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360 foundations that funded “Ministries”
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Myers Family Foundation
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $11,200 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
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
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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)
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
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust
Takes applications
7 Tennessee grants totaling $220,750 · typical grant $500 to $40,500 (tax year 2025)
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
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Private foundation · Bartlett
Midsouth Christian Care
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $197,000 · typical grant $36,500 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Benevolence
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Private foundation · Brentwood
Timothy 617 Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $138,895 · typical grant $1,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2024)
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Private foundation · Elizabethton
Tetrick Family Foundation
Takes applications
5 Tennessee grants totaling $90,510 · typical grant $10,000 to $18,010 (tax year 2025)
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To provide financial support that the organization may use however it best sees fit.
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Private foundation · Nashville
Williams Family Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $12,600 · typical grant $500 to $6,600 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Operating fund
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Private foundation · Memphis
Julie & Marty Belz Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $5,557 · typical grant $40 to $3,692 (tax year 2025)
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious
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Private foundation · Bristol, VA
Donald and Betty Burke Foundation
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $1,470 · typical grant $270 to $700 (tax year 2024)
25% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Christian ed. Mission; Assistance of the poor; Cancer patient aid; Assist children with hearing loss
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Private foundation · Shelbyville
J B Cash Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $32,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Exempt organization
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Public charity · Harrisburg, PA
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $116,000 · typical grant $6,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community development; Religion
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Private foundation · Nashville
Erie Chapman Foundation
How to apply: not stated
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
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Private foundation · Sterling, IL
Dillon Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $14,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: To support education/instruction; To support health/general and relate
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
H Fort Flowers Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $11,000 · typical grant $1,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Unrestricted donation; For school of engineering joseph and lori flowers scholarship
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Private foundation · Taylorsville, NC
The Griffin Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $2,500 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religious; Philanthropic
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Private foundation · Edina, MN
Lisa Stuart Schmoker Family Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $70,000 (tax year 2025)
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Pensacola, FL
Turner Family Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $13,000 · typical grant $3,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Charitable donation
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Private foundation · Hueytown, AL
To Preach the Gospel
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $3,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Life in Faith Inc.
Takes applications
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
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Private foundation · Frederick, MD
William E Cross Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,000 · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Dec 1 · next Dec 1, 2026 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: For program services
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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.