How much funding does Tucker Foundation Grant Program provide?

The listing does not state a funding amount. Check the funder's announcement for specifics.

When is the deadline for Tucker Foundation Grant Program?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Who is eligible for Tucker Foundation Grant Program?

Required: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Not funded: Political; Lobbying activities.

Tucker Foundation Grant Program

Tucker Foundation

Foundation Grants for Nonprofits Grants for Youth Programs Environmental Conservation Grants Grants for Arts

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Required status

501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Not eligible / not funded

Not eligible: Eligible organizations must have IRS 501(c)(3) status, while ineligible activities include political lobbying, purely religious efforts, and requests benefiting individuals.
Not eligible: Political
Not eligible: Lobbying activities
Not eligible: Churches and purely religious activitiesStart-upsInstitutional survival or reorganizationsNormally, any areas of interest not covered in our areas of concentration.
Not eligible: Requests from Individuals.
Not eligible: Organizations without IRS 501(c)3 status.
Not eligible: Marketing and public relations activitiesSponsorships.
Not eligible: Requests containing any benefit to family members, trustees, and officers of the Foundation

Overview

The Tucker Foundation Grant Program aims to support nonprofit organizations that foster character development in youth and conserve the environment. The foundation focuses on education, environmental conservation, arts, and social improvement, primarily in Tennessee and Wyoming. Eligible organizations must have IRS 501(c)(3) status, while ineligible activities include political lobbying, purely religious efforts, and requests benefiting individuals. The foundation seeks to empower communities through meaningful projects.

The primary objective of the Tucker Foundation is to provide financial support to non-profit organizations to produce in young people the character and skills required to live a productive and happy life, along with organizations that conserve essential elements of our natural environment forever.
Geographic Concentration
Chattanooga/Hamilton County MSA, TennesseeCleveland/Bradley County MSA, TennesseeSheridan County and Johnson County, Wyoming
Education
Principally ScholarshipsCapital Projects of Special InterestGeneral Support of Schools and Colleges
Environmental Conservation
Principally for acquisition of land or strict conservation easements committed to perpetual preservation.General Support /Operating ActivitiesOther Land Conservation Methods

Eligibility

Nonprofit organizations with IRS 501(c)3 status.

Ineligibility

The Tucker Foundation DOES NOT Fund: Political or lobbying activitiesChurches and purely religious activitiesStart-upsInstitutional survival or reorganizationsNormally, any areas of interest not covered in our areas of concentrationRequests from IndividualsOrganizations without IRS 501(c)3 statusMarketing and public relations activitiesSponsorshipsRequests containing any benefit to family members, trustees, and officers of the Foundation

What Tucker Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

Grants in 2024: 91
Total given: $4.8M
Median grant: $10K
Range: $99–$2.5M

By dollars: Tennessee 89%, Wyoming 7%, New York 2%. Top recipient cities: Chattanooga, TN; Cleveland, TN; Sheridan, WY.
46% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
28% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN

The tucker fund

$2.5M
UT Foundation · Knoxville, TN

Wildwood farm fund

$200K
On Point · Hixson, TN

General support - increasing social-emotional health and academic support for hamilton…

$193K
The Nature Conservancy of Tennessee · Brentwood, TN

Acquisitions for the ocoee gateway and the pain rock river national wildlife refuge

$186K
Lee University · Cleveland, TN

General support - string theory season xvi (2024-25)

$150K