Tenacre Foundation

• Tenacre Foundation is invitation-only and does not accept unsolicited requests, so do not send it a cold application; look first for a personal route to an invitation.
• Its giving is highly repeat: 99% of its grant dollars to organisations in the filing went to organisations it had also funded in the earlier filings, so approaches are most likely to succeed through existing relationships.
• About 8 in 10 of its 331 grants fall between $15,000 and $1,150,000, with a median of $100,000, so a modest request near the lower end of that typical band is a realistic starting point; the largest grant, about $14,500,000, is not a ceiling.
• Its grants centre on Christian Science camps, schools, nursing facilities and philanthropic organisations, so work in those areas is the best fit.
• No geographic focus is stated, so the states shown in the filing should not be read as a limit on who may apply, and the filing gives no deadlines to plan around.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• National Fund for Christian Science Nursing · Christian science philanthropic organizations
  $7,000,0002024 tax year
• Teach for All · Education
  $6,266,0002024 tax year
• National Fund for Christian Science Nursing · Christian science philanthropic organizations
  $3,891,6682024 tax year
• Adventure Unlimited · Christian science camps
  $1,400,9552024 tax year
• Berkeley Hall School Foundation · Christian science-based schools
  $1,300,0002024 tax year
• KIPP Team and Family Schools · Education
  $1,200,0002024 tax year
• Campership Fund · Christian science philanthropic organizations
  $1,000,0002024 tax year
• Cedars Camps · Christian science camps
  $991,6682024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.