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32 foundations that funded “Conservation”
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Private foundation · Boston, MA
Conservation Food and Health Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $49,400 · typical grant $49,400 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Jan 1, Jun 15 · next Jan 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Public charity · Washington, DC
National Association of Conservation Districts
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $77,793 · typical grant $18,000 to $41,774 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Technical assistance
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Private foundation · Dallas, TX
Edward K Love Conservation Fdn
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $50,000 · typical grant $50,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Unrestricted general
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Public charity · Washington, DC
World Wildlife Fund Inc.
How to apply: not stated
2 Tennessee grants totaling $41,116 · typical grant $17,777 to $23,339 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Conservation
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Private foundation · Louisville, KY
Gardner Foundation Incorporated
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $850 · typical grant $850 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: May 1 · next May 1, 2027 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Conservation
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Public charity · Arlington, VA
The Nature Conservancy
How to apply: not stated
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
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Private foundation · Fergus Falls, MN
Otter Tail Corporation Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Wetlands conservation restoration wildlife habitat management.
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Private foundation · St Louis, MO
Trio Foundation of St Louis
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $25,000 · typical grant $25,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Sep 4 · next Sep 4, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Confluence conservation easement program: protecting st. Louis area floodplain wetlands
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Private foundation · San Mateo, CA
G W Williams Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1,000 · typical grant $1,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Land conservation
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Private foundation · Madison, WI
Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $60,250 · typical grant $250 to $50,000 (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Avon bottoms wildlife area conservation; Beaver dam conservation project; Matching gift
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Private foundation · Lancaster, PA
Clark Associates Charitable Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $3,000 · typical grant $500 to $2,500 (tax year 2024)
Stated deadlines: Nov 1 · next Nov 1, 2026 (from its 2024 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Provide support for habitat conservation and restoration; Provide music to those incarcerated
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Private foundation · Salt Lake City, UT
George S and Dolores Dore
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support wetland conservation in the great salt lake ecosystem, to help complete 2024-2025 projects and to leverage other federal and private funding grants
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Private foundation · St Paul, MN
The Bush Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $787,500 · typical grant $787,500 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To implement an innovative model for regional conservation of grasslands that is designed to benefit farmers and ranchers across south dakota
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Public charity · San Francisco, CA
The Trust for Public Land
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $242,360 · typical grant $10,000 to $182,360 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Grants; Land conservation
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Private foundation · Collinsville, IL
Painters District Council 58 Painters and Allied Trades for Chi
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $1,950 · typical grant $200 to $1,750 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Harvest donation; Conservation donation
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Public charity · Denver, CO
The Denver Foundation
How to apply: not stated · Gives through donors' accounts: donors choose, you can't apply
2 Tennessee grants totaling $287,500 · typical grant $87,500 to $200,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Water resources, wetlands conservation & management; Specialty hospitals
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
The Norcliffe Foundation
Takes applications
3 Tennessee grants totaling $650,500 · typical grant $500 to $500,000 (tax year 2024)
50% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: 2025 our wetlands matching challenge; Conservation legacy match challenge
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Private foundation · New York, NY
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $3.8 million · typical grant $500,000 to $950,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support capacity building and general operations; To support conservation, digitization, research, engagement, and planning related to the hooks brothers photography studio...
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Private foundation · Louisville, KY
Robert W and Elise B Lykins Charitable
Takes applications
11 Tennessee grants totaling $32,790 · typical grant $1,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
9% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: To support the programming, production and education outreach; To provide protection, maintenance and improvement of radnor lake; To support the conservation of Tennessee's...
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Private foundation · Monteagle
Middlebrooks-Camp Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
6 Tennessee grants totaling $5,000 · typical grant $500 to $1,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Fund organization; Family planning support; Therapeutic christian community; State park conservation; Foster community & business service
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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.