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335 foundations that funded “Churches”

Private foundation · Pella, IA
Sam & Lisa Van Maanen Charitable

Takes applications

1 Tennessee grant totaling $500 · typical grant $500 (1 grant) (tax year 2023)

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

Funded: For foundation
Public charity · Smyrna
Ambassadors for Christ Association

How to apply: not stated

1 Tennessee grant totaling $0 (tax year 2024)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Financial assistance
Community foundation · Appleton, WI
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region Inc.

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

3 Tennessee grants totaling $42,543 · typical grant $5,100 to $21,000 (tax year 2024)

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

67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Human services; Philanthropy, voluntarism; Health care
Private foundation · Midland, TX
Abell-Hanger Foundation

Takes applications

5 Tennessee grants totaling $19,820 · typical grant $660 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Every Nation Churches & Ministries

33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Unrestricted donation; Unrestricted general operating support
Public charity · Jackson
West TN Healthcare Foundation Inc.

How to apply: not stated

40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.7 million · typical grant $9,394 to $38,500 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 17 Tennessee grants, such as First Baptist Church -Food Pantry, First Presbyterian Church, First United Methodist Church

49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

2 grants for buildings or equipment

Funded: $6,000.00 women who care grant; $5,000.00 for general support; $250.00 windows of hope sponsorship; $2,093.53 for repair of ac unit; $1,500.00 steak n burger sponsorship;...
Private foundation · Memphis
Lawrence Lewis Foundation 8033000192

Takes applications

24 Tennessee grants totaling $206,068 · typical grant $750 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 7 Tennessee grants, such as Angel Street Ministries, Temple Israel, Second Presbyterian Church

38% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: General Charitable Contribution
Private foundation · Bartlett
Knapp Foundation Inc.

Takes applications

24 Tennessee grants totaling $141,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as A Way Out Ministries, Church Health Center, Native American Indigenous Ministry

25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: General/operating; Senior workshop series
Public charity · Brentwood
Corecivic Foundation the

How to apply: not stated

24 Tennessee grants totaling $475,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)

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

8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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
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
Private foundation · Paris
Adams Family Foundation

Takes applications

15 Tennessee grants totaling $43,550 · typical grant $2,225 to $3,225 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as First United Methodist Church, Parishenry County Food Bank

7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Support program; Education; Education and assistance; Support after school programs; Support food distribution
Private foundation · Irvine, CA
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

Takes applications

13 Tennessee grants totaling $84,050 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 10 Tennessee grants, such as Catholic Charities Diocese of Nashville, Saint Henry Catholic Church

22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Research, general support & education
Public charity · Cordova
Bellevue Foundation Inc.

How to apply: not stated

13 Tennessee grants totaling $700,083 · typical grant $15,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Bellevue Baptist Church, St Patrick Presbyterian Church, Standing Strong Ministries

77% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Private foundation · New York, NY
Mutual of America Foundation

Takes applications

11 Tennessee grants totaling $103,460 · typical grant $50 to $1,200 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Heartbound Ministries Inc., Second Presbyterian Church

89% 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 · Brentwood
Myers Family Foundation

Takes applications

7 Tennessee grants totaling $11,200 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)

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

100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: Donate various items to needy families; Educational scholapships; Help communities in need; Provide housing for families; School supplies-needy families
Private foundation · Memphis
Flora Belle Moss & Bessie Abigail Moss Foundation

Takes applications

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

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

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

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: "; Budget
Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust

Takes applications

7 Tennessee grants totaling $220,750 · typical grant $500 to $40,500 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as B'nai Zion Congregation

14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

1 grant for buildings or equipment

Funded: To support a public charity; To support the expansion of facing history in hamilton county, Tennessee; Educational & cultural; To support annual campaign
Private foundation · Franklin
Ahrens Family Foundation

Takes applications

7 Tennessee grants totaling $264,000 · typical grant $2,500 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as The Bridge Ministry Inc., Greg Hood Ministries, Future Church Franklin

29% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Funded: To continue ongoing programs and services
Private foundation · Bartlett
Midsouth Christian Care

Takes applications

6 Tennessee grants totaling $197,000 · typical grant $36,500 (tax year 2024)

Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 13 Tennessee grants, such as Bartlett Woods Church of Christ, Germantown Church of Christ, Great Oaks Church of Christ

Funded only returning groups in its latest year

Funded: Benevolence

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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.