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, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good. 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, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to animals in Tennessee?

$55M reached 271 animals organizations in Tennessee, from 496 funders. 37% 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

$55M reached 271 animals organizations in Tennessee, from 496 funders, with no single one dominating.

$55M

granted

271

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

496 funders gave $55M to 271 animals organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% 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 $10M.
The animals organization drawing the most is Nashville Zoo Inc, at $16M.

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$10M 2Paypal Charitable Giving Fund$4M 3Network for Good$4M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 5The Community Foundation of Middle$3M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$2M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$2M 8Petco Love$2M 9American Endowment Foundation$1M 10The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc$1M

Animals organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

261 other animals organizations$25M

Nashville Zoo Inc$16M

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, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good. 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
63% 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, Paypal Charitable Giving Fund, Network for Good. 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, $10M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to animals in Tennessee?: $55M reached 271 animals organizations in Tennessee, from 496 funders. 37% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

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

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.