Tennessee · Private foundation
Stephens' Christian Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,334,792
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,334,792
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 48
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Stephens' Christian Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $1.4M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $1.3M | 47% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $1.0M | 75% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $720k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $535k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $475k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $411k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 48 | $485k | 79% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lipscomb University | $6,287,225 | 9 | 1% |
| Ohio Valley University Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc | $103,000 | 3 | 0% |
| World Christian Broadcasting Corporation | $44,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Pepperdine University | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Nashville Christian Schools Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Operation Andrew Group Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Room in the Inn Inc | $9,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Christian Scholars Foundation | $8,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Joseph School Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 1% |
Show all 51 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 29 recipients with no EIN on record ($84k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stephens' Christian Trust supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Washington Foundation · Ezell Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Servant Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · The Harrison-Robbie Dearing Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · The Frist Foundation · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
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About Stephens' Christian Trust
- How much does Stephens' Christian Trust give?
- Stephens' Christian Trust reported 2 grants totaling $1,434,792 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 48 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Stephens' Christian Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (95%), Religion (2%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Stephens' Christian Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lipscomb University ($6.3M), Ohio Valley University Inc ($250k), Nashville Inner City Ministry Inc ($103k).
- Does Stephens' Christian Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stephens' Christian Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Stephens' Christian Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Washington Foundation, Ezell Foundation Inc, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc.
- Where is Stephens' Christian Trust based?
- Stephens' Christian Trust is based in TN.
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