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12 funders with a record of paying for “theology”
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Lilly EndowmentIndianapolis, IN
201 matching grants · $397.4M · through 2025Largest: $6.5M to FUND FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION — forum for theological exploration
Largest: $300,000 to EMORY UNIVERSITY - CHANDLER SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY — education: theology - new testament professorship
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
65 matching grants · $17.1M · through 2024Largest: $504,876 to CENTER OF THEOLOGICAL INQUIRY — thriving in diverse contexts: program on psychological science for researchers in christian theology
Foundation for Theological Education in Asia and the PacificWest Barnstable, MA
56 matching grants · $813,221 · through 2024Largest: $69,040 to Association for Theological Education in Southeast Asia — improve theological education in asia and the pacific
Largest: $25,000 to CHICAGO THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — to help with the costs of expanding it's interfaith theological education, including muslim studies and anti-racist pedagogy, through extra curricular and co-curricular activities …
Largest: $32,000 to TYNDALE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — to support graduate study scholarships that equip christian leaders from africa and asia
American Association for the AdvancementWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $393,750 · through 2024Largest: $11,250 to PALM BEACH THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — science in theological education
Largest: $2.3M to SOUTHEASTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SE — student grants for tuition, books, fees, etc.
Wabash CollegeCrawfordsville, INCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $780,881 · through 2024Largest: $109,586 to COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — educational assistance
Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, MICharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $492,274 · through 2024Largest: $74,538 to FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — worship renewal project/compelling preaching
Largest: $200,000 to FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — student scholarships for academic year 2025
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
18 matching grants · $8.0M · through 2024Largest: $255,000 to JOINT LEARNING INITIATIVE ON FAITH AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES — to design a cross-disciplinary women of faith fellowship program, embedded in theology, gender equality and development elements, and recruit ten catholic sisters to pilot the prog…
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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 →