The Barnabas Project
The Barnabas Project is a private foundation dedicated to providing benevolence support primarily to families and individuals in need. Its mission centers on alleviating hardship through financial assistance, with a strong focus on helping families and school children facing difficulties. The foundation predominantly serves the local community, emphasizing charitable contributions to various organizations and individuals that align with its values of compassion and community support. The foundation's activities reflect a commitment to human services and community service initiatives, often collaborating with faith-based organizations to fulfill its mission.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Small local charities, faith-based groups, or direct-benevolence programs serving families and children in the foundation's Tennessee community that are known to or nominated by local connectors.
Good Fit
- • Located in the foundation's state and serving individuals or families in immediate need.
- • A small community nonprofit, church ministry, or local relief organization with a history of local engagement.
- • Existing relationships or nominations from local leaders, trustees, or intermediary organizations.
- • Requests for modest, one-time benevolence or direct assistance rather than large capital projects.
Geography
Observed giving in each available year is confined to Tennessee; the latest year shows 100% of grant dollars and recipients in that state.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded a relatively large and changing set of local recipients each year (12, 10, and 13 distinct recipients in 2022–2024), including many new grantees in the latest year, indicating a broad recipient mix for a micro private foundation despite some dollar concentration.
New Applicants
Direct evidence shows many new recipients were funded in 2024, but the foundation explicitly indicates it funds only preselected applicants and there is no public application path or visible contact route, so unfamiliar organizations are unlikely to gain entry without nomination or a local referral.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
