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360 foundations that funded “Ministries”

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Timothy 617 Foundation

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $138,895 · typical grant $1,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2024)

  6. 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.

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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.