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360 foundations that funded “Ministries”

  1. Public charity · Bentonville, AR

    Pure Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $196,575 · typical grant $13,410 to $52,931 (tax year 2024)

    17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  2. Public charity · Knoxville

    Smoky Mountain Christian Men's Fellowship

    How to apply: not stated

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $88,500 · typical grant $7,500 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  3. Private foundation · Midland, TX

    Abell-Hanger Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted donation; Unrestricted general operating support

  4. Public charity · Greenville, SC

    Prisma Health - Blount Memorial Hospital Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $59,900 · typical grant $6,000 to $26,700 (tax year 2024)

    Funded: Op/community engagement

  5. Private foundation · Frankenmuth, MI

    Frankenmuth Insurance Foundation

    Takes applications

    4 Tennessee grants totaling $11,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  6. Private foundation · Fort Worth, TX

    Ken W Davis Foundation

    Takes applications

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Restoration for self-trafficking; Building project - capital campaign

  7. Public charity · Hoover, AL

    Servant Life Missions Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $220,590 · typical grant $26,155 to $118,605 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Facilitate camps and activities in foreign countries for the organization's volunteers mission trips

  8. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Mary Jane Crowe Foundation

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $29,410 · typical grant $4,410 to $25,000 (tax year 2025)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted general; Scholarships

  9. Private foundation · Fishers, IN

    Round Room Gives Inc.

    Takes applications

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $12,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Supply nutritionals meals to those in need during the summer months

  10. Public charity · Bean Station

    Friends of Missions

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $70,000 · typical grant $20,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Public charity · Aroda, VA

    Mountain View Nursing Home Inc.

    How to apply: not stated

    2 Tennessee grants totaling $34,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $24,000 (tax year 2024)

    50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Mission Support

  12. Private foundation · Gardendale, AL

    The Mccloy Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $11,000 · typical grant $11,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  13. Private foundation · Seneca, MO

    Frye Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $106,000 · typical grant $106,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Stated deadlines: Nov 30 · next Nov 30, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  14. Private foundation · Albany, GA

    Fisher-Crum Foundation

    How to apply: not stated

    1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Charitable, educational or religious

  15. Private foundation · Boyden, IA

    Demco Charitable Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: To support religious services

  16. Community foundation · Norfolk, VA

    Hampton Roads Community Foundation

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

    3 Tennessee grants totaling $44,400 · typical grant $10,000 to $22,400 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Human services; Health; Other

  17. Private foundation · Nashville

    Thackston Family Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    1 grant for buildings or equipment

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

  18. Private foundation · Paris

    Adams Family Foundation

    Takes applications

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

    7% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Support program; Education; Education and assistance; Support after school programs; Support food distribution

  19. 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)

    22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Research, general support & education

  20. 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)

    55% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

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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.