Tennessee Environmental Council

The Tennessee Environmental Council is a left-leaning climate nonprofit that has opposed the use of nuclear power.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy
Website: www.tectn.org
Location: Nashville, TN View on map
Tax ID: 62-0951294
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $352,981 Revenue: $1,342,357 Expenses: $1,316,444

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    Opposition to Nuclear Energy

    The Tennessee Environmental Council has repeatedly opposed the use of carbon free nuclear power. In June 2017 the group joined a petition opposing the Tennessee Valley Authority’s consideration of small modular reactors for a site in Tennessee. 1 In the group’s historical timeline of accomplishments, the Tennessee Environmental Council boasted of sending a representative to a meeting of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 2014 to testify against nuclear power in Tennessee. 2

    Nuclear power plants produce no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions, and as of 2021 accounted for 19 percent of American electricity production—the largest source of zero carbon electricity in the United States. 3 An October 2018 proposal from The Nature Conservancy noted that zero-carbon nuclear plants produced 7.8 percent of total world energy output and recommended reducing carbon emissions by increasing nuclear capacity to 33 percent of total world energy output. 4

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    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $352,981 $1,342,357 $1,316,444 View
    2023 $303,307 $1,161,090 $1,134,795 View
    2022 $256,808 $685,167 $699,146 View
    2021 $235,506 $645,548 $499,784 View
    2020 $92,987 $438,368 $427,460 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 18

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Jeff BarrieCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER$106,346

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $1,434,766
    • Number of Grants: 159
    • Number of Funders: 45

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $50,0002024 Lkq Community FoundationGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
    $50,0002023 Lkq Community FoundationGeneral Charitable Purpose
    $50,0002022 Lkq Community FoundationGeneral Charitable Purpose
    $36,1002022 BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATIONGRASSY BRANCH CREEK
    $30,0002024 Beagle Charitable Foundation C/o Kuehnis & Associates Cpas LLPWATERSHED RESTORATION
    $25,0002022 Dan and Margaret Maddox Fundto provide Core Mission Support
    $25,0002021 Dan and Margaret Maddox Fundto provide Core Mission Support
    $25,0002020 Dan and Margaret Maddox Fundto provide Core Mission Support
    $24,2002025 ARBOR DAY FOUNDATIONENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE THE ADOPTION OF LEADING-EDGE PRACTICES IN MUNICIPAL FORESTS INCLUDING INVENTORY, PLANTING, MAINTENANCE AND EDUCATION.
    $21,7002024 Tractor Supply Company FoundationLAND AND NATURE CONSERVATION
    $21,0002023 Tractor Supply Company FoundationLAND AND NATURE CONSERVATION
    $15,0002025 PatagoniaorgTO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS.
    $15,0002024 Dan and Margaret Maddox Fundto provide operating support for environmental programs
    $15,0002023 Dan and Margaret Maddox Fundto provide operating support for environmental programs
    $15,0002021 Wells Fargo FoundationTennessee Tree Program & Generate Some Buzz
    $15,0002020 The Melaver Foundation IncFUTHERANCE OF THE ORG'S MISSION
    $14,0002024 Keep America BeautifulPROGRAM SUPPORT
    $13,0002022 Tractor Supply Company FoundationGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
    $12,5002020 Community Foundation of Middle TennesseeTO ENGAGE 10,000 VOLUNTEERS IN PLANTING 55,000 NATIVE TREE SEEDLINGS STATEWIDE, HALF OF THESE IN MIDDLE TN.
    $12,5002020 Memorial Foundation IncTO FURTHER EXEMPT PURPOSES
    $10,0002023 Louisiana-Pacific FoundationGeneral
    $10,0002021 Tractor Supply Company FoundationGENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
    $10,0002021 The Melaver Foundation IncFUTHERANCE OF THE ORG'S MISSION
    $7,5002024 Turner Construction Company FoundationGENERAL PURPOSE
    $7,5002022 Community Foundation of Middle TennesseeTO ENGAGE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS IN PLANTING THOUSANDS OF NATIVE TREES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO IMPROVE OUR LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.

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    References

    1. Walton, Robert. “Green groups oppose TVA plan to test small nuclear reactors.” Utility Drive. June 27, 2017. Accessed April 8, 2025. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/green-groups-oppose-tva-plan-to-test-small-nuclear-reactors/445858/
    2. “​50 Years of Accomplishments.” Tennessee Environmental Council. Accessed April 8, 2025. https://www.tectn.org/history.html
    3. “Nuclear explained.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-industry.php
    4. “The Science of Sustainability.” The Nature Conservancy. October 13, 2018. Accessed July 25, 2023. https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/the-science-of-sustainability/