Tennessee · Nonprofit
MAKE NASHVILLE
MAKE NASHVILLE (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,637 to it, the largest being SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION D/B/A PATHWAY LENDING ($19,414). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $569k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $393k
What Make Nashville does
Mission
Our purpose is to provide the community, training, tools, and opportunity for everyone to experience the transformative experience of making. We want to help more people make, and to help makers make more.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
We provided a safe space for people from all backgrounds to come and learn how to express themselves creatively. We offered training to hundreds of individuals of all age groups. Make Nashville provided a 12,000 square-foot makerspace where members from all backgrounds worked on hobbies, made repairs, and expressed themselves creatively. Over 500 members had access to a variety of creative facilities including our ceramics, woodworking, and metalworking shops, 3D and CNC printing, an auto shop, a photography dark rooms, and spaces for electronics, sewing and crafts. 24-hour access, an open floor plan, and a strong community spirit allowed Make Nashville members to work and learn at their own pace while also collaborating with peers and experts.
$177,180 spent$515,499 earned by the program91% of program spendingMake Nashville facilitates a number of classes, workshops, and opportunities for our members and the general public to learn about making from local experts. Over the last year, we have conducted over 50 hands-on classes covering various topics, such as ceramics, woodworking, welding, and sewing.
$17,262 spent$35,692 earned by the program9% of program spendingTo support local makers in their professional pursuits, we provide tools, expert guidance, and rental spaces tailored for professional use. All of our rental spaces are currently occupied. Make Nashville encourages its members to take advantage of the high-quality equipment and mentorship available to them to elevate their making to a professional level. This initiative not only enhances the skill levels of our members but also contributes to the local economy by helping individuals launch and grow their making-related businesses.
$0 spent$10,204 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $194,442.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $211k to $393k (+86%).
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.
1% of MAKE NASHVILLE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (79% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $155.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 MAKE NASHVILLE’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
MAKE NASHVILLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 MAKE NASHVILLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 69% · 2021 90% · 2022 97% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
97% of MAKE NASHVILLE's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $22k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
MAKE NASHVILLE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 453 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 453 science & tech nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MAKE NASHVILLE
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
50% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAKE NASHVILLE: 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 MAKE NASHVILLE?
- MAKE NASHVILLE (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,637 to it, the largest being SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION D/B/A PATHWAY LENDING ($19,414). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAKE NASHVILLE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $45,637 in grants to MAKE NASHVILLE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAKE NASHVILLE?
- SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY CAPITAL CORPORATION D/B/A PATHWAY LENDING is the largest funder on record, with $19,414 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAKE NASHVILLE 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 2018–2025), 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