Tennessee · Nonprofit
NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP
NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (Tennessee) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $446,309 to it, the largest being THE DAN AND MARGARET MADDOX FUND INC ($185,100). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $181k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $446k
- Net assets
- $43k
What Nashville Freedom School Partnership does
Mission
The Nashville Freedom School Partnership(C) uses literacy to instill cultural pride, self-assurance, and active citizenship with a primary focus on children of color.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summer Literacy and Cultural Enrichment Program Services Provided: NFSP operates a six-week summer literacy program serving children in grades K-8 in historically underserved Nashville communities. The program uses the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools Integrated Reading Curriculum (IRC) to promote reading proficiency, cultural pride, and leadership development. Daily activities include high-quality literacy instruction, social-emotional learning, civic engagement, and enrichment opportunities such as STEM, arts, and dance. Persons Benefited: In 2025, NFSP served 42 scholars across locations in North Nashville. Scholars received personalized instruction in a 10:1 scholar-to-teacher ratio, ensuring individualized support. Impact: In 2025, 78.3% of NFSP scholars maintained or improved their reading levels, with an average reading level increase of seven months. Scholars also demonstrated increased social-emotional competencies, including improved self-confidence, conflict resolution, and civic engagement. Parents reported high satisfaction, with 100% stating that the program positively impacted their children's social and academic development
$124,244 spent$124,244 earned by the program69% of program spendingServant Leader Intern (SLI) Training and Development Services Provided: NFSP provides a leadership development program for college-aged young adults, who serve as Servant Leader Interns (SLIs). SLIs receive over 90 hours of training in culturally responsive teaching strategies, classroom management, and mentorship, equipping them to lead literacy instruction and serve as role models for scholars. Persons Benefited: In 2025, NFSP trained 6 SLIs who facilitated summer programming. Impact: SLIs reported significant growth in leadership skills, self-empowerment, and academic/career development. They gained hands-on teaching experience and community engagement skills, preparing them for careers in education and nonprofit work
$55,046 spent$55,046 earned by the program30% of program spendingFamily and Community Engagement Initiatives Services Provided: NFSP hosts weekly family engagement events designed to strengthen the home-school connection, provide resources to families, and foster a supportive community. These events include parent workshops, networking opportunities, and shared meals. Persons Benefited: NFSP engaged over 30 families in 2025, offering training and resources to support their children's learning and development. Impact: 100% of parents surveyed reported increased confidence in supporting their child's education, and many expressed a newfound commitment to social action. Parent testimonials highlighted the program's impact on their children's enthusiasm for learning and reading
$1,500 spent$1,500 earned by the program1% 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: $180,790.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $82k to $43k (−47%).
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: 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Ashiya Swan
Executive Director
Board chair
MacKenzie Milon
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $53k → $135k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 42% 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 NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP’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
NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 47% · 2020 62% · 2021 67% · 2022 80% · 2023 37% — 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
60% of NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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 NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $188k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP?
- NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP (Tennessee) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $446,309 to it, the largest being THE DAN AND MARGARET MADDOX FUND INC ($185,100). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $446,309 in grants to NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP?
- THE DAN AND MARGARET MADDOX FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $185,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NASHVILLE FREEDOM SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 11 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