Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC
TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,158,030 to it, the largest being ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC ($491,282). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation Inc does
Mission
The tennessee wildlife resources foundation, inc. (twrf) was established to benefit wildlife resources in tennessee. The twrf's mission is to promote habitat conservation and restortion, responsible land stweardship and tennessee's rich hunting and fishing heritage. The cornerstone of the twrf mission is its commitment to support the tennessee wildlife resources agency. This partnership and cooperative effort yields benefits for tennessee's sportsman and women through support of strategic land acquisition, funding for wildlife research and various youth education programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The tennessee wildlife resources foundation (twrf) advances habitat conservation and responsible land stewardship across tennessee, preserving the state's hunting and fishing heritage. Twrf engages communities through r3 initiatives (recruitment, retention, and reactivation), promoting participation in hunting, fishing, and conservation activities. Key programs include the scholastic action shooting program, which educates and empowers youth in firearms safety and marksmanship, and mscs, llc, a twrf-owned shooting range fostering safe recreational and educational opportunities. These efforts connect thousands of tennesseans to the outdoors, strengthening conservation and heritage traditions.
$3,563,333 spentof which $1,214,912 as grants$65,676 earned by the program87% of program spendingThe foundation is also the sole member of the tsmp, a tennessee limited liability company, created to administer an in-lieu fee (ilf) program under sections 401 and 404 of the clean water act. Under the terms of a 2013 in- lieu-fee instrument signed by various governmental agencies, the tsmp is responsible for development, design, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of the mitigation projects which have been required under the clean water act. The united states army corps of engineers (usace), in consultation with the interagency review team (irt), must approve all compensatory mitigation projects and the tsmp must submit annual monitoring reports for a minimum of five years after completion of construction. Impacts authorized through permit sections 401 and 404 of the clean water act often require compensatory mitigation. Permittees may mitigate for impacts themselves, purchase credits from a mitigation bank or pay a third-party ilf program provider to conduct the mitigation on their behalf. The tsmp is one such third-party ilf program provider.
$422,012 spent10% of program spendingThe foundation owns and operates the montgomery county shooting complex (mcsc), a shooting sports facility, as a wholly owned subsidiary. The mcsc is a tennessee limited liability company.
$91,193 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,076,538.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $52M to $14M (−72%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 4% · 2019 18% · 2020 13% · 2021 28% · 2022 34% · 2023 23% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Mark Moore
President/chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $138k → $119k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 56% · 2019 33% · 2020 48% · 2021 51% · 2022 24% · 2023 59% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 235 animals nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 235 animals nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Montgomery County Shooting Complex · exempt
- Tennessee Stream Mitigation Program · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC?
- TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,158,030 to it, the largest being ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC ($491,282). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,158,030 in grants to TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC?
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $491,282 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing