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94 foundations that funded “Christian Foundation America”

  1. Private foundation · Escondido, CA

    Tsuha Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To assist in recruiting, training and supporting effective teachers in a christian context.

  2. Private foundation · Monteagle

    Middlebrooks-Camp Foundation Inc.

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    6 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Fund organization; Family planning support; Therapeutic christian community; State park conservation; Foster community & business service

  3. Private foundation · Paris

    Charles P Wilson Foundation Inc.

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    25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $7,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)

    12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community program services; Christianity; Community program; Family planning center; Homeless shelter for women & children

  4. Private foundation · Raleigh, NC

    The Huisking Foundation Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $76,000 · typical grant $4,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Brother joel mcgraw scholarship fund; Meals on wheels

  5. Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK

    Butterfield Memorial Foundation

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $36,586 · typical grant $10,000 to $14,586 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Student confernce re; Ou chapter support; Equipment

  6. Private foundation · Knoxville

    The William B Stokely Jr Foundation

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $337,450 · typical grant $1,000 to $18,000 (tax year 2024)

    38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Community ministry; Education; Health services; Community; Art education

  7. Private foundation · Knoxville

    Hees Family Foundation

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    15 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

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

    53% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General fund/community support; Tuition support; General fund/tuition support; Youth foster care support; Disaster relief

  8. Public charity · Nashville

    Vultee Charitable Foundation

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

  9. Public charity · Memphis

    Second Presbyterian Church Foundation

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $30,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · St Paul, MN

    Land O'lakes Foundation

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    4 Tennessee grants totaling $22,500 · typical grant $5,000 to $7,500 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Member co-op matches; Independent retailer match

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Erie Chapman Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,150 · typical grant $50 to $1,100 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support advancement of religion

  12. Private foundation · Williamsville, NY

    William & Diane Hein Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $9,000 · typical grant $9,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Oct 15 · next Oct 15, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Religious

  13. Private foundation · Atlanta, GA

    Lenora and Alfred Glancy Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $20,000 · typical grant $20,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  14. Private foundation · Plainville, CT

    The Crew Family Foundation Inc.

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  15. Private foundation · Pittsburgh, PA

    Campbell Estelle S Char Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $30,000 · typical grant $30,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Livestock empowerment for

  16. Private foundation · Seattle, WA

    Joshua Green Foundation Inc.

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    5 Tennessee grants totaling $20,500 · typical grant $3,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: General fund donation

  17. Private foundation · Nashville

    Ezell Foundation Inc.

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

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  18. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Joey and Deborah Jacobs Family Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $167,500 · typical grant $25,000 to $142,500 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To further religious activities

  19. Private foundation · Omaha, NE

    Lothlorien Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $10,900 · typical grant $900 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Operating cost of non-profit org

  20. Private foundation · Beechgrove

    Compass World Outreach Foundation

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    1 Tennessee grant totaling $10,000 · typical grant $10,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

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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.