Private Foundation

Issachar Fund

Issachar Fund is a Private Foundation headquartered in Knoxville, TN. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $-32.7M revenue, $2.0M expenses. IRS filings disclose 38 grants awarded by this foundation, totaling roughly $1.5M.

EIN: 454025139 Knoxville, TN Latest filing: 2024

Total Revenue$-32.7M

Total Expenses$2.0M

Grants Given38

Grant Total$1.5M

Filing Years2017–2024

Sample Grants Given

Jens Zimmerman

2024

Mystery ofPersonhood

$36,849

University of Texas Austin

Austin, TX · 2024

The Theology ofOpen QuantumSystems

$16,676

Duke University

Durham, NC · 2024

Transformation Ideas:Exploring Science & Religion

$15,000

Yale Divinity School

New Haven, CT · 2024

Recasting Creation

$8,233

Americans for Oxford

New York, NY · 2023

SimplicityBias

$105,456

Showing up to 5 of 38 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Director Jeff Schloss

Director Julie Bridenbaugh

President Kurt O Berends

Director Michael Murray

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Top Grant Purposes

SimplicityBias

$201,408 2 grants

Theology of the Quantum World

$169,751 1 grant

Equipping FutureChristian Thought LeadersIn Academic Health Care Yr 3

$152,250 1 grant

Dean Zimmerman Project- How Can We Know God

$144,885 2 grants

Faith & Leadership

$125,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2024	$-32.7M	$2.0M	—
2023	$1.0M	$2.5M	$35.1M
2022	$3.2M	$1.6M	$36.8M
2020	$2.8M	$4.8M	$35.2M
2017	$1.4M	$1.3M	$505K

Between 2017 and 2024, reported annual revenue moved from $1.4M to $-32.7M.

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Grant Geography

Grants from this foundation were reported to recipients in CA, CT, DC, KS, MA, MD, and 4 other states.

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