Tennessee · Nonprofit
Next Step Initiative Tennessee
Next Step Initiative Tennessee (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $398k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $-22980
What Next Step Initiative Tennessee does
Mission
To meet people exactly where they arewithout judgmentand walk with them as they take their next steps in their journey whether recovery or simply Harm Reduction. We build authentic relationships rooted in trust, dignity, and unconditional support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
We carried out our mission of meeting people exactly where they are and offered recovery support and harm reduction support.
$420,525 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $420,525.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $30k.
From the IRS filings of Next Step Initiative Tennessee’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
Next Step Initiative Tennessee leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 Next Step Initiative Tennessee.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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
100% of Next Step Initiative Tennessee's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Next Step Initiative Tennessee's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,980 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Next Step Initiative Tennessee
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Next Step Initiative Tennessee: 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 Next Step Initiative Tennessee?
- Next Step Initiative Tennessee (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $60,000 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC ($40,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Next Step Initiative Tennessee have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $60,000 in grants to Next Step Initiative Tennessee, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Next Step Initiative Tennessee?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER KNOXVILLEINC is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Next Step Initiative Tennessee 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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