Tennessee · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK
NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,271 to it, the largest being FAIR FOOD NETWORK INC ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $69k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $27k
- Net assets
- $71k
What Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network does
Mission
Local food sourcing and education
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Vital farms donations the Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network awarded 12 mini-grants of 250 each to certified dhs early childcare centers and group/family agencies located within the 9-county region of northwest tennessee through the nourishing connection program.
$11,087 spent58% of program spendingFarm to school projects & connecting farmers community the Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network was part of the national farm to school network's community of practice for 8 farm to school coordintors to engae in peer-learning and co-develop strategies to enhance farm to school implementation, including attendance to the national farm to school conference in minnesota, august 2024. We listed 25 farms in pumpkin patch guide 2024. We published the 2nd edition of the nwtn hunger relief guide with 90 hunger relief listings in 9 counties in northwest tn. We also published the lake county farm to school aciton plan.
$7,315 spent39% of program spendingGrowfoodchallenge last year, the growfoodchallenge reached over 600 households across 9 counties. We distributed 13,000 seeds thoughout northwest tn. Participants reported eating more fresh produce, spending more time outdoors, and feeling empowered to grow their own food.
$575 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,977.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Jessica Crews
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $16 → $25k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. 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
NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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
93% 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 NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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
NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $271 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.
Against its field
NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,510 food & nutrition nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Government funding NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $648k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$648k
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 NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK
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.
Public support
100%
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 NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK: 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 NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK?
- NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK (Tennessee) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,271 to it, the largest being FAIR FOOD NETWORK INC ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $27,271 in grants to NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK?
- FAIR FOOD NETWORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST TENNESSEE LOCAL FOOD NETWORK 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 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