Tennessee · Public charity
Action Tn
ACTION TN is dedicated to helping grassroots groups across tennessee expand and coordinate their civic and political engagement efforts in service of building power around our shared values, with a particular focus on empowering underrepresented and disenfranchised communities, from black and brown communities to rural tennesseans.
- $692k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Median grant, FY2024
- $102,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $167,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $593k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 100% of the organizations Action Tn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $692k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $158k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Equity Alliance Fund | $167,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood Inc | $152,000 | 1 | 87% |
| Tennessee Progress | $105,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Tirrc Votes | $102,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Memphis for All | $88,000 | 1 | 18% |
| The Equity Alliance | $57,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Civic Tn | $44,301 | 2 | 2% |
| Southern Alliance for Clean Energy | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Voter Information | $20,346 | 1 | n/a |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $20,100 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Equity Alliance Fund | $167,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood Inc | $152,000 | 1 | 87% |
| Tennessee Progress | $105,000 | 1 | 31% |
| Tirrc Votes | $102,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Memphis for All | $88,000 | 1 | 18% |
| The Equity Alliance | $57,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Civic Tn | $44,301 | 2 | 2% |
| Southern Alliance for Clean Energy | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Center for Voter Information | $20,346 | 1 | n/a |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | $20,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of University Cardiologists | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Urban League of Middle Tennessee | $13,550 | 1 | 5% |
| Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | $10,050 | 1 | 0% |
| Emerge Action Fund | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Unified | $9,050 | 1 | 1% |
| Tennessee Equality Project Foundati | $8,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Memphis for All | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Forward Tn | $6,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Seeed Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Action Tn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Tennessee Investor Fund · Civic Tn · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · State Power Fund · Southern Coalition for Social Justice · The Healing Trust Formerly Baptist Healing Hospital Trust · The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Action Tn
- How much does Action Tn give?
- Action Tn reported 8 grants totaling $692,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does Action Tn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (52%), Civil Rights (23%), Health (17%).
- Who are Action Tn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: The Equity Alliance Fund ($167k), Tennessee Advocates for Planned Parenthood Inc ($152k), Tennessee Progress ($105k).
- Does Action Tn fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Action Tn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Tennessee Investor Fund, Civic Tn.
- Where is Action Tn based?
- Action Tn is based in TN.
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