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Cause EnvironmentState Tennessee148 funders

Foundations that fund environment in Tennessee

148 private foundations based in Tennessee with a return in the last two years gave $6.5 million to environment organizations in 296 grants. The median grant was $5,000, and 61 of these foundations accept applications.

Foundations with a return in the last two years, each by its latest return (tax years 2024 to 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Ranked by giving to environment

Top 50

Grants in each foundation’s latest return to organizations whose IRS category is environment.

  1. Jr Hyde III Family FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $833,550 to environment
  2. Atticus TrustNashville, TN · tax year 2024 4 grants Preselected only $758,000 to environment
  3. International Paper Company FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 16 grants Accepts applications $337,050 to environment
  4. Haslam Family Foundation IncKnoxville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $324,000 to environment
  5. Abahac IncBrentwood, TN · tax year 2025 9 grants Preselected only $314,060 to environment
  6. Benwood Foundation IncChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 4 grants Accepts applications $261,000 to environment
  7. Lyndhurst Foundation IncChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $225,158 to environment
  8. Riverview Foundation IncChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $200,000 to environment
  9. MSB Cockayne Fund IncNashville, TN · tax year 2024 9 grants Preselected only $193,000 to environment
  10. Lifeworks FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $192,000 to environment
  11. Andrea Waitt Carlton Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $150,000 to environment
  12. The Pilot TrustLoudon, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $137,992 to environment
  13. Footprint Foundation IncChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $131,425 to environment
  14. Tucker FoundationOoltewah, TN · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $116,000 to environment
  15. Joe C Davis FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $115,000 to environment
  16. Henry Laird Smith FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2025 3 grants Preselected only $108,000 to environment
  17. Formanek FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $100,000 to environment
  18. Dugas Family Foundation IncNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $100,000 to environment
  19. Bishop Family FoundationSignal Mountain, TN · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $100,000 to environment
  20. TR Edna Wardlaw Charitable TR UAChattanooga, TN · tax year 2025 8 grants Preselected only $98,750 to environment
  21. Carolyn Smith FoundationHendersonville, TN · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $90,000 to environment
  22. Dunn Family FoundationFranklin, TN · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $81,000 to environment
  23. James R Meadows Jr FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $75,000 to environment
  24. Tractor Supply Company FoundationBrentwood, TN · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $70,000 to environment
  25. The Goldsmith Family Foundation IncMemphis, TN · tax year 2025 4 grants Preselected only $65,750 to environment
  26. The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund IncNashville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $55,000 to environment
  27. The Danner FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $52,000 to environment
  28. Bob and Susan Wilson FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $51,000 to environment
  29. The McDonnell Family FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 2 grants Preselected only $50,000 to environment
  30. Crichton Family FoundationColumbia, TN · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $50,000 to environment
  31. Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 8 grants Preselected only $44,000 to environment
  32. Patricia & Louis Todd Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $37,500 to environment
  33. Louisiana-Pacific FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $36,515 to environment
  34. Christenberry-Anderson-Loomis Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $35,000 to environment
  35. Memorial Foundation IncMadison, TN · tax year 2024 5 grants Preselected only $34,000 to environment
  36. Hazel Montague Hutcheson FoundationChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $32,683 to environment
  37. T & T Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $28,500 to environment
  38. Dolan Gardens FoundationSignal Mountain, TN · tax year 2025 2 grants Preselected only $27,500 to environment
  39. The Wade-Buntin Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2025 4 grants Preselected only $26,750 to environment
  40. The Barbara J Mapp FoundationBrentwood, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $26,500 to environment
  41. Sandra Schatten FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Preselected only $25,000 to environment
  42. Don & Roy Splawn Charitable Foundation East IncNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $25,000 to environment
  43. Louise and John Bryan Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $25,000 to environment
  44. The Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation IncChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $24,000 to environment
  45. The Robert D and Virginia J McCallum FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $22,500 to environment
  46. The Aslan FoundationKnoxville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $22,400 to environment
  47. The Robert A and Susan C Wilson FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $20,000 to environment
  48. James W Carell Charitable TrustNashville, TN · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $20,000 to environment
  49. Schillhahn-Huskey FoundationChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Preselected only $20,000 to environment
  50. George R Johnson Family FoundationCleveland, TN · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $20,000 to environment

Open to applications

25 foundations

The return gives an application contact and does not check the preselected-only box.

  1. Jr Hyde III Family FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $833,550 to environment
  2. International Paper Company FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 16 grants Accepts applications $337,050 to environment
  3. Benwood Foundation IncChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 4 grants Accepts applications $261,000 to environment
  4. Lyndhurst Foundation IncChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $225,158 to environment
  5. Andrea Waitt Carlton Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $150,000 to environment
  6. Tucker FoundationOoltewah, TN · tax year 2024 2 grants Accepts applications $116,000 to environment
  7. Joe C Davis FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $115,000 to environment
  8. Formanek FoundationMemphis, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $100,000 to environment
  9. Dugas Family Foundation IncNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $100,000 to environment
  10. Bishop Family FoundationSignal Mountain, TN · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $100,000 to environment
  11. Carolyn Smith FoundationHendersonville, TN · tax year 2025 4 grants Accepts applications $90,000 to environment
  12. Dunn Family FoundationFranklin, TN · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $81,000 to environment
  13. Tractor Supply Company FoundationBrentwood, TN · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $70,000 to environment
  14. The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund IncNashville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $55,000 to environment
  15. The Danner FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2025 3 grants Accepts applications $52,000 to environment
  16. Crichton Family FoundationColumbia, TN · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $50,000 to environment
  17. Louisiana-Pacific FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2025 5 grants Accepts applications $36,515 to environment
  18. Christenberry-Anderson-Loomis Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2025 2 grants Accepts applications $35,000 to environment
  19. Hazel Montague Hutcheson FoundationChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 5 grants Accepts applications $32,683 to environment
  20. T & T Family FoundationNashville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $28,500 to environment
  21. Don & Roy Splawn Charitable Foundation East IncNashville, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $25,000 to environment
  22. The Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation IncChattanooga, TN · tax year 2024 1 grant Accepts applications $24,000 to environment
  23. The Aslan FoundationKnoxville, TN · tax year 2024 3 grants Accepts applications $22,400 to environment
  24. James W Carell Charitable TrustNashville, TN · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $20,000 to environment
  25. George R Johnson Family FoundationCleveland, TN · tax year 2025 1 grant Accepts applications $20,000 to environment