IPCF Annual Grants
Funding Amount
More than US $7,500
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Twice a year
- Next expected
- June 15, 2027
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Deadlines each year: June 15 · August 15
From the program guidelines: “Applications are accepted until June 15 for new applicants and August 15 for returning applicants.”
Can we apply?
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Geography
- We do accept applications from non-US based applicants whom we have supported in the past, and we accept applications from US-based organizations for programs they sponsor outside the US.
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: Applications from new applicants based outside the US
Overview
The IPCF Annual Grants support various initiatives aimed at benefiting mankind, youth education, and alleviating human suffering, rooted in Christian principles. Applications are accepted until June 15 for new applicants and August 15 for returning applicants.
NOTE: IPCF Annual Grant applications accepted by June 15 for new applicants. New applicants include those who did not receive a grant payment in the prior two annual grant cycles OR those who have only received a small or emergency grant in the prior two years. Applications are accepted by August 15 for returning applicants. Returning applicants are organizations that have received annual grant awards in the past two years.
Overview of the Foundation
The Independent Presbyterian Church (IPC) Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) corporation formed in 1973 in Birmingham, Alabama. The purpose of the Foundation is to extend IPC’s ministries through the use of endowments.
Learn about the Work We Support
Each year, the IPC Foundation awards grants for “the benefit of mankind, the education of youth, the relief of human suffering, and propagation of the Christian religion.”
Annual Grants Cycle
The Independent Presbyterian Church Foundation (IPCF) extends the ministries of IPC through the use of endowments. Two endowments, the Orlean and Ralph W. Beeson Fund and Felix C. Yarboro Community Ministries Fund, distribute annual earnings through various funding opportunities throughout the year.
Eligibility
We do accept applications from non-US based applicants whom we have supported in the past, and we accept applications from US-based organizations for programs they sponsor outside the US.
Ineligibility
The Foundation does not accept grant applications from new applicants based outside the US.
What Orlean & Ralph W Beeson Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 65
- Total given
- $1.64M
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $6,000–$382K
- By dollars: Alabama 82%, North Carolina 4%, Colorado 3%. Top recipient cities: Birmingham, AL; Fairfield, AL; Huntersville, NC.
- 29% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 22% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
IPC · Birmingham, AL
Support ministry and social services
$382K
Summer Adventures in Learning · Birmingham, AL
Program support
$147K
Kirkwood by the River · Birmingham, AL
2025 chaplain grant for chaplain services including salary and benefits at kirkwood by…
$133K
Medical Missions Inc · Huntersville, NC
Mission trips $18,800 and remainder to medical faculty housing nkhoma, malawi and…
$66K
First Light · Birmingham, AL
Operating support
$60K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Christian nonprofits
- Education
- Human services
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