Tennessee · Nonprofit
LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC
LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $561,225 to it, the largest being HASLAM FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($265,400). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $561k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Leadership Knoxville Inc does
Mission
To identify, select, train, and nurture individuals in the knoxville, tennessee area capable of fulfilling future leadership positions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Leadership knoxville was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization in 1984 and started its first class in 1985. Since then, more than 1,774 leaders from all segments of the community have participated in the annual 10-month flagship program and have committed to leadership knoxville's goal of serving as "catalysts for positive change" in the great knoxville area.leadership knoxville's flagship program provides a comprehensive learning experience in a combination of monthly sessions (august through may) and experiential learning opportunities. The curriculum is based on the seven pillars of servant leadership to fulfill our vision: every leader - a servant leader. Curriculum is strategically planned for the year to handle interpersonal and group dynamics, ability to create a common vision, and collaborative approaches to decision making. Real community issues are discussed throughout the curriculum to enhance participants' understanding of their community as well as to reinforce the importance of servant leadership. Sessions are held in each of the nine knox county commission districts, which includes city council districts to provide participants with a broad geographic and…
$741,952 spentof which $9,000 as grants$566,936 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $741,952.
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 $671k to $2.5M (+267%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE 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. 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.
Chief executive
Tammy White
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $89k → $189k.
2 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $196k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Covenant Health). These are real filings, and they are not money LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE 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
LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 58% · 2021 42% · 2022 42% · 2023 79% — 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
38% of LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
100% of LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE 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. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE 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
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE 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 LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC?
- LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $561,225 to it, the largest being HASLAM FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($265,400). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $561,225 in grants to LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE INC?
- HASLAM FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $265,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEADERSHIP KNOXVILLE 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 14 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