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18 foundations that funded “Nature Conservancy”

  1. Public charity · Arlington, VA

    The Nature Conservancy

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    3 Tennessee grants totaling $406,982 · typical grant $36,000 to $213,982 (tax year 2024)

    67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Conservation activities

  2. Private foundation · Montpelier, VT

    National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc.

    Takes applications

    6 Tennessee grants totaling $21,800 · typical grant $200 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 31 · next Mar 31, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Hospital; School; Nature conservancy; Animal protection; Community support

  3. Private foundation · Raleigh, NC

    Top Family Foundation Inc.

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $75,000 · typical grant $25,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  4. Private foundation · Cedar Rapids, IA

    Wallace Research Foundation

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    2 Tennessee grants totaling $138,500 · typical grant $47,000 to $91,500 (tax year 2025)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

    Funded: Assist with bat and cave conservation in Tennessee; Assist with conservation in Tennessee

  5. Private foundation · Orlando, FL

    Fort Foundation Tch

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    15 Tennessee grants totaling $278,100 · typical grant $15,450 to $18,540 (tax year 2024)

    Funded only returning groups in its latest year

  6. Private foundation · Nashville

    Shoba Foundation

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    12 Tennessee grants totaling $125,000 · typical grant $5,000 to $10,000 (tax year 2025)

    8% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  7. Private foundation · Cleveland, OH

    The Austin Memorial Foundation

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    10 Tennessee grants totaling $146,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $25,000 (tax year 2024)

    44% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Educational; Education

  8. Private foundation · Dallas, TX

    Corinne H Dale Family Foundation

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    20 Tennessee grants totaling $34,050 · typical grant $1,000 to $2,000 (tax year 2024)

    20% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted general

  9. Private foundation · Brentwood

    Barbara J Mapp Foundation

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    16 Tennessee grants totaling $135,697 · typical grant $500 to $15,582 (tax year 2024)

    6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  10. Private foundation · Nashville

    Anne Bransford Wallace Foundation

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    33 Tennessee grants totaling $35,960 · typical grant $250 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  11. Private foundation · Nashville

    Bradford Family Foundation

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    29 Tennessee grants totaling $898,411 · typical grant $1,086 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    14% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  12. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Footprint Foundation Inc.

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    42 Tennessee grants totaling $644,525 · typical grant $1,000 to $20,000 (tax year 2024)

    32% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: The 'Notes in Nature' event in collaboration with reflection riding; African American Cemetery Fund; Sankofa Fund; Langston and Malcolm Carter Scholarship fund; Center for...

  13. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Lyndhurst Foundation Inc.

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    118 Tennessee grants totaling $6.7 million · typical grant $3,239 to $70,000 (tax year 2024)

    Stated deadlines: Mar 31, Jun 30, Sep 30, Dec 31 · next Dec 31, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)

    49% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    11 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: To match LH Associates contributions; LH Associates matching program; General Operations 2024; "My Thriving Garden" Project; Health Services and Improved Database Capacity

  14. Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

    Robert F Stone Foundation Aka

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    115 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $1,500 to $40,000 (tax year 2024)

    37% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    7 grants for buildings or equipment

    Funded: Charitable Event; BSF Music Fund; BSF Local Music Fund; MAC CARES Center; To support Betterfi expansion into the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Market

  15. Private foundation · Camden, NJ

    American Water Charitable Foundationinc

    Takes applications

    28 Tennessee grants totaling $275,925 · typical grant $1,500 to $5,500 (tax year 2025)

    33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

  16. Private foundation · Nashville

    Louie M & Betty M Phillips Foundation

    Takes applications

    79 Tennessee grants totaling $363,500 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)

    43% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: To support charity; To support school; Underwriting support for spring outi

  17. Private foundation · Chattanooga

    Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation

    Takes applications

    48 Tennessee grants totaling $171,417 · typical grant $1,500 to $4,500 (tax year 2024)

    2% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

    Funded: Unrestricted grant

  18. Private foundation · Nashville

    Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation

    Takes applications

    48 Tennessee grants totaling $1.8 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)

    No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing

    39% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it

Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which lists the grants they paid and how to apply. Community foundations, United Ways and other public charities file Form 990, and we use its Schedule I (grants over $5,000). We include every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee groups. Corporate and community-foundation grant rounds are in the grant search.