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6 foundations that funded “Nature Conservancy”
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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
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Private foundation · Montpelier, VT
National Life Group Charitable Foundation Inc.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.