Tennessee · Nonprofit
EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC
EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,695,246 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($6,102,345). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $55M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $6.7M
- Net assets
- $14M
What East Tennessee Human Resource Agency Inc does
Mission
Ethra was established in 1974 in accordance with title 13 chapter 26, as amended, of tennessee code annotated. This legislation establishes a nine region statewide system to deliver human resource services and programs to tennessee citizens for tennessee's local governments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Transportation - provide transportation services to rural residents of east tennessee with emphasis on serving the elderly, handicapped, medically in need, and afdc recipients. Operated public transportation mini-buses for the city of oak ridge. Coordinate efforts with local businesses to provide transportation to and from work for low-income persons. Received calls from clients, facilities, doctors, etc., and scheduled transportation for clients eligible for health services covered by americhoice.
$13,352,007 spent$1,218,786 earned by the program25% of program spendingAging - subsidize operations of senior citizen centers and local offices on aging in 16 east tennessee counties and provide long-term planning, coordination of services, and special programs for the aging. Provide nutritious lunches at home and at congregate meal sites in a 16-county region. Provide in-home care and home-delivered meals to the elderly. Supervise employment of low-income senior citizens. Recruit, train, and supervise volunteers to act as ombudsmen for area nursing homes; investigate and resolve patient complaints. Court-appointed guardian for incompetent senior citizens. Support and plan activities promoting the health of senior citizens in a 16-county region. Provide legal assistance to the elderly.
$13,659,946 spentof which $4,078,248 as grants$1,246,895 earned by the program26% of program spendingWorkforce development - provides job search, training, and placement assistance. Provides support services to welfare recipients preparing for and entering employment. Set up and operate one-stop centers in local workforce investment area 4.
$7,292,643 spentof which $7,292,643 as grants$630,089 earned by the program14% of program spendingHousing and restoration - provides heating and cooling assistance to low-income households. Repair homes of low-income residents. Provide materials and labor to weatherize homes of low-income individuals. Hud self-sufficiency - provides rental placement in public housing and subsidized rent and utility payments for low-income households. Corrections and probation-supervises compliance with probation orders for individuals convicted of felonies. Group counseling and anger management for court-referred domestic violence perpetrators. Provides supervision and counseling to youthful offenders to prevent incarceration. Conducts safety classes for violators of state vehicle child restraint laws. Misdemeanor - supervises compliance with court ordered probation terms for individuals convicted of a misdemeanor. Child development - reimburses family and group day care providers for meals and snacks served to preschool and school age children in licensed facilities. Offers a continuation of the school lunch program to disadvantaged youth who participate in summer recreation programs. Provides housekeeping services and other assistance to at-risk adults. Provides emergency food, shelter,…
$18,716,375 spentof which $15,443,512 as grants$1,708,451 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $53,020,971.
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.
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 $20M to $24M (+19%).
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 73% · 2018 84% · 2019 86% · 2020 87% · 2021 88% · 2022 90% · 2023 90% · 2024 91% · 2025 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Ron Williams Mayor - Farragut
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $853k → $887k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 100% · 2019 96% · 2020 100% · 2021 95% · 2022 95% · 2023 84% — 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
EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $648 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.
Government funding EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17.5M on record.
- Department of Transportation$17.0M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$478k
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 EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE 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
98% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Mountain Valley Economic · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE 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 HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC?
- EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,695,246 to it, the largest being CWI WORKS INC ($6,102,345). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $6,695,246 in grants to EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE AGENCY INC?
- CWI WORKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,102,345 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST TENNESSEE HUMAN RESOURCE 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 7 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