Tennessee · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Tennessee

Imperigo has identified 357 funders that made 1,714 grants totaling $501.1M to 102 environment & conservation organizations in Tennessee, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Tennessee

Total granted $501.1M
Funders 357
Grants 1,714
Organizations funded 102

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Sheboygan County Conservation Assoc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2020 · 91.1% of their giving
$61K
27. Cabelas Outdoor Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2019 · 8.0% of their giving
$150K
28. The Corps Network
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $242K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$594K
29. International Union of Elevator Constructors
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $47K · through 2024 · 6.4% of their giving
$164K
30. Groundswell Fund
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $212K · through 2024 · 1.1% of their giving
$879K
31. Local 881 Union
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 19.7% of their giving
$39K
32. Valley Shore Waterfowers Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$39K
33. Big Tuna Chapter of Oregon 98 Ducks Unlimited
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $38K · through 2019 · 55.1% of their giving
$38K
34. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 702
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 13.2% of their giving
$54K
35. United States Energy Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $515K · through 2024
$1.9M
36. East Tennessee Foundation
26 grants to 10 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$772K
37. The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc
78 grants to 6 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023
$695K
38. Blackberry Farm Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2023 · 6.4% of their giving
$80K
39. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $5.1M · through 2024
$8.4M
40. International Brotherhood of Electr Workers Local Union 222
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$47K
41. Operative Plasterers & Cement Mason Local Union 518
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 80.5% of their giving
$23K
42. International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local Lodge No One
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$21K
43. United Association of Journeymen Lu 286
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $12K · through 2024 · 24.2% of their giving
$18K
44. American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $182K · through 2024
$641K
45. Moore Impact Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2023 · 1.1% of their giving
$310K
46. Utility Workers Union of America Uwua C/O Michael Coleman Sec-Treas
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2024 · 8.2% of their giving
$40K
47. United Union of Roofers 123
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$16K
48. Women Donors Network
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$400K
49. Tides Foundation
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $834K · through 2024
$2.8M
50. Laborers' International Union of North America
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $175K · through 2022 · 1.4% of their giving
$185K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation work in Tennessee, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 14 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering environment & conservation work, with an address in Tennessee. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable environment & conservation funding in Tennessee, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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