Schillhahn-huskey Foundation
The Schillhahn-Huskey Foundation is a private foundation based in Chattanooga, TN that funds environmental, animal welfare, children’s causes, and brain-disease research. The foundation maintains an application portal and lists past recipients and project interests on its website. EIN 46-0908516 is corroborated by nonprofit registries linking to this site.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Community-rooted nonprofits in the Chattanooga/Tennessee area working in environmental conservation, wildlife rehabilitation, children/youth programs, animal welfare, community services, or health/brain-disease research.
Good Fit
- • Organizational presence or programs located in Chattanooga/Hamilton County or elsewhere in Tennessee.
- • Project- or program-level funding requests aligned with environmental, wildlife, youth, health, or community service work.
- • Capacity to manage a mid-sized grant (many recent awards fell in the $10k–$25k band, with several larger awards up to roughly $150k).
- • Visibility or relationships with local intermediaries (community foundation, nonprofit resource center) or prior grantees.
Geography
Giving is highly concentrated in Tennessee, with roughly 99% of dollars going to in-state organizations and most recipients located in the Chattanooga area; only a single small out-of-state grant is visible in the observed years.
Recipient Variety
The latest year funded 27 distinct, mostly independent recipients and the foundation added many new grantees this year and prior years, covering environmental, animal welfare, youth, health, and community service organizations.
New Applicants
Observed behavior shows substantial turnover and many new recipients (19 new grantees in the latest year), indicating new entrants have been funded, but the public application portal is restricted to preselected applicants, so unfamiliar organizations generally need discovery or an introduction rather than relying on an open RFP.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
