Tennessee · Nonprofit
ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE
ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,500 to it, the largest being ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE OF GREATER KNOXVILLE ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $505k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $88k
- Net assets
- $392k
What Asian Culture Center of Tennessee does
Mission
The Asian Culture Center of Tennessee (acctn) was founded in 2014 to help the next generation take their place as global citizens with a strong understanding for and appreciation of other cultures. Through tailored programs and environments that support language learning, cultural exploration, and personal development, we bring people from various backgrounds together to promote peace, unity, and a healthy lifestyle. The east tennessee we envision maintains a deep connection to the rest of the world and a sense of pride and appreciation for diverse cultural identities. Aligning with united way's education impact priority and the focus area of providing high-quality out-of-school enrichment opportunities for prek-12th grade students, our goals are to: build a supportive community where individuals and families can connect, learn, and grow together while celebrating their shared heritage; instill in children a sense of global citizenship, encouraging them to embrace diversity, cultivate
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Each year in august, the acctn also puts on the knox asian festival, a platform for the community to celebrate and showcase its rich cultural heritage, leading to increased cultural understanding, appreciation, and preservation. The knox asian festival also serves as an educational tool, enlightening the community about various aspects of asian arts, traditions, and history. By bringing the world to knoxville, it helps dispel stereotypes, promotes cross-cultural understanding, and encourages cultural exchange. In the twelve years since we began, our festival has grown to be the largest asian festival in the southeast in august of 2025, we hosted 14 countries, 40 food vendors, approximately 40,000 people, and contributed an estimated 4.8 million in economic impact to greater knoxville.the knox asian festival was honored by the southeast festival and events association with the best event award, highlighting its excellence in cultural programming, community engagement, and overall experience.
$210,061 spent$341,496 earned by the program63% of program spendingThe acctn operates at the intersection of equity and arts education and strives to reach underserved populations and those living in rural communities and/or isolated settings in greater knoxville and beyond. East tennessee is a wonderful place to live and raise a family, but with 39% of residents in our area under the alice threshold and low-income families lacking access to digital technologies, disparities in education, healthcare, and economic opportunity persist. These barriers to access mean that many of our region's students lack opportunities for meaningful exposure to other ways of life. Believing that authentic engagement in diverse arts improves quality of life, we seek to add value to education in our region by opening up the worlds of k-12 students (and their teachers and caregivers). With the introduction of our india and taiwan outreach programs this year, our initiatives were able to reach 10,000 students in 125 schools with our unique, hands-on afterschool programming focused on immersive language learning, cultural exploration, and personal development. Our organization also serves east tennessee's asian and pacific islander communities. Despite an unprecedented…
$125,785 spent37% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $335,846.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $265k to $400k (+51%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 49% · 2023 23% · 2024 15% · 2025 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $43k.
From the IRS filings of ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 94% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE?
- ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $87,500 to it, the largest being ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE OF GREATER KNOXVILLE ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $87,500 in grants to ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE?
- ARTS AND CULTURE ALLIANCE OF GREATER KNOXVILLE is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASIAN CULTURE CENTER OF TENNESSEE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing