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12 funders with a record of paying for “beliefs”
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John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
19 matching grants · $14.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.1M to UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL — religious belief, health, and disease: a family perspective. ii. the follow-up and analyses
Largest: $2.5M to THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS — to support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research center to study and widely share research on how americans absorb civic info…
Largest: $4,000 to TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH — to further religious objectives and beliefs
Largest: $1.0M to CHURCH OF THE HIGHLANDS — to promote christian beliefs and values
Knights of Columbus Council #4550Houston, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $258,814 · through 2024Largest: $141,532 to ST JEROME CATHOLIC CHURCH — promote christian beliefs
Largest: $35,000 to Horton's Kids — for the operation of 3 community resource centers in southeast dc to promote academics, youth development, health and wellness, and family engagement with the belief that every chi…
Largest: $10,000 to Y2 BELIEVE — to educate students about christian beliefs
Langley for Families -Newport News, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $61,491 · through 2025Largest: $11,491 to AN ACHIEVABLE DREAM INC — contributed funds to local 501(c)(3) organization to meet its mission: an achievable dream (aad) is a nationally recognized k12 program dedicated to the belief that all children ca…
Third Way InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $59.8M · through 2024Largest: $21.9M to THIRD WAY — support charitable and educational activities related to economic, national security, energy and social policy issues and provide insight into the beliefs and policy preferences of…
Largest: $450,000 to PHILMONT CHRISTIAN ACADEMY — contributions support phil-mont christian academy's mission of providing students with an excellent education from a consistent christian world-and-life view since 1943. true to th…
Largest: $10,000 to SISTERS OF OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL — to support the continuation of religious beliefs.
Largest: $325,000 to Purdue University — as one-time funding for the research project, "understanding and reimagining us beliefs about militarism," as part of a request for proposals (rfp) on reimagining multilateralism a…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →