Well Told Grants

Foundations

Foundations that fund faith communities

31,611 private foundations made grants for faith communities in their latest year, totalling $7.8 billion. Pick a state to see who funds faith communities there and whether they accept applications.

By state

Largest faith communities funders in our data

FoundationBased inFaith communities grants
Lilly Endowment IncIndiana$946 million
NSN Foundation IncNew Jersey$64.0 million
Haplotace FoundationAlabama$58.6 million
Esther and Harold Mertz FoundationSouth Dakota$52.3 million
A Good Name Foundation IncGeorgia$50.3 million
Dart-L FoundationCalifornia$50.2 million
Luke and Lori Morrow Family FoundationTexas$49.9 million
The Moody FoundationTexas$43.7 million
Mother Cabrini Health Foundation IncNew York$42.4 million
The Jesus Fund (Section 501(C)(3) Exempt Private Foundation)Arkansas$40.0 million
The Marcus Foundation IncGeorgia$38.5 million
The Koum Family FoundationCalifornia$37.1 million
The Wexner Family Charitable FundOhio$33.4 million
The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation IncNew York$30.4 million
The Laurie M Tisch Foundation IncNew York$28.3 million
Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation IncWisconsin$27.0 million
The Samuel and Jean Frankel Jewish Heritage FoundationMichigan$26.6 million
O'Donnell FoundationTexas$26.4 million
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation IncMaryland$25.5 million
The Alsam FoundationIllinois$25.2 million
The Poplar FoundationTennessee$23.2 million
The George and Beverly Rawlings Endowment Foundation IncKentucky$23.0 million
The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation DBA Jim Joseph FoundationCalifornia$22.6 million
The Jonathan M Tisch Family FoundationNew York$21.9 million
People's Support Foundation LimitedIllinois$21.3 million
The Duke EndowmentNorth Carolina$21.2 million
Decoster Family Charitable Foundation IncMaine$21.2 million
The Timashev Family FoundationNew York$21.2 million
Conrad N Hilton FoundationCalifornia$21.0 million
The Michael and Lori Milken Family FoundationCalifornia$20.0 million

Totals add up each foundation's faith communities grants in the states where it ranks among the top funders, so they can understate its total.