The Fund for Theological Education Inc
Atlanta, GA · EIN 21-0725643. Reported 137 grants totalling $2,707,000 to 126 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 126 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 0% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $12,000. Half of what it reported fell between $12,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $6,000 and the largest $200,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont School of Theology | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| Augsburg University | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Azusa Pacific University | Azusa, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Barclay College | Haviland, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boston College Trustees | Chestnut Hill, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Catawba College | Salisbury, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Georgetown College | Georgetown, KY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gordon College | Wenham, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grand View University | Des Moines, IA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | Saint Peter, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hendrix College | Conway, AR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope College | Holland, MI | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Huntington University Inc | Huntington, IN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ignatian Solidarity Network Inc | University Ht, OH | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lewis University | Romeoville, IL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ministry Leadership Center | Brentwood, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Southwestern College | Winfield, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Westmont College Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Trevecca Nazarene University | Nashville, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Call to Action | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Dominican Youth Movement USA | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Door Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Eleazar Partnerships Inc Dba Matthew 25 | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| New City Church United Methodist Church | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Notre Dame Mission Volunteers Corporation | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Nueva Esperanza Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Strengthening the Black Church for the 21ST Century | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Urban Village Church | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 | |
| Clark Atlanta University | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| St Stephen Baptist Church | Kansas City, MO | $24,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Duneland Community Church of the Nazarene | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| First Baptist Church Capitol Hill | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| New Community Covenant Church | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Sojourn Collegiate Ministry | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Trinity Episcopal Cathedral - Phoenix | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Trustees of Boston University | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Valley and Mountain UMC | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Vanderbilt University Graduate Division of Religion | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Abiding Presence Lutheran Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Allardt Presbyterian Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| American Bapt Home M | Kng of Prussa, PA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Augustana University Chapel | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Bearden United Methodist Church | Knoxville, TN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beneficent Congregational Church Ucc | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Bethany Presbyterian Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Brent House Corporation | New Orleans, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Browns Chapel Baptist Church | Bishop, GA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Christchurch Waco | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Community Transformation Ministries | Lehigh Acres, FL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Concordia Theological Seminary | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Dillard University | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Discipleship Ministries Inc | Birmingham, AL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopa | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ekklesia | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Encounter Christ Global Fellowship | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| First Presbyterian Church Dickson | Dickson, TN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First Presbyterian Church Spartanburg | Spartanburg, SC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| First United Methodist Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Furman University | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Chuch Inc | Atlanta, GA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| General Board of Higher Education and Ministry the United Methodis | Nashville, TN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gilead Church Chicago | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Great Plains United Methodist Campus Ministry Inc | Topeka, KS | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Liberty Hill Baptist Church | Atlanta, GA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greater Mount Zion Full Gospel Baptist Church Inc | Scottdale, GA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guilford College (friends Center) | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Hill First Baptist Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Holy Family Htx | Houston, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Illinois Great Rivers Annual Conf of the United Methodist Church | Springfield, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impact United Methodist Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Living Stones Church | East Boston, MA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Louisiana Northwestern Berith District | Shreveport, LA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Lutheran Campus Ministry | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Michigan Conference of the United Methodist Church | Lansing, MI | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Miles College | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Mountain Sky Conference of the United Methodist Church | Aurora, CO | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Covenant Christian Ministries | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| New Life Full Gospel House of Worship | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Normal Heights United Methodist Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Northeastern Mn Synod ELCA | Duluth, MN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Old South Union Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Mill Creek, WA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Lady of the Lake University of San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our Savior's Evangelical Lutheran Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Our Tapestry | Denver, CO | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Protestant Cooperative Ministry at Cornell | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Ray of Hope Christian Church | Decatur, GA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Return Ministries | Covington, GA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salem First Presbyterian Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Shalom International Ministry PCUSA Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| St Alban's Episcopal Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| The First Presbyterian Church of Chicago | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| The Greater Piney Grove Baptist Church Inc | Atlanta, GA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Office of Religious & Spiritual Life | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| The Olivet Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| The Peoples Covenant Church | San Juan, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Place | Branford, CT | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Wesley Foundation at the University of Illinois | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Ukirk Collegiate Ministries Association Inc | Kerrville, TX | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United University Church | Los Angeles, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University United Methodist Church | Chapel Hill, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vida Nueva Presbyterian Church | Chicago, IL | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Viterbo University | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| West Hunter Street Baptist Church | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 | |
| Western North Carolina Annual Conference of the United Methodist | Huntersville, NC | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Beacon Hill Friends House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Cooperating Baptist Fellowship | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Emory & Henry College | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Episcopal Church at Yale | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Freely in Hopefreely in Hope | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Interdenominational Theological Center | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Kentucky Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Leadership Links Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Naiits An Indigenous Learning Community | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| St Paul & the Redeemer Episcopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| The Wesley Foundation at the University of Memphis | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Umbrella Initiatives Foundation Ltd | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| World Outspoken | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Hispanic Youth Leadership Academy (hyla) | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Pacific Asian North American Asian Women (panaawtm) | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Society for the Study of Black Religion (ssbr) | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
10 of 126 (8%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Huntington University Inc
DISCERNMENT LAB GRANTDISCERNMENT LAB GRANT - Door Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE GRANT YR 1 - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral - Phoenix
2021 PASTORAL INTERNSHIP GRANTS - Encounter Christ Global Fellowship
DISCERNMENT PRACTICES AWARD - Gilead Church Chicago
FTE DISCERNMENT LAB GRANT - Episcopal Church at Yale
2021 MENTORING FOR YA GRANTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 23 of 126 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | $531,000 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 11 | $400,000 | $20,000 |
| 2023 | 35 | $432,000 | $12,000 |
| 2024 | 55 | $1,344,000 | $12,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
10% of its giving went to organizations in Tennessee. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $12,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Tennessee.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Fund for Theological Education Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 55 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2870 Peachtree Rd Nw 915-7080, Atlanta, GA, 30305.
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