Funding search · EIN 266772276 · Murfreesboro, TN

The Sixteen Foundation

Name: The Sixteen 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.

53
grants reported: $2.5M
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

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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.

Middle Tennessee Christian School4 grants · $1.5M
Camp Shiloh4 grants · $300,000
North Boulevard Church of Christ4 grants · $189,700
Renew2 grants · $100,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes2 grants · $100,000
Murfreesboro Symphony4 grants · $55,000
Standing Stone State Park4 grants · $55,000
Barnabas Vision4 grants · $31,500
Eugene Church of Christ3 grants · $30,000
Ascension St Thomas Rutherford3 grants · $18,000

Giving over time

$628,360

2022

$678,000

2023

$601,160

2024

$550,710

2025

Grant history

All 53 reported grants, largest first.

$385,660
Middle Tennessee Christian School · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$375,660
Middle Tennessee Christian School · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$375,660
Middle Tennessee Christian School · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$375,000
Middle Tennessee Christian School · Murfreesboro, TN · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$109,000
North Boulevard Church of Christ · Murfreesboro, TN · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$100,000
Camp Shiloh · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$100,000
Camp Shiloh · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$63,700
North Boulevard Church of Christ · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Camp Shiloh · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Renew · Franklin, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Camp Shiloh · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Kansas City, MO · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Renew · Franklin, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$50,000
Fellowship of Christian Athletes · Kansas City, MO · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Murfreesboro Symphony · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$25,000
Standing Stone State Park · Hillham, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$15,000
Eugene Church of Christ · Eugene, OR · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$14,000
North Boulevard Church of Christ · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$11,000
Barnabas Vision · Murfreesboro, TN · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$11,000
St Thomas Rutherford Hospital · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Murfreesboro Inner-City Ministry · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Murfreesboro Symphony · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Standing Stone State Park · Hillham, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
The Journey Home Murfreesboro · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Murfreesboro Symphony · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Standing Stone State Park · Hillham, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Murfreesboro Symphony · Murfreesboro, TN · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Standing Stone State Park · Hillham, TN · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Barnabas Vision · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$10,000
Eugene Church of Christ · Eugene, OR · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$8,000
Ascension St Thomas Rutherford · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Wine around the square
$5,500
Barnabas Vision · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Ascension St Thomas Rutherford · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Barnabas Vision · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Eugene Church of Christ · Eugene, OR · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$5,000
Ascension St Thomas Rutherford · Murfreesboro, TN · 2023
Wine around the square
$4,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
Green House Ministries · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
Special Kids · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford · Murfreesboro, TN · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$4,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$3,000
North Boulevard Church of Christ · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Green House Ministries · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Rutherford County Library · Murfreesboro, TN · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Wounded Warrior Project · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Unrestricted gift
$2,000
Journeys in Community Living · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Rutherford County Library · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Doors of Hope · Murfreesboro, TN · 2024
Unrestricted gift
$1,000
Rutherford County Library · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$500
Charity Circle of Murfreesboro · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$500
Doors of Hope · Murfreesboro, TN · 2022
Unrestricted gift
$50
Murfreesboro Discovery Center · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025
Unrestricted gift

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