Funding search · EIN 842294558 · Cookeville, TN

Esme Foundation

Name: Esme Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

55
grants reported: $819,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

church children abused services food needy spiritual activitieschurch

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Hope House of Tennessee4 grants · $170,000
1st United Methodist Church4 grants · $150,000
Smiles of Hope4 grants · $91,000
Mustard Seed Ranch4 grants · $70,700
Crisis Pregnancy Center4 grants · $65,700
Nashville Symphony3 grants · $65,000
International Justice Mission4 grants · $60,000
Siloam Health3 grants · $44,000
Young Life4 grants · $23,500
Poplar Grove Baptist Church1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$221,000

2022

$225,000

2023

$183,000

2024

$190,000

2025

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$55,000
1st United Methodist Church · Cookeville, TN · 2022
Church activitieschurch activitieschurch activitieschurch activitiesreligious church activitiesdonation for church activities
$50,000
Hope House of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024
Provide housing & resources to homeless pregnant teens and children
$50,000
Hope House of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
Provide housing & resources to homeless pregnant teens and children
$50,000
Hope House of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Provide housing & resourses to homeless pregnant teens and childred
$45,000
1st United Methodist Church · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Church activitieschurch activitieschurch activitieschurch activitiesreligious church activitiesdonation for church activities
$30,700
Mustard Seed Ranch · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Home for abused children
$30,000
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Support pregnancy crisis
$26,000
Smiles of Hope · Sidney, OH · 2024
Ministry of dental services to needy
$25,000
Smiles of Hope · Sidney, OH · 2025
Ministry of dental services to needy
$25,000
1st United Methodist Church · Cookeville, TN · 2024
Church activitieschurch activitieschurch activitieschurch activitiesreligious church activitiesdonation for church activities
$25,000
1st United Methodist Church · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Church activitieschurch activitieschurch activitieschurch activitiesreligious church activitiesdonation for church activities
$25,000
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2023
Provide people in poverty from violence and slavery
$25,000
Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2022
Public performances and youth trainingpublice performances and training youth
$25,000
Siloam Health · Nashville, TN · 2022
Charitable health clinic for underserved and uninsured
$20,000
Hope House of Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025
Provide housing & resources to homeless pregnant teens and children
$20,000
Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2024
Public performance and youth training
$20,000
Nashville Symphony · Nashville, TN · 2023
Public performance and youth training
$20,000
Smiles of Hope · Sidney, OH · 2023
Ministry of dental services to needy
$20,000
Smiles of Hope · Sidney, OH · 2022
Ministry of dental services to needy
$15,000
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2024
Provide people in poverty from violence and slavery
$15,000
Mustard Seed Ranch · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Home for abused children
$15,000
Siloam Health · Nashville, TN · 2023
Charitable health clinic for underserved and uninsured
$15,000
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Cookeville, TN · 2022
Support pregnancy crisis
$15,000
Mustard Seed Ranch · Cookeville, TN · 2022
Home for abused children
$11,000
Young Life · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Church activites
$10,700
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Support pregnancy crisis
$10,000
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2025
Provide for people in poverty from violence and slavery
$10,000
Crisis Pregnancy Center · Cookeville, TN · 2024
Support pregnancy crisis
$10,000
Mustard Seed Ranch · Cookeville, TN · 2024
Home for abused children
$10,000
Poplar Grove Baptist Church · Cookeville, TX · 2024
Church activities
$10,000
International Justice Mission · Arlington, VA · 2022
Protect people in poverty from voilence and slavery
$5,000
Cookeville Rescue Mission · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Restore broken lives by providing a reputable haven of hope
$5,000
Game On · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Programs for handicapped adults and children to play tennis
$5,000
Heart of the Cumberland · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Hope and healing for the grieving
$5,000
Hope 27 · Searcy, AR · 2025
Support orphaned and abused childreneducation, food, spiritual needs for young boyseducation, spiritual needs for young boys
$5,000
Westminister Home Connection · Nashville, TN · 2025
Counseling and financial assistance for child loss
$5,000
Hope Center Adoption · Cookeville, TN · 2024
Adoption services for unwanted pregnacies
$5,000
Young Life · Cookeville, TN · 2024
Church activites
$5,000
Austin Stone Church · Austin, TX · 2023
Church activities
$5,000
Khumi Project · Nashville, TN · 2023
Education, food, spiritual needs for young boys
$5,000
Tanzania Wesley Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Education
$5,000
Upper Cunberland Child Advocacy Center · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Represent abused childreneducation, food, spiritual needs for young boyseducation, spiritual needs for young boys
$5,000
Young Life · Cookeville, TN · 2022
Church activities
$4,000
Siloam Health · Nashville, TN · 2025
Cure for cystic fibrosis
$3,500
Genesis House · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Provide for the welfare of victims of domestic and sexual violence
$2,500
Hope 27 · Searcy, AR · 2024
Support orphaned and abused childreneducation, food, spiritual needs for young boyseducation, spiritual needs for young boys
$2,500
Tanzania Wesley Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Education
$2,500
Cookeville Rescue Mission · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Emergency food and shelter for needy
$2,500
Young Life · Cookeville, TN · 2023
Church activities
$2,000
Hope Center Adoption · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Adoption services for unwanted pregnacies
$1,600
Wesley College Foundation · Cookeville, TN · 2025
Spiritual growth and personal development for students
$1,500
Utk Chi Alpha · Knoxville, TN · 2025
Campus ministries
$1,000
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation · Bethdesda, MD · 2024
Cure for cystic fibrosis
$1,000
Magnolia Foundation · Cookeville, TN · 2024
Counseling and financial assistance for child loss
$1,000
Tanzania Wesley Foundation · Birmingham, AL · 2022
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