Tennessee · Nonprofit
DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC
DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $645,120 to it, the largest being Save The Children Federation Inc ($303,303). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $645k
- Net assets
- $16M
What Douglas Cherokee Economic Authority Inc does
Mission
Douglas-cherokee economic authority, inc. Is a community action agency serving six (6) rural appalachian counties east tennessee-cocke, grainger, hamblen, jefferson, monroe and sevier. The purpose of the agency is to help families living in poverty improve their lives by providing them with assistance and services that they are not able to provide for themselves. The focus of the agency is to help people help themselves.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
U.s department of health and human services- headstart program- a comprehensive program designed to provide services to low income children and families, including educational, health and nutritional services.
$11,459,797 spentof which $20,905 as grants$9,183 earned by the program49% of program spendingU.s department of education- the purpose of these programs is to provide educational opportunitiy in the appalachian region to poverty level families.
$5,793,958 spentof which $4,385,625 as grants25% of program spendingU.s. Dept. Of health & human services - low income home energy assistance and community services block grant - to provide income and advisory educational assistance to low income families.
$1,718,054 spentof which $477,603 as grants7% of program spendingTn dept. Of agriculture, hud, fema, east tn human resource agency, and other programs - to provide nutrition, housing, counseling and other programs to low income families in the agency's service area.
$4,366,469 spentof which $291,319 as grants19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,338,278.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2021 to 2022, from $17M to $21M (+25%).
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: 2017 76% · 2018 77% · 2019 77% · 2020 76% · 2021 79% · 2022 82% · 2023 80% · 2024 89% · 2025 89%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Rene Tabor
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $13k → $26k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC’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
DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 60% · 2019 43% · 2020 40% · 2021 92% · 2022 100% · 2023 61% — 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
DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $126.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$112.9M
- Department of Education$12.9M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$212k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 40 related entities
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC?
- DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $645,120 to it, the largest being Save The Children Federation Inc ($303,303). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $645,120 in grants to DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC?
- Save The Children Federation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $303,303 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOUGLAS CHEROKEE ECONOMIC AUTHORITY INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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