How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Tennessee?

Start with the funders already giving to animals in Tennessee, currently The Frist Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, East Tennessee Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.

Who is the largest animals funder in Tennessee?

The Frist Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in Tennessee, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Tennessee?

$184M reached 431 animals organizations in Tennessee, from 1,294 funders. 54% came from funders also based in Tennessee.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Tennessee · Animals

Who funds animals in Tennessee

$184M reached 431 animals organizations in Tennessee, from 1,294 funders, with no single one dominating.

$184M

granted

431

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

1,294 funders gave $184M to 431 animals organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% of that came from funders also based in Tennessee; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of animals in Tennessee is The Frist Foundation, at $25M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Nashville Zoo Inc, at $49M.

Largest funders of animals in Tennessee

The funders giving the most to animals organizations in Tennessee, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Frist Foundation$25M 2The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc$17M 3East Tennessee Foundation$13M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 5Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc$9M 6Network for Good$9M 7Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$5M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$5M 9American Endowment Foundation$5M 10Petsmart Charities Inc$5M

Animals organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

421 other animals organizations$74M

Nashville Zoo Inc$49M Knoxville Zoological Gardens Inc$16M The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee$13M Memphis Zoological Society$9M

How to find animals funders in Tennessee

1
Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to animals in Tennessee are The Frist Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, East Tennessee Foundation. A funder already writing animals checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
46% of animals money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national animals funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a animals nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to animals in Tennessee, currently The Frist Foundation, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, East Tennessee Foundation. Then look at who funds the animals organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest animals funder in Tennessee?: The Frist Foundation gives the most to animals organizations in Tennessee, $25M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Tennessee?: $184M reached 431 animals organizations in Tennessee, from 1,294 funders. 54% came from funders also based in Tennessee.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.