1,685 private foundations reported religion grants on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2022–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Themes are derived from the free-text purpose each foundation wrote on its own Part XV filing, so a grant is classified by what the funder said it was for. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2022–2025, 1,685 private foundations reported 6,198 grants for religion totaling $323,686,694 to 5,141 organizations nationwide. Recipients span 50 states and territories, concentrated in New York, California, Texas. Tenacre Foundation reported the most religion giving — $30,764,070 across 58 grants. The median grant was $7,638.
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States whose organizations received the most reported religion grants.
| State | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,160 | $73,635,943 |
| California | 499 | $25,976,078 |
| Texas | 418 | $16,995,924 |
| Florida | 361 | $9,067,551 |
| New Jersey | 334 | $9,313,305 |
| North Carolina | 240 | $25,382,016 |
| Pennsylvania | 237 | $6,319,211 |
| Illinois | 230 | $4,606,191 |
| Michigan | 199 | $7,531,754 |
| Indiana | 194 | $6,157,916 |
| Colorado | 188 | $13,920,590 |
| Georgia | 167 | $5,079,394 |
| Missouri | 143 | $14,319,402 |
| Maryland | 140 | $6,790,511 |
| Tennessee | 132 | $5,965,534 |
| Massachusetts | 130 | $4,916,696 |
| Wisconsin | 119 | $4,175,063 |
| Kentucky | 116 | $5,454,049 |
| Virginia | 109 | $2,324,225 |
| Ohio | 106 | $13,978,824 |
| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Tenacre Foundation | 58 | $30,764,070 |
| The Duke Endowment | 53 | $20,376,951 |
| The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc | 10 | $20,305,123 |
| The Steve Tisch Family Foundation | 18 | $12,354,663 |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc | 76 | $11,690,000 |
| The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati | 4 | $11,203,623 |
| JAY and Jean Schottenstein Foundation | 16 | $9,040,181 |
| Alice L Walton Foundation | 2 | $7,350,000 |
| Carson-myre Charitable Foundation | 137 | $5,330,600 |
| Pema Foundation Inc | 6 | $4,416,000 |
| The Litwin Foundation Inc | 1 | $4,365,661 |
| Shamai&richu Hartman Family Foundtn | 2 | $4,093,848 |
| The Shimon BEN Joseph Foundation DBA JIM Joseph Foundation | 36 | $3,909,318 |
| The Raymond Debbane Family Foundation | 4 | $3,225,000 |
| The Bolick Foundation | 45 | $3,203,327 |
| Recipient | Location | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | 4 | $30,424,786 |
| National Fund for Christian Science Nursing | Overland Park, KS | 2 | $10,891,668 |
| Jewish Federation of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $8,228,288 |
| Catalyst Church NWA Inc | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $7,200,000 |
| NER L Horeinu Inc | Chandler, AZ | 1 | $6,383,681 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | 3 | $5,007,000 |
| Adventure Unlimited | Greenwood Village, CO | 5 | $4,581,492 |
| Cedars Camps | Lebanon, MO | 6 | $4,274,786 |
| The Catholic Foundation | Lansing, MI | 2 | $4,258,000 |
| The Donors Fund | Lakewood, NJ | 1 | $4,072,848 |
| Duke Divinity School | Durham, NC | 7 | $3,820,249 |
| The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore | Baltimore, MD | 5 | $3,116,500 |
| NYU Langone Medical Center | New York, NY | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| Mayerson JCC | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $2,910,335 |
| Roman Catholic Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | 1 | $2,820,000 |
| Western North Carolina Conference United Methodist Church | Huntersville, NC | 6 | $2,230,500 |
| LA County Museum of ART (museum Associates) | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $2,100,000 |
| Legacy Heritage Project Accelerate | New York, NY | 1 | $2,089,251 |
| Umjca | Great Neck, NY | 1 | $2,036,000 |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $2,000,000 |
1,685 private foundations reported religion grants on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $323,686,694. The largest by reported dollars were Tenacre Foundation, The Duke Endowment, The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation Inc. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
5,141 distinct organizations appear as recipients, led by Jewish Communal Fund, National Fund for Christian Science Nursing, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported religion grant was $7,638, and the largest single reported grant was $19,805,123. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
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Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2022–2025). Theme classification is derived from the funder’s own purpose text and is a summary, not a legal categorization. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed.
