Tennessee · Public charity
Tennessee Investor Fund
The TENNESSEE INVESTOR FUND (tif) is a non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to supporting organizations that conduct research, voter education, advocacy on legislative and economic issues, and voter turnout.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2024
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 83%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $29,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $711,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $216k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 83% of the organizations Tennessee Investor Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 69% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $1.1M | 43% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $245k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $149k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Action Tn | $890,000 | 3 | 56% |
| Tennessee Progress | $200,000 | 1 | 59% |
| Forward Tn | $145,000 | 2 | 28% |
| Tirrc Votes | $64,586 | 2 | 5% |
| The Equity Alliance | $64,586 | 2 | 1% |
| Civic Tn | $45,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Memphis for All Education Fund | $40,086 | 1 | 5% |
| Nashville Justice League | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Real Tn Values PAC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| People for Fairness and Justice | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
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: Action Tn · Civic Tn · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
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About Tennessee Investor Fund
- How much does Tennessee Investor Fund give?
- Tennessee Investor Fund reported 7 grants totaling $1,096,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Tennessee Investor Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (92%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are Tennessee Investor Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Action Tn ($890k), Tennessee Progress ($200k), Forward Tn ($145k).
- Does Tennessee Investor Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 83% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tennessee Investor Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Action Tn, Civic Tn, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Tennessee Investor Fund based?
- Tennessee Investor Fund is based in TN.
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