Tennessee · Nonprofit
Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America
Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,828 to it, the largest being Family Care Foundation ($1,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $355k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America does
Mission
Paralyzed veterans of america works to maximize the quality of life for its members and all people with spinal cord injury/disease (sci/d) as a leading advocate for health care, sci/d research and education, veterans' benefits and rights, accessibility and the removal of architectural barriers, sports programs, and disability rights.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
public affairs - To educate society on the attitudinal, physical and legal barriers which confront persons with disabilities and to influence the removal of those barriers. To provide information to and opportunities for health promotion, recreation, employment, sports, services and camaraderie for SCI/D veterans and others as appropriate. To provide for cooperation with and seek the support of other groups and individuals who share PVA's objectives. To acquaint the public with the current and ongoing needs and current and past contributions of American's veterans.
$114,734 spentof which $27,003 as grants56% of program spendingmembership and benefits - To advocate for and monitor the delivery of high quality and appropriate health care benefits and services for Spinal Cord Injured/Diseased (SCI/D) veterans. To assist in identifying and securing veterans' benefits and other benefits for SCI/D veterans and others as appropriate.
$88,820 spent44% of program spendingResearch - To promote medical research to cure spinal cord dysfunction and other related problems.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $203,554.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $3.8M to $4.0M (+5%).
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: 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Sharon Mount
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $1k → $222.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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: $1.3M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Paralyzed Veterans of America). These are real filings, and they are not money Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America raised.
From the IRS filings of Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America’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
Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 38% · 2022 81% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $368 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America
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In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
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Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America: 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 Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America?
- Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,828 to it, the largest being Family Care Foundation ($1,100). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $1,828 in grants to Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America?
- Family Care Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Mid-South chapter of paralyzed veterans of America 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.
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 4 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