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22 foundations that funded “Grace Ministries”
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Private foundation · Paris
Charles P Wilson Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
25 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $7,500 to $75,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 12 Tennessee grants, such as Enough Grace Ministries Inc., First Baptist Church, Jackson First Baptist Church
12% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community program services; Christianity; Community program; Family planning center; Homeless shelter for women & children
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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
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Private foundation · Memphis
The Bernard Lapides and Shirley W Lapides Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $35,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Temple Israel, Baron Hirsch Congregation, Grace Evangelical Church
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Gift-cathy l weil
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Private foundation · Hendersonville
Carolyn Smith Foundation
Takes applications
146 Tennessee grants totaling $4.2 million · typical grant $8,000 to $30,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 13 Tennessee grants, such as Daystar Counseling Ministries, Grace Place Ministries, Lambscroft Ministries-The Cookery
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
45% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Human services - local community; Health - General; Medical research; Provide relief for human trafficking survivors & combat human trafficking in Middle Tennessee; Programs...
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Private foundation · Athens
Athens Federal Foundation
Takes applications
43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 27 Tennessee grants, such as Etowah Community Food Pantry - Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, Grace & Mercy Ministries, Morning Star Ministries
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
9 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...
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United Way · Athens
United Way of Mcminn and Meigs Counties
How to apply: not stated
12 Tennessee grants totaling $484,000 · typical grant $15,000 to $53,400 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Grace & Mercy Ministries, Meig Ministries
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Partner agency; Community grant
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 8 Tennessee grants, such as Church of the Good Shepherd, Grace Episcopal Church, Jones United Methodist Church
2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted grant
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United Way · Hendersonville
United Way of Sumner County
How to apply: not stated
23 Tennessee grants totaling $458,197 · typical grant $9,078 to $27,115 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Grace Place Ministry
22% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Health focus; Financial stability; Youth opportunity; Rebuilding lives; Community resiliency
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Public charity · Bethesda, MD
Impactassetsinc
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
27 Tennessee grants totaling $2.2 million · typical grant $10,000 to $35,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 13 Tennessee grants, such as Historical Clayborn Temple, Historic Clayborn Temple, Grace Presbyterian Church
58% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Brent Gambrell Ministries - A Door to Hope, Grace So Amazing Ministries, Maury Hills Church
17% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Memphis
Grace Foundation of Memphis Inc.
Takes applications
41 Tennessee grants totaling $2.1 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 28 Tennessee grants, such as Bellevue Baptist Church, Christ Community Church Memphis, Downline Ministries
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Health, general; Housing, shelter
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Public charity · Memphis
Second Presbyterian Church Foundation
How to apply: not stated
12 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $30,000 to $250,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Second Presbyterian Church
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Clayton Family Foundation
Takes applications
40 Tennessee grants totaling $1.1 million · typical grant $2,500 to $12,500 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 5 Tennessee grants, such as Beech Park Baptist Church, First United Methodist Church Knoxv, Crossroads Community Church
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
3 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Church general fund; K-12 school; Community health services; Scholarship fund; Dance school transportation
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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
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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
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United Way · Winchester
United Way of Franklin County
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $108,123 · typical grant $6,455 to $10,051 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Fr Co Good Samaritan Ministry
8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Oklahoma City, OK
Feed the Children Inc.
How to apply: not stated
33 Tennessee grants totaling $5.7 million · typical grant $23,726 to $152,603 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 23 Tennessee grants, such as Christian Faith Ministry, Family Food Ministry, The Bridge Ministry Inc.
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Necessities for children and families experiencing hunger and hardship
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Private foundation · Bells
Covenant Legacy Foundation
Takes applications
14 Tennessee grants totaling $484,744 · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 7 Tennessee grants, such as Fellowship Bible Church, Samburg Baptist Church, Restoration Church
21% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital Campaign and Unrestricted Support
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Private foundation · Memphis
T W Briggs Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
26 Tennessee grants totaling $690,550 · typical grant $15,000 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Streets Ministries, Su Casa Family Ministries, Grace St Luke's Episcopal Church
Stated deadlines: Feb 1, Aug 1 · next Feb 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
85% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Public charity · Savannah
The Darryl Worley Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
17 Tennessee grants totaling $105,535 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Grace Chapel, Balanced Life Ministries
65% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community Events; Veterans programs; Recognition of Veterans; Medical Research; Program for Austistic Children
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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.