Tennessee · Public charity
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education
The mission of the state collaborative on reforming education (score) is to catalyze transformative change in tennessee education so that all students can achieve success. Score is an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan institution, founded in 2009 by senator bill frist, md, former us senate majority leader. We work across the…
- $7.2M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 31
- Grants FY2024
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 52%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $150,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $789,753
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 23
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $27M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 52% of the organizations Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education funded were first-time grantees, receiving 41% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2.2M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 31 | $7.1M | 32% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $5.5M | 52% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $5.1M | 50% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $3.0M | 62% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $1.7M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $2.3M | 57% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $1.0M | 50% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $932k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Public Education Foundation | $3,590,867 | 8 | 48% |
| Memphis Education Fund Inc | $2,780,000 | 6 | 20% |
| Pencil Foundation | $2,126,113 | 3 | 23% |
| Kipp Nashville | $1,667,153 | 3 | 1% |
| Nashville Classical Charter School | $1,250,469 | 3 | 3% |
| Prep Public Schools | $1,083,110 | 2 | 7% |
| Tnachieves | $1,063,110 | 4 | 26% |
| Chattanoogahamilton County Public Education Fund | $1,000,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Volunteer Schools | $1,000,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Nashville Charter Collaborative | $850,000 | 2 | 41% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Public Education Foundation | $3,590,867 | 8 | 48% |
| Memphis Education Fund Inc | $2,780,000 | 6 | 20% |
| Pencil Foundation | $2,126,113 | 3 | 23% |
| Kipp Nashville | $1,667,153 | 3 | 1% |
| Nashville Classical Charter School | $1,250,469 | 3 | 3% |
| Prep Public Schools | $1,083,110 | 2 | 7% |
| Tnachieves | $1,063,110 | 4 | 26% |
| Chattanoogahamilton County Public Education Fund | $1,000,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Volunteer Schools | $1,000,000 | 2 | 43% |
| Nashville Charter Collaborative | $850,000 | 2 | 41% |
| Lead Public Schools Inc | $850,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Chattanooga Chamber Foundation | $700,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Memphis Lift Parent Institute | $699,000 | 3 | 68% |
| Memphis Teacher Residency Inc | $592,040 | 4 | 6% |
| Aventura Community School | $583,332 | 3 | 17% |
| The University of Tennessee | $577,823 | 3 | n/a |
| Maslow Development Inc | $542,000 | 6 | 42% |
| Persist Nashville | $464,000 | 4 | 36% |
| Pivot School Improvement Leaders | $350,000 | 2 | 42% |
| Niswonger Foundation Inc | $350,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Little Wonders Early Learning Center | $300,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Achievement First Inc | $300,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Pahara Institute Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Tennessee Career Academy | $206,610 | 1 | 32% |
| Nashville State Community College Foundation Inc | $200,000 | 1 | 17% |
| National Institute for Excellence in Teaching | $200,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Middle Tennessee State University | $192,975 | 2 | n/a |
| Montessori Elementary at Highland Park | $170,268 | 1 | 4% |
| Knox Education Foundation | $166,650 | 2 | 2% |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College Foundation | $165,640 | 2 | 19% |
| Tennessee Charter School Center | $163,699 | 3 | 3% |
| STEM Preparatory Academy | $163,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Libertas School of Memphis | $160,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Education First Consulting LLC | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nashville Propel Parent Institute Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 36% |
| New Teacher Center | $150,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Invictus Nashville Charter School | $125,000 | 1 | 18% |
| Chattacademy Community Schools Inc | $120,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Man Up Teacher Fellows Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Vanderbilt University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hamilton County Schools Foundation | $95,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Motlow State Community College | $88,440 | 1 | n/a |
| Shelby County Schools | $83,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nashville Teacher Residency | $80,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Relay Graduate School of Education | $75,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Joe C Davis Foundation | $66,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Tipton County Board of Education | $61,796 | 1 | n/a |
| Lauderdale County School District | $50,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools | $50,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Intrepid College Preparatory School | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dyersburg City Schools | $30,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Sullivan Co Sheriffs Dept | $30,462 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | $27,773 | 1 | n/a |
| Putnam County Board of Education | $25,119 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Nature Academy | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Reach Them to Teach Them | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| SchoolSeed Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Martha O'Bryan Center Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wilson County Board of Education | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lipscomb University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Conservation Coalition Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Trousdale County Board of Education | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Fayette County Schools | $8,357 | 1 | n/a |
| Jackson-Madison County School System | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 12 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 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: City Fund · Joe C Davis Foundation · Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund · Scarlett Family Foundation · Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation · Jr Hyde III Family Foundation · New Schools Fund · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Gates Foundation · 50can Inc
How this is measured
Compare Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education with peer funders
About Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education
- How much does Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education give?
- Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education reported 31 grants totaling $7,150,596 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (92%), Philanthropy (5%), Community Improvement (2%).
- Who are Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Nashville Public Education Foundation ($3.6M), Memphis Education Fund Inc ($2.8M), Pencil Foundation ($2.1M).
- Does Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 52% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include City Fund, Joe C Davis Foundation, Charter Fund Inc D/B/A Charter School Growth Fund.
- Where is Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education based?
- Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education is based in TN.
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