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EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION

EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $142,513 to it, the largest being AMATEUR RADIO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ($142,513). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$85k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$143k
Net assets
$72k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 96%
01What it does

What East Tennessee Repeater Association does

Mission

We provide charitable support of emergency communications services in eastern Tennessee.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. We provided additional equipment and labor in support of the Top of the World communications tower site, preplanning activities for the English Mountain restoration and improvements, and the Oak Ridge repeater relocations.

    $15,191 spentof which $84,303 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $15,191.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($87k) Expenses 100 ($2k) Net assets 100 ($84k)2024 Revenue 98 ($85k) Expenses 640 ($15k) Net assets 86 ($72k)
20222024
Revenue (98)Expenses (640)Net assets (86)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars.

$84k
$72k
20222024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

99% of EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,233 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$84k
’22
$70k
’24
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
'24*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION’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

EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.

CA

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,247 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin82% · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,247 public benefit nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TN

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION: 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 REPEATER ASSOCIATION?
EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $142,513 to it, the largest being AMATEUR RADIO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS ($142,513). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $142,513 in grants to EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION?
AMATEUR RADIO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS is the largest funder on record, with $142,513 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EAST TENNESSEE REPEATER ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), 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