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1 foundation that funded “Encore”
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Public charity · Brentwood
Encore Ministry Foundation
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9 Tennessee grants totaling $100,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Christ United Methodist Church, Cooks United Methodist Church
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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.