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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “parsonage”
Where the money went
Largest: $63,674 to SANDY RIDGE AME ZION CHURCH — repair sandy ridge parsonage
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $194,247 · through 2024Largest: $67,364 to FIRST PARISH FEDERATED CHURCH — support for capital repairs and improv to church and parsonage, support for needy of south berwick, me
Largest: $8,000 to ST PETERS LUTHERAN — parsonage maint & repairs
Massey Fender Endowment FundSan Angelo, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $241,365 · through 2023Largest: $131,484 to FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF SAN ANGELO — scholarships, senior and youth ministries, missions and special funds, church r&m, piano, church signs, parsonage repairs.
Largest: $70,000 to BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH — primarily for the maintenance, repair, and renovations of the church building, church parsonage and church cemetery.
Largest: $6,000 to Lynch Station Baptist Church — new carpet for parsonage
Largest: $3,087 to University Parkway Church of Christ — benevolence ministry & parsonage donation
Wollaston Lutheran FoundationQuincy, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $167,219 · through 2022Largest: $167,219 to WOLLASTON LUTHERAN CHURCH — parsonage support
Largest: $1,000 to Zion Lutheran Church — replace the rear deck and steps of the parsonage.
The Ervil a Thiel and Ronald E ThielColorado Springs, CO
2 matching grants · $35,439 · through 2022Largest: $25,099 to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH — remodeling four bathrooms and new toilet at parsonage and upgrading furnace for offices and classrooms in the educational wing
Nebraska Community FoundationLincoln, NECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to FAITH UNITED CHURCH — grant-upkeep of parsonage & church
Historic Hawai'I FoundationHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $23,000 · through 2023Largest: $23,000 to HAMAKUA JODO MISSION — rehabilitation and preservation of the temple, dining hall, and parsonage.
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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 →