About Creek Bed Foundation
The Creek Bed Foundation concentrates its giving on environmental conservation—especially marine and wildlife protection and field research—while also making targeted grants to storytelling and educational projects that amplify marginalized voices. Most dollars are directed to a small set of conservation organizations, with a few distinct gifts supporting documentary filmmaking and educational opportunity for Afghan girls. The foundation favors sizable, purpose-driven operating grants and repeats funding to organizations it views as strategic partners.
Focus Areas
Marine and wildlife conservation research and advocacy (e.g., anti-whaling and endangered species protection)Land and habitat conservation with national/global organizationsConservation operating support for mission-driven NGOsDocumentary filmmaking that documents underrepresented Appalachian and environmental storiesEducational opportunity for Afghan girls
Who They Fund
wildlife (minke whales and marine species)Afghan girls (educationally underserved girls)
About Creek Bed Foundation
The Creek Bed Foundation’s largest recent grants show a clear pattern: sustained operating support for conservation organizations, paired with a smaller set of project grants tied to wildlife protection, documentary work, and educational opportunity. In 2023, the foundation gave $200,000 to The Nature Conservancy for conservation operating expenses, followed by another $150,000 in 2025 for the same general purpose. That same conservation emphasis appears in grants to Pacific Wild Alliance for research and conservation operating expenses, and to Endangered Species Protection Agency for work exposing Norwegian minke whale killing. The foundation also funds organizations outside the conservation core when the project aligns with its interests, including documentary film support for Blacks in Appalachia and educational opportunity for Afghan girls through Lamia Afghan Foundation. Recent grants suggest a small private foundation that prefers meaningful, purpose-specific awards rather than broad, general giving. Its support reaches both national conservation groups and Tennessee-based organizations, but the grant purposes stay tightly focused on land, sea, and wildlife protection, with selective attention to underrepresented stories and vulnerable communities.
What Creek Bed Foundation Funds
Land and sea conservation is the foundation’s main grant area. It gave $35,000 to Tenngreen Land Conservancy for operating expenses and conservation, and $5,000 to Southern Cumberland Regional Land Trust for land protection and purchase. Wildlife protection is another recurring theme: Endangered Species Protection Agency received $100,000 in 2025 and $70,000 in 2024 for exposing Norwegian minke whale killing, showing support for marine advocacy work. The foundation also funds field and research-based conservation through grants such as $60,000 to Pacific Wild Alliance for operating expenses-research/conservation. Beyond conservation, it has backed documentary filmmaking with $50,000 to Blacks in Appalachia for documentary film funding, and it supported educational opportunity for Afghan girls through a $50,000 grant to Lamia Afghan Foundation.
How Creek Bed Foundation Gives
The Creek Bed Foundation’s grants cluster around a median size of $40,000, with the middle half running from $22,500 to $68,000. It also makes some much larger awards, including six-figure grants to conservation groups. The same organizations appear in multiple years, which points to recurring relationships rather than one-off gifts; The Nature Conservancy, Pacific Wild Alliance, Endangered Species Protection Agency, and Tenngreen Land Conservancy each received repeated support. The foundation is classified as a regular funder, not a donor-advised fund, and it does not fund individuals or program-related investments. Its active grant programs accept unsolicited inquiries by email or during an annual application window, then request a fuller application if interested.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$308K
Total Assets
$1.2M
Total Revenue
$118K
Total Expenses
$319K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $23K and $68K, with a median of $40K.
25th Percentile
$23K
Median
$40K
75th Percentile
$68K
Geographic Reach
National5 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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