About Harpeth Conservancy

Since 1999, the Harpeth Conservancy’s mission is to restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in Tennessee.

Mission

Harpeth Conservancy, formerly known as the Harpeth River Watershed Association (HRWA), in Middle Tennessee, is a science-based conservation organization. Our mission is to restore and protect clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in Tennessee. We employ scientific expertise and collaborative relationships to develop, promote, and support broad community stewardship and action.

Vision

Harpeth Conservancy’s vision is clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in Tennessee, championed by those who live here.

We are the river. United we are the solution.

Harpeth Conservancy blue heron logo

Governance

Harpeth Conservancy is a Tennessee non-profit corporation and a 501(c)(3) organization that strives to represent and help its members champion their interests in clean water and healthy ecosystems for rivers in Tennessee. To do that, we aim to be transparent in what we do and how we do it, including how our organization is governed.

  • For a copy of our corporate charter, click here.
  • For a copy of our current bylaws, click here.

Membership

In order to further the work of Harpeth Conservancy, the Members of the Corporation include the following:

  1. the members of our Board of Directors,
  2. the members of our Advisory Council,
  3. all full-time employees of Harpeth Conservancy,
  4. all those who donate more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500) in cash, property, or services during the most recently completed fiscal year and agree to be members and who support the purposes of Harpeth Conservancy,
  5. all those who have donated more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25) in cash per year for each of the previous three (3) fiscal years and agree to be members and who support the purposes of Harpeth Conservancy; and
  6. those who have volunteered in at least three (3)  service projects sponsored by Harpeth Conservancy in the most recently completed fiscal year and agree to be members and who support the purposes of Harpeth Conservancy.

Categories (4) and (5) include donations by foundations and corporations. Individuals must be at least eighteen (18) years old.

Our Board of Directors is the sole judge of membership and qualifications for membership, of whether to accept the donation of any cash, property, or services and of the value of any property accepted. The Board may deny or terminate the membership of any person as provided in TN Code Ann. § 48-56-302.

Memberships in HC are not transferable.

Annual Members Meeting 2024:
Our 2024 Annual Members Meeting was held on May 30, 2024. At the Annual Meeting, members participated in the election of directors. Stay tuned for information on the Annual 2025 meeting.

Funding

Harpeth Conservancy relies on the support of its members, generous individuals, and corporations to provide critical funding that supports scientific and technical staff and gives flexibility to program work. Learn more about how you can support us and get involved.

Corporate and Financial Information such as recent tax filings (990s) can be found on the Giving Matters website, a project of the Community Foundation of Middle TN.