Tennessee grants totaling $369,277 · typical grant $1,200 to $6,077 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Christ the King Church, St Augustin Church, Resurrection Church

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Community fundraising; Together campaign
Public charity · Brownsville
Southwest Members Care Inc.

How to apply: not stated

13 Tennessee grants totaling $110,274 · typical grant $7,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Confidential Care Mobile Ministry, Holly Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Woodland Baptist Church Brotherhood Ramp Builders

92% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: Supplies; Furniture for new office; Supplies, maintenance; Mobile units expenses; New equipment
Public charity · Canton, MA
Joy in Childhood Foundation Inc.

How to apply: not stated

10 Tennessee grants totaling $117,950 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)

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

90% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Support Sick and Hungry Kids
Public charity · Cordova
Housing for the Elderly of Henderson County Inc.

How to apply: not stated

9 Tennessee grants totaling $450,000 · typical grant $50,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Golden Cross Senior Ministries Inc., H O P E Ministries Inc.

Funded: To support charitable operations in compliance with organizational charter and bylaws

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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.