Tennessee · Nonprofit
LEARNING MATTERS INC
LEARNING MATTERS INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $296,223 to it, the largest being REYNOLDS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $296k
- Net assets
- $365k
What Learning Matters Inc does
Mission
Learning matters, inc. Works to help k-12 students with learning disabilities reach their academic and human potential by providing equitable access to the highest quality assessment, tutoring and advocacy. Learning matters provides grants (tuition subsidies), attained by fundraising, for services based on family income.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
One-on-one tutoring - the majority of work involves providing one-on-one learning support for students impacted by a learning disability, primarily dyslexia. Interventional tutoring, such as the structured literacy we provide, is very expensive and unattainable for low-moderate income families. We provide this service at little or no cost based on family income. A credentialed teacher trained in the specific area of need is thoughtfully paired with each student. Typically, teachers work with their students twice per week for an hour each session. Intervention could last a semester or several years. Students do not need to have a diagnosed learning disability to receive services.
$523,133 spentof which $81,541 as grants$604,680 earned by the program61% of program spendingAcademic assessment - an academic assessment provides detailed information about the unique way each student learns. Our experienced team of evaluators are experts in their fields and include clinical psychologists, speech and language pathologists, and reading diagnosticians. Our evaluators use nationally normed protocols that can identify a learning disability, add/adhd and anxiety. Even if a learning disability is not diagnosed, parents can learn their child's strengths and weaknesses which may be the cause of learning struggles in school. The diagnostic results of a psycho-educational and/or psycho-emotional assessment can be used for eligibility of accommodations through an iep or 504 plan in school.
$326,893 spentof which $10,026 as grants$343,677 earned by the program38% of program spendingSchool advocacy - acquiring academic accommodations and supports for a student in the school can be an overwhelming and intimidating process. Learning matters advocates help parents navigate the complex process and attend school meetings on behalf of the student. Involving an advocate allows the parent to emotionally support their child while the advocate helps attain services based on the law and what is in the best interest of the student. Advocacy is provided at no cost to families in need.
$13,156 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $863,182.
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 2017 to 2018, from $37k to $146k (+299%).
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 13% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of LEARNING MATTERS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% 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.
Chief executive
Christine Andrews
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $36k → $23k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 LEARNING MATTERS 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
LEARNING MATTERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% 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
29% 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 LEARNING MATTERS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 92% · 2019 83% · 2020 44% · 2021 38% · 2022 48% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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
44% of LEARNING MATTERS 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
91% of LEARNING MATTERS 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. $71k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LEARNING MATTERS INC is better cushioned 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
Government funding LEARNING MATTERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $124k on record.
- Grant$124k
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 LEARNING MATTERS 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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 LEARNING MATTERS 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 LEARNING MATTERS INC?
- LEARNING MATTERS INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $296,223 to it, the largest being REYNOLDS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($125,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEARNING MATTERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $296,223 in grants to LEARNING MATTERS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEARNING MATTERS INC?
- REYNOLDS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEARNING MATTERS 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