Tennessee · Public charity
Nashville Zoo Inc
In fulfillment of our mission to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation and leadership, our goal is to build a first class zoo for middle tennessee and to develop a facility that is recognized for excellence in animal care and global conservation with strong community value…
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $338k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $18,416
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $215M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Nashville Zoo Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $338k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $257k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $276k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $166k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $300k | 22% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $74k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $171k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $290k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The International Rhino Foundation | $359,075 | 9 | 2% |
| Gorilla Rehabilitation Conservation Education (Grace) Center Inc | $265,000 | 5 | 13% |
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | $185,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Wildlife Conservation Network Inc | $158,771 | 5 | 0% |
| Save Giraffes Now | $133,008 | 3 | 11% |
| Red Panda Network | $105,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $95,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Asa Wright Nature Centre Inc | $88,000 | 3 | 87% |
| American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc | $81,311 | 2 | 0% |
| Houston Zoo Inc | $63,600 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 36 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Nashville Zoo Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 33 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Houston Zoo Inc · Utah Zoological Society · Dallas Zoo Management Inc · Jacksonville Zoological Society Inc · Detroit Zoological Society · Columbus Zoological Park Association · Zoological Society of San Diego · Dallas Zoological Society · East Coast Zoological Society of Florida Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Network for Good · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
About Nashville Zoo Inc
- How much does Nashville Zoo Inc give?
- Nashville Zoo Inc reported 15 itemized grants totaling $338,226, out of $1,116,936 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Nashville Zoo Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (94%), Environment (4%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are Nashville Zoo Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The International Rhino Foundation ($359k), Gorilla Rehabilitation Conservation Education (Grace) Center Inc ($265k), Minnesota Zoo Foundation ($185k).
- Does Nashville Zoo Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Nashville Zoo Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Houston Zoo Inc, Utah Zoological Society, Dallas Zoo Management Inc.
- Where is Nashville Zoo Inc based?
- Nashville Zoo Inc is based in TN.
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