Tennessee · Nonprofit
OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE
OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,564,301 to it, the largest being THE FRIST FOUNDATION ($1,964,069). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 76
- Grants received
- $9.6M
- Net assets
- $12M
What Operation Stand Down Tennessee does
Mission
Operation Stand Down Tennessee (osdtn) engages, equips, and empowers military veterans and their families through crisis, career, connection, and community services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ssvf - osdtn administers a grant through the department of veterans affairs used to prevent or relieve veteran homelessness. The supportive services for veteran families (ssvf) grant program provides financial assistance through rent, deposits, and utilities. The program offers help finding affordable housing, navigating va-healthcare, and provides access to legal services for housing-related issues. All ssvf services are at no cost to the veteran. 523 veterans were helped through the ssvf program in 2025.
$4,320,370 spentof which $2,644,799 as grants52% of program spendingVeteran service center - in 2025, osdtn welcomed and supported 4,265 unique veterans through the veteran service center a total of 19,023 times. The service center assists veterans with personal identification needs, benefits counseling, legal issues, reliable mail service, military records retrieval, transportation, food, personal care items, and referrals to appropriate community agencies. Through the service center, 1,808 veterans were screened for risk and wellbeing, 76 veterans were referred to our career services partners for employment, and 76 veterans were provided with legal representation and advice. 6,411 virtual hours were spent assisting veterans.
$1,564,042 spentof which $385,990 as grants19% of program spendingTransitional housing program (thp) - in 2025, osdtn provided transitional housing for 133 men and women veterans who have experienced homelessness until renovations were completeed in june for one building for individual rooms. Veterans in the program receive professional case management, participate in classes to help them reestablish a healthy, stable life, and learn how to create and manage an individual budget. Osdtn provides other wraparound services. 75% of veterans move into permanent housing.
$985,642 spentof which $19,190 as grants$1,295 earned by the program12% of program spendingOther program service accomplishments outreach services: operation commissary - osdtn launched operation commissary in 2021 to address food insecurity among veterans and their families. This program incorporates the basic functions of a food bank with innovative features to break through veteran-specific barriers, including service reluctance, hidden poverty, and lack of awareness. Non-perishable food can be picked up at an osdtn location or at a satellite location like a vfw or student veteran center, or can be delivered to the veteran's residence. 5,001 food bags were provided to 649 veterans. Operation connect - operation connect was launched in 2023 to formalize outreach, engagement, and connection among veterans. Opconnect provides events, meetups, activities, online communication, and partner engagement to give veterans a chance to become a part of a stronger, supportive community of peers. 3,845 veterans were reached with outreach services during 917 engagements.
$1,455,640 spentof which $100,350 as grants17% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,325,694.
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. 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 2021 to 2022, from $7.1M to $12M (+74%).
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: 2017 48% · 2018 49% · 2019 45% · 2020 67% · 2021 60% · 2022 64% · 2023 56% · 2024 62%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $529k → $2.6M.
18 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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
OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
47% 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 OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 36% · 2019 22% · 2020 16% · 2021 17% · 2022 20% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“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
51% of OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
78% of OPERATION STAND DOWN 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. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,289 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,289 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $41.9M on record.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$39.9M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.0M
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 OPERATION STAND DOWN 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPERATION STAND DOWN 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 OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE?
- OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,564,301 to it, the largest being THE FRIST FOUNDATION ($1,964,069). 39 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE have?
- IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $9,564,301 in grants to OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE, 39 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERATION STAND DOWN TENNESSEE?
- THE FRIST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,964,069 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERATION STAND DOWN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 76 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing