Tennessee · Public charity
Baptist Missions Inc
Support of public worship, the building and maintenance of churches, parsonages, schools, hospitals, chapels, and such other religious, educational or benevolent institutions as may be necessary or proper to the work of missionary bodies and the maintenance of all missionary undertakings; the encouragement, support and maintenance of…
- $281k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $25k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Baptist Missions Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $175k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $4.0M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $630k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $600k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $761k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $1.1M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guidestone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention | $6,515,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Memphis Union Misson | $840,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Good News Jail & Prison Ministry | $599,470 | 4 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $358,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Love and Hope Foundation | $92,000 | 1 | 82% |
| Ukraine Partnership Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist Childrens Home | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Third Millennium Ministries Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneers | $14,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Salt and Light Ministry Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guidestone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention | $6,515,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Memphis Union Misson | $840,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Good News Jail & Prison Ministry | $599,470 | 4 | n/a |
| Alliance Defending Freedom | $358,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Love and Hope Foundation | $92,000 | 1 | 82% |
| Ukraine Partnership Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baptist Childrens Home | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Third Millennium Ministries Inc | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pioneers | $14,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Salt and Light Ministry Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Pan American Health Service Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Baptist Missions Inc
- How much does Baptist Missions Inc give?
- Baptist Missions Inc reported 1 itemized grants totaling $25,000, out of $280,600 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Baptist Missions Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (76%), Housing & Shelter (10%), Crime & Legal (7%).
- Who are Baptist Missions Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Guidestone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention ($6.5M), Memphis Union Misson ($840k), Good News Jail & Prison Ministry ($599k).
- Does Baptist Missions Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Baptist Missions Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund.
- Where is Baptist Missions Inc based?
- Baptist Missions Inc is based in TN.
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