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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Tennessee, currently Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return, The Pew Charitable Trusts, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.

How much grant money goes to environment in Tennessee?

$801M reached 190 environment organizations in Tennessee, from 1,223 funders. 65% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Tennessee

Funding is concentrated: Ducks Unlimited Inc alone draws 82% of every environment grant dollar in Tennessee. One funder dominates the giving, Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return, at 56% of the total.

$801M

granted

190

organizations

65%

from in-state

The short version

1,223 funders gave $801M to 190 environment organizations in Tennessee across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
65% of that came from funders also based in Tennessee; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Tennessee is Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return, at $452M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Ducks Unlimited Inc, at $656M.

Largest funders of environment in Tennessee

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

1Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return$452M 2The Pew Charitable Trusts$60M 3National Fish and Wildlife Foundation$31M 4David F & Margaret T Grohne Family Foundation$25M 5Foundation for the Carolinas$17M 6Silicon Valley Community Foundation$9M 7Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc$9M 8The Nature Conservancy$8M 9National Philanthropic Trust$7M 10The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc$7M

Environment organizations in Tennessee that draw the most

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

Ducks Unlimited Inc$656M

180 other environment organizations$64M

Southern Alliance for Clean Energy$24M

How to find environment funders in Tennessee

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Start with the funders already active in Tennessee
The funders giving the most to environment in Tennessee are Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return, The Pew Charitable Trusts, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
35% of environment money in Tennessee comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Tennessee.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Tennessee?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Tennessee, currently Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return, The Pew Charitable Trusts, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Tennessee from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Tennessee?: Ducks Unlimited Inc Group Return gives the most to environment organizations in Tennessee, $452M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Tennessee?: $801M reached 190 environment organizations in Tennessee, from 1,223 funders. 65% 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.