Tennessee · Nonprofit
EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC
EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $126,000 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ($126,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $126k
- Net assets
- $5.5M
What East Tennessee Economic Development Agency Inc does
Mission
Marketing and promoting a 15-county region of east tennessee
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Eteda markets the region's business location advantages to national and international corporate decision makers and increases awareness of regional issues that impact economic growth
$674,506 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $674,506.
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 2022 to 2023, from $3.9M to $4.6M (+18%).
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.
52% of EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Brad Maul
President & CEO
Board chair
Greg Fay
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $18k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $88k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Covenant Health). These are real filings, and they are not money EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 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.
Where its funders are
100% of EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC'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
EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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 EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC: 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 EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC?
- EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $126,000 to it, the largest being UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC ($126,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $126,000 in grants to EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY INC?
- UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM INC is the largest funder on record, with $126,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST TENNESSEE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 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 1 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