Tennessee · Nonprofit
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN (Tennessee) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,467,395 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($1,185,494). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What Junior Achievement of Middle Tn does
Mission
Junior achievement of middle tennessee is part of the world's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their future, and make smart academic and economic choices. Our financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurship programs empower students to make a connection between what they learn in school and how it can be applied in the real world. This enhances the relevance of their classroom learning and increases their understanding of the value of staying in school. Founded in middle tennessee in 1957, junior achievement now operates in 16 counties in the region and is present in over 200 schools. Through volunteer-driven programs, our mentors also motivate the students to believe "I can- and realize their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Economic education programs benefitting students in middle tennessee. These classroom-based programs for kindergarten through 12th grade cover a range of topics related to the foundations of a local/global economy, financial literacy, personal responsibility as a community member, entrepreneurship, and overall career preparation/readiness. These highly interactive programs are delivered by business and community volunteers who expose students to a 'real-world' perspective and serve as positive role models and mentors to students.
$414,270 spent21% of program spendingJa biztown is an unmatched learning experience where 4th-6th grade students take on the role of employee, tax payer and consumer in a simulated city. The visit to the ja biztown facility is the capstone to the in-classroom learning. The hands-on experiential program gives students a glimpse into life as a member of the community and how each individual can contribute to their community's overall success. Ja biztown operates throughout the school year and additionally partners with summer programs.
$789,708 spent40% of program spendingJa finance park is a program developed to educate and inspire financial independence and career exploration. This program gives middle and high school students the skills they need to succeed in the careers of tomorrow. Students gain an understanding of the relationship between financial decisions and the ability to sustain a desired lifestyle. After in- classroom instruction, students participate in a day-long hands-on budgeting simulation.
$760,828 spent39% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,964,806.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.7M to $3.9M (+45%).
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: 2021 12% · 2022 9% · 2024 9% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $327k → $686k.
11 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $66k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Phoenix Benefit Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN raised.
From the IRS filings of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 funders by total. 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
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
67% 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 JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 42% · 2018 50% · 2019 36% · 2020 35% · 2021 35% · 2022 31% · 2023 19% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
53% of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 states 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
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 798 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 798 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN
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
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN?
- JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN (Tennessee) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,467,395 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($1,185,494). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $4,467,395 in grants to JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,185,494 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE TN 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 47 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing