Speer Foundation
Private foundation · Brentwood, TN · EIN 81-6922938 · reported 2023–2025
176grants reported
$50Kmedian award
$21Klower quartile
$879smallest grant
$23.1Mtotal paid
16states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 38 of its 176 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $9.2M in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
1537 Franklin RD Ste 201
Brentwood, TN 37027-6843
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater St Petersburg | St Petersburg, FL | $3,000,000 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater St Petersburg | St Petersburg, FL | $2,000,000 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater St Petersburg | St Petersburg, FL | $1,500,000 |
| Lighthouse Media NA Inc | Temple City, CA | $550,000 |
| Tennessee Wildlife Federation Inc | Nashville, TN | $505,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc | Nashville, TN | $500,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville | Nashville, TN | $500,000 |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc | Nashville, TN | $500,000 |
| Christ Presbyterian Church Inc | Nashville, TN | $450,000 |
| Presidential Prayer Team Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $450,000 |
| Presidential Prayer Team Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $400,000 |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | Nashville, TN | $400,000 |
| Presidential Prayer Team Inc | Scottsdale, AZ | $400,000 |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | Nashville, TN | $390,000 |
| Lighthouse Media NA Inc | Temple City, CA | $375,000 |
| Lighthouse Media NA Inc | Temple City, CA | $350,000 |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | Nashville, TN | $350,000 |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | Nashville, TN | $330,000 |
| Christ Presbyterian Church Inc | Nashville, TN | $330,000 |
| Nashville Zoo Inc | Nashville, TN | $330,000 |
| Operation Stand Down Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $250,000 |
| Saint Thomas Health Foundation | Nashville, TN | $250,000 |
| The Refuge Center | Franklin, TN | $250,000 |
| Friends of Warner Park | Nashville, TN | $225,000 |
| Keswick Christian School | St Petersburg, FL | $225,000 |
| Practical Christianity Foundation | Odessa, FL | $225,000 |
| Practical Christianity Foundation | Odessa, FL | $200,000 |
| Alpha House of Pinellas County Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $200,000 |
| Trinity College of Florida Inc | Trinity, FL | $172,000 |
| Hope International Ministries Inc | Tampa, FL | $157,200 |
| Tennessee Wildlife Federation Inc | Nashville, TN | $152,500 |
| Nashville Rescue Mission | Nashville, TN | $150,000 |
| Tennessee Baptist Children's Home Inc | Brentwood, TN | $150,000 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $150,000 |
| Crossroads Campus the | Nashville, TN | $150,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Renewal House | Nashville, TN | $150,000 |
| Belmont College of Law | Nashville, TN | $130,000 |
| Belmont College of Law | Nashville, TN | $130,000 |
| Fifty Forward | Nashville, TN | $125,000 |
| High Hopes Inc | Franklin, TN | $125,000 |
| US Institute Against Human Trafficking | Tampa, FL | $125,000 |
| Tennessee Wildlife Federation Inc | Nashville, TN | $125,000 |
| Interfaith Dental Clinic | Nashville, TN | $125,000 |
| Trinity College of Florida Inc | Trinity, FL | $108,000 |
| Centerstone | Nashville, TN | $105,000 |
| Florida Orchestra Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $100,000 |
| Heimerdinger Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Florida Orchestra Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $100,000 |
| Hope International Ministries Inc | Tampa, FL | $100,000 |
| Practical Christianity Foundation | Odessa, FL | $100,000 |
| Barefoot Republic Inc | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Heimerdinger Foundation | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston, SC | $100,000 |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $100,000 |
| Florida Orchestra Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $100,000 |
| Friends of Warner Park | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
| Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston, SC | $100,000 |
| Operation Stand Down Tennessee | Nashville, TN | $100,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 176 reported grants.
Which foundations would fund your organization?
Tell us what you do, where you are and how big you are. We search 4,435,845 reported grants and hand back the foundations that already funded organizations like yours, at a size you can actually win.
Get your funder match — $29