About Speer Foundation
The Speer Foundation concentrates on large, faith-connected social services and recovery organizations, prioritizing operating support for mission-driven nonprofits. Its grants favor Christian-oriented community and media ministries alongside substantial support for substance use treatment programs. The foundation makes relatively few but sizable awards, sometimes repeat-funding the same organizations.
Focus Areas
Christian community/YMCA-style local youth and family centersFaith-based media and publishing ministriesSubstance use disorder treatment and recovery services (regional treatment centers)
Giving Approach
Concentrated, high-dollar grants with a small number of recipients; predominantly unrestricted operating support and occasional repeat grants to core organizations.
Funding Style
operating supportunrestricted general supportcore organizational capacity
Notable grantees: Young Mens Christian Association of Greater St Petersburg, Lighthouse Media NA Inc, Cumberland Heights Foundation Inc
About Speer Foundation
SPEER FOUNDATION is based in Brentwood, TN. It gave $14,423,025 in annual grants, with total assets of $131,248,892 on the latest 990 year on file, 2025. Its grantmaking centers on Christian ministry, housing for needy families, housing for persons with disabilities, homelessness services, veterans’ treatment and services, and related community support. The foundation’s recent grants show a pattern of operating support for mission-aligned nonprofits, often with sizable repeat awards. Named recipients include YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ST PETERSBURG, which received $2,000,000 in 2024 and $1,500,000 in 2025; LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA NA INC, which received $550,000 in 2024 and $350,000 in 2025; and NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION, which received $400,000 in 2024 and $350,000 in 2025. Other large grants include CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC at $500,000 in 2025 and PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER TEAM INC at $450,000 in 2024 and $400,000 in 2025. The foundation’s typical grant size is $24,750 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $106,250 at the 75th percentile.
What Speer Foundation Funds
Recent grantmaking spans Christian ministry, housing and homelessness services, and treatment and recovery-related support. Notable grants include YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ST PETERSBURG for operating support, NASHVILLE RESCUE MISSION for operating support, and CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC for operating support. Other recent awards include ALPHA HOUSE OF PINELLAS COUNTY INC, US INSTITUTE AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING, INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC, and PROVIDING TO Suffering Veterans-related support through grants such as OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE and Providing Treatment to Suffering Veterans as a program area. Grants also reached faith-based media and publishing through LIGHTHOUSE MEDIA NA INC and faith-aligned ministries such as PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER TEAM INC and CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH INC.
How Speer Foundation Gives
SPEER FOUNDATION’s grants are generally unrestricted or operating support, and the foundation also describes its philosophy as core organizational capacity support. Typical grant size is $24,750 at the 25th percentile, $50,000 at the median, and $106,250 at the 75th percentile. Recent awards range from $100,000 to $2,000,000 in the list provided, showing that it makes relatively few but sizable grants. The foundation does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are not accepted for the listed targeted programs.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$8.7M
Total Assets
$141.2M
Total Revenue
$11.6M
Total Expenses
$10.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $25K and $106K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$25K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$106K
Geographic Reach
Regional14 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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