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 3 of 4

51. United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2024
$646K
52. Intl Union of Elevator Constructors Local Union No 5
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $7K · through 2025 · 18.3% of their giving
$14K
53. United Association of Journeymen & App Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 146
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $6K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$12K
54. Pipefitters Association Local Union 533
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $13K · through 2024 · 4.4% of their giving
$47K
55. International Union - UAW
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$68K
56. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
17 grants to 8 organizations · largest $428K · through 2024
$949K
57. Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $470K · through 2024
$472K
58. Impactassetsinc
10 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$1.5M
61. The New World Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $125K · through 2023
$170K
73. Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024
$175K
76. The Kroger Co Zero Hunger Zero Waste Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2024
$180K
83. Christian Community Foundation of Memphis
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $88K · through 2024
$373K
85. San Antonio Area Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $221K · through 2022
$221K
89. Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
14 grants to 7 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024
$173K
92. The Denver Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$316K
99. Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/a Greater Des Moines Community Fdn
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2023
$212K
101. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $55K · through 2024
$175K
104. Give Back Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $39K · through 2025
$181K
107. Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $151K · through 2023
$151K
108. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Inc
10 grants to 6 organizations · largest $75K · through 2023
$258K
115. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$280K
138. Charities Aid Foundation America
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $52K · through 2024
$171K
157. The Chicago Community Trust
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $42K · through 2023
$200K
203. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
39 grants to 13 organizations · largest $6.0M · through 2024
$7.4M
204. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
21 grants to 9 organizations · largest $882K · through 2024
$3.4M

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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