Grants for Faith-Based Organizations
If you run a faith-based nonprofit, this page is your starting point. Bespoke Grants tracks 8,367 foundations that fund faith-based organizations — together $97.75B in recent grants. Below are the most active funders. Every one links to a public funder overview, and Bespoke Grants will rank all 8,367 against your organization's specific mission and location. One lifetime free search includes up to three sourced matches; further searches and the full workflow are $19/month. No credit card is needed for the preview.
Foundations that fund faith-based organizations
Ranked by total recent giving. Click any funder for its public overview and up to three sample grants. Full grant history and research tools require All access at $19/month.
| # | Foundation | Based in | Annual giving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $7.32B |
| 2 | Schwab Charitable Fund | San Francisco, CA | $3.30B |
| 3 | Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program | Southeastern, PA | $3.06B |
| 4 | Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund | New York, NY | $1.57B |
| 5 | Pfizer Patient Assistance Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1.39B |
| 6 | Mayo Clinic Group Return | Rochester, MN | $1.31B |
| 7 | Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc | Alpharetta, GA | $1.30B |
| 8 | Conference on Jewish Material Claims | New York, NY | $1.07B |
| 9 | Americares Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $1.02B |
| 10 | World Vision Inc | Federal Way, WA | $984.7M |
| 11 | American Online Giving Foundation Inc | Newark, DE | $979.0M |
| 12 | Baptist Health South Florida Inc | Coral Gables, FL | $885.6M |
| 13 | Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $789.6M |
| 14 | The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $760.8M |
| 15 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $681.0M |
| 16 | Network for Good | Washington, DC | $667.3M |
| 17 | University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $642.7M |
| 18 | Navigate Affordable Housing | Birmingham, AL | $639.4M |
| 19 | Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding | Indianapolis, IN | $635.6M |
| 20 | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $608.0M |
| 21 | Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc | New York, NY | $602.3M |
| 22 | Foundation to Promote Open Society | New York, NY | $593.3M |
| 23 | The Chicago Community Trust | Chicago, IL | $576.9M |
| 24 | University of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $551.4M |
| 25 | Jewish Communal Fund | New York, NY | $536.1M |
| 26 | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $532.0M |
| 27 | American Endowment Foundation | Hudson, OH | $512.5M |
| 28 | Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $503.8M |
| 29 | Dechomai Foundation Inc | Jacksonville, FL | $498.1M |
| 30 | Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $496.2M |
This list is ranked by size. Yours should be ranked by fit.
The funders above are the biggest — not necessarily the right ones for your faith-based organizations. Bespoke Grants ranks all 8,367 against your actual mission, service area, and budget, and shows you why each matches. One lifetime free search includes up to three sourced matches; further searches and the full workflow are $19/month. No credit card is needed for the preview.
Match my organization to funders →How faith-based organizations should approach these funders
A long list of funders is only useful if you approach them well. Three things matter more than the size of your faith-based organizations: fit, evidence, and the first contact. Fit means the funder's stated priorities, the population they serve, and the geography they fund genuinely overlap with your work — funders reject far more proposals for poor fit than for weak programs. Evidence means a specific, concrete description of the need you address and what your funding will change. And the first contact is rarely a full proposal: most private foundations prefer a brief letter of inquiry, and many fund only organizations they already know — so a warm introduction or a short, well-targeted note is the realistic way in.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find grants for faith-based organizations?
- Start with foundations that already fund faith-based organizations — our index lists 8,367. Match them to your specific mission, location, and budget, then approach the best fits with a brief letter of inquiry rather than a cold full proposal.
- How many foundations fund faith-based organizations?
- Bespoke Grants tracks 8,367 foundations that fund faith-based organizations, representing $97.75B in recent grants.
- Do these foundations accept unsolicited applications?
- Some do; many do not. Each foundation's profile shows what is known about its application process. Where a funder does not accept unsolicited proposals, relationship-building is still the path in — it is rarely a dead end.