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Knoxville religious organizations

There are 900 religious organizations and churches in the greater Knoxville metro area. Combined, these Knoxville metro religious organizations employ 643 people, earn more than $74 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $103 million.
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Types of religious organizations in Knoxville

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Christian nonprofit organizations
 
519
 
$41,339,607
Religious media production and publishing organizations
 
13
 
$8,615,346
Organizations supporting a single religious organization
 
12
 
$1,187,238
Catholic nonprofit organizations
 
8
 
$1,094,994
Organizations supporting multiple religious organizations
 
8
 
$3,267,042
Jewish nonprofit organizations
 
8
 
$3,485,103
Religious professional societies
 
6
 
$0
Religious organization technical and management assistance providers
 
4
 
$12,713,200
Islamic nonprofit organizations
 
4
 
$1,407,026
Buddhist nonprofit organizations
 
4
 
$0
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Job trends for Knoxville religious organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
 
60
1-10
 
45
11-25
 
4
26-100
 
4
101 to 1,000
 
2
1,000+
 
0
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Sizes of religious organizations in Knoxville

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
 
136
$250k to $1M
 
33
$1M to $5M
 
9
$5M to $25M
 
4
$25M to $100M
 
0
$100M+
 
0
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Directory of religious organizations in Knoxville

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Knoxville Leadership Foundation

Knoxville Leadership Foundation connects people in need with resources, provides workforce development, and partners with Compassion Coalition to inform churches and community.
Revenue
$8.0m
Assets
$11.3m
Employees
65
EIN
62-1574495
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Priority One Schools

Heritage Ministries preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ at churches and conferences worldwide, while also helping build churches in foreign nations.
Revenue
$5.0m
Assets
$1.5m
Employees
3
EIN
62-1353984
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Shepherd's Staff Mission Facilitators

To partner with and facilitate local churches and their leadership by helping them to effectively mobilize their people, resources, and gifts to send and care for their own members who have been called to serve as missionaries outside of the U.S.
Revenue
$11.8m
Assets
$5.7m
Employees
191
EIN
91-2057718
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Crown Financial Ministries

Crown Financial Ministries equips leaders and individuals with biblical stewardship training, coaching, and resources to align money, purpose, and identity and foster flourishing.
Revenue
$5.9m
Assets
$8.0m
Employees
30
EIN
58-1260812
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Matthew 10 International Ministry Inc Attn Dr Pete Sulack

In 2015, Matthew 10 continued to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ through evangelical outreach events including movie premiers for the movies "Woodlawn" and "War Room".
Revenue
$2.3m
Assets
$577.8k
Employees
0
EIN
20-5113744
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Freedom in Christ Ministries

Freedom in Christ Ministries empowers individuals and leaders globally, fostering spiritual growth and transformation through discipleship resources and support for living fruitful lives in Christ.
Revenue
$2.0m
Assets
$1.1m
Employees
35
EIN
33-0361836
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Knoxville Jewish Alliance

Knoxville Jewish Alliance serves the Jewish community locally and internationally through various services, programs, and partnerships.
Revenue
$2.5m
Assets
$4.0m
Employees
116
EIN
62-0452960
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tayseer Foundation

The Tayseer Foundation operates exclusively for charitable, religious and educational purposes. It provides formal academic training in Islamic studies for students in need and offers a pilgrimage trip to further educate participants in Islam.
Revenue
$815.0k
Assets
$3.8m
Employees
7
EIN
45-4653811
IRS type
501(c)(3)

High Praises Church

High Praises Church is a small, Maryville, TN-based church that ministers to a large number of people through prayer, music, and outreach. They have baptized over 600 people and have brought many people to Christ through their ministry.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$1.0m
Employees
11
EIN
62-1759283
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Elgin Children's Foundation

Elgin Children's Foundation funds programs in East TN, Eastern KY, and Southwest VA for impoverished children focused on academics, dental health, child protection, and discipleship.
Revenue
$3.1m
Assets
$15.1m
Employees
9
EIN
46-1599287
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Childrens Bible Ministries

Childrens Bible Ministries teaches the Bible, evangelizes, disciples believers, equips missionaries, and offers various programs for children and youth to serve Jesus Christ.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$1.8m
Employees
32
EIN
59-0662267
IRS type
501(c)(3)

World Water Project

World Water Project provides safe water filtration systems and supports Christian ministry and medical work in vulnerable areas of Uganda.
Revenue
$897.2k
Assets
$101.8k
Employees
0
EIN
27-1314664
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Christ for You Bethel Church

Church helping out of country groups to establish communities in the us. Raising contributions to build a Church in knoxville tn. Support for evangelism and missionaries in moldova. Assistance paying bills or providing food. Evasngelisma dn discipleship.
Revenue
$888.3k
Assets
$177.7k
Employees
0
EIN
90-0613030
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Missio International

Missio International transforms vulnerable lives in Romania through Gospel outreach, leadership development, and partnerships with churches to fulfill spiritual and material needs.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$722.0k
Employees
2
EIN
62-1570454
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fellowship of Christians in Action

Fellowship of Christians in Action offers retreats in the Smoky Mountains, fostering spiritual growth and community through customized programs and outreach initiatives.
Revenue
$1.0m
Assets
$1.8m
Employees
8
EIN
23-7124986
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Step Out Ministry

Step Out Ministry is a Christian nonprofit organization in Knoxville, TN that was founded in 2025.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
92-2187890
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Faith Christian Fellowship of East Knoxville

Faith Christian Fellowship of East Knoxville is a religious organization or church in Knoxville, TN that was founded in 1980.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
62-1538366
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Bethel Myanmar Christian Church

Bethel Myanmar Christian Church is a Christian nonprofit organization in Knoxville, TN that was founded in 2024.
Revenue
N/A
Assets
N/A
Employees
N/A
EIN
93-2288009
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fellowship Christian Church

Fellowship Christian Church leads people to Christ and helps them to spiritual maturity while ministering to both members and the community. The church spreads the word of Christ through its programs. It is located in Luttrell, TN.
Revenue
$34.7k
Assets
$199.9k
Employees
N/A
EIN
32-0236898
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New Genesis Foundation

New Genesis Foundation feeds underprivileged children in Appalachia and provides child sponsorship for remote Guatemalan villages. Based in Knoxville, TN.
Revenue
$87.9k
Assets
$137.7k
Employees
N/A
EIN
31-1523224
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
This category corresponds to the "X00: Religion: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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