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32 foundations that funded “Presbyterian”
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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 · New York, NY
Mutual of America Foundation
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $103,460 · typical grant $50 to $1,200 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 4 Tennessee grants, such as Heartbound Ministries Inc., Second Presbyterian Church
89% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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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)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as First Presbyterian Church
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 · Brentwood
Timothy 617 Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $138,895 · typical grant $1,000 to $22,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Christ Presbyterian Church
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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)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Parish Presbyterian Church
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Community development; 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)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as First Presbyterian Church Preschool
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 · 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)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Christ Presbyterian Church Inc., Christ Presbyterian Church
No fixed deadline, per its 2025 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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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)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Woodmont Christian Church, First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Support advancement of religion
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Private foundation · Dyersburg
Brayton Foundation
How to apply: not stated
10 Tennessee grants totaling $5,100 · typical grant $100 to $900 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as First Presbyterian Church
10% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Unrestricted use donation; Scholarship
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Public charity · Atlanta, GA
The Fund for Theological Education Inc.
How to apply: not stated
7 Tennessee grants totaling $160,000 · typical grant $12,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as General Board of Higher Education and Ministry - Umc, First Presbyterian Church Dickson, Discipleship Ministries Team
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Discernment lab grant
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Private foundation · Chattanooga
Hart Charitable Trust
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $3,200 · typical grant $500 to $1,100 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as New Providence Presbyterian Church
75% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Hearing & speech illness & disability; Student ministry support; Church ministry; Clean water ministry
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Oliver & Evelyn Smith Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
4 Tennessee grants totaling $18,000 · typical grant $3,500 to $9,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, Cornerstone Church
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: A church sharing the message of jesus christ.; To preserve and promote the history of Tennessee, focusing on East Tennessee, to educate and connect the region; Education
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Community foundation · Athens, GA
Athens Area Community Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
5 Tennessee grants totaling $107,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $27,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Community foundation · Memphis
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South Inc.
How to apply: not stated
307 Tennessee grants totaling $40.4 million · typical grant $10,300 to $101,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 173 Tennessee grants, such as Advent Presbyterian Church, Allen Jackson Ministries, Amea Ministries International
30% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Religion; Educational; Human service; Philanthropy; Youth devel
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Public charity · Cordova
Bellevue Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
13 Tennessee grants totaling $700,083 · typical grant $15,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 6 Tennessee grants, such as Bellevue Baptist Church, St Patrick Presbyterian Church, Standing Strong Ministries
77% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Private foundation · Jackson
James E Campbell Family Foundation
Takes applications
8 Tennessee grants totaling $462,700 · typical grant $6,000 to $159,100 (tax year 2025)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 3 Tennessee grants, such as First Presbyterian Church
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Capital campaign and unrestricted operations; Century Fund and Unrestricted operations
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United Way · Paramus, NJ
United Way of Bergen County
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $132,709 · typical grant $6,500 to $113,789 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 1 Tennessee grant, such as Hope Presbyterian Church
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Donor designation
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Public charity · Pittsburgh, PA
Highmark Health
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $30,000 · typical grant $10,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 2 Tennessee grants, such as Second Presbyterian Church
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
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Community foundation · Nashville
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1,155 Tennessee grants totaling $69.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 113 Tennessee grants, such as Immaculate Conception Church, First Presbyterian Church Nashville, Westminster Presbyterian Church
46% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
55 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Delek us corporate support from Brentwood committee; For program enhancements and equipment to increase capacity, strengthen quality and promote compliance with licensing...
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Private foundation · Nashville
Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
Takes applications
48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
Has funded groups like yours (church or faith-based group): 12 Tennessee grants, such as First Presbyterian Church of Nashville, Jennifer O'neil Ministries, Joy Church
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
39% 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.