Tennessee · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Religion in Tennessee

Imperigo has identified 391 funders that made 4,262 grants totaling $317.1M to 501 religion organizations in Tennessee, with a median grant of $16K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Religion Funding in Tennessee

Total granted $317.1M
Funders 391
Grants 4,262
Organizations funded 501

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Love Thy Neighbor Too
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$762K
27. United Way of Humphreys County
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2023 · 17.1% of their giving
$114K
28. Mountain View Nursing Home Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$116K
29. Cej Zimmerman Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2020 · 25.7% of their giving
$84K
30. Delta Dental of Tennessee Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $132K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$631K
31. The Isaacs Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024 · 15.2% of their giving
$100K
32. Asi Missions Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $340K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$562K
33. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2022 · 5.7% of their giving
$200K
34. Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $55K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$242K
35. Slingshot Memphis Inc
12 grants to 3 organizations · largest $55K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$242K
36. Messengers of Light Ministry Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $31K · through 2021 · 19.1% of their giving
$44K
37. Plant a Seed Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $11K · through 2024 · 58.4% of their giving
$41K
38. Nashville Predators Foundation
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$261K
39. Our Change Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $186K · through 2024 · 3.7% of their giving
$210K
40. US Family Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2020 · 3.4% of their giving
$200K
41. Belz 2008 Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2020 · 5.9% of their giving
$100K
42. Pledgeling Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $429K · through 2024
$733K
43. In His Steps Foundation
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $63K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$410K
44. The Signatry Charitable Trust
19 grants to 19 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024
$1.9M
45. Players Philanthropy Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $486K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$486K
46. Eden Bridge Foundation
18 grants to 5 organizations · largest $161K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$522K
47. Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $77K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$378K
48. Charity Circle of Murfreesboro
13 grants to 3 organizations · largest $12K · through 2025 · 3.3% of their giving
$120K
49. Classic Productions for Students
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $19K · through 2024 · 33.3% of their giving
$19K
50. Provision Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $44K · through 2023 · 6.9% of their giving
$54K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to religion work in Tennessee, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 17 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering religion work, with an address in Tennessee. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable religion funding in Tennessee, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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