Tennessee · Nonprofit
POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE
POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,744 to it, the largest being BOSCH COMMUNITY FUND ($68,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $111k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $99k
- Net assets
- $77k
What Postmark Lafollette does
Mission
Postmark LaFollette is a creative placemaking project establish to strengthen social and economic opportunities for the public through the arts culture and history of the community We have four pillars which we build into the predominance of our programming economic development educational enrichment community enhancement and historic preservation We bring no cost to low cost program to our community through the grant funding opportunities based on our non profit status Campbell County is an At Risk Community 100 of our youth are on the freereduced lunch program We have pockets of areas where the poverty level is as high as 50 Our mission statement and the pillars we support for our programming offer those with limited resources to attend free youth art camps and reduce cost private music lessons We have also established an artist co-op for local handmade handcrafted goods with no cost to join however volunteering to learn retail skills manning the co-op
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Music Lesson Program - The purpose of the program is to offer reduced cost music lessons on all string instruments and piano We received 8000 grant funding in 2022 to purchase start up instruments and needed materials We were fortunate in that we had a cadre of musicians that we worked with in our local community that were contracted to teach based on their availability within our structure The fee would be 15 per half hour session 12 per half hour session would go to the instructor and 3 would be put into a scholarship fund to help pay for 3 to 6 months of free lessons for a student of which the instructor would receive 48 per month The program started in October of 2022 with 7 students We now have over 65 students and the program is self-sustaining
BOSCH Community Fund - We have received Bosch Community funds grants to support STEM programming in our community since 2021 In our first iteration we paid for teachers in our middle schools to do STEM projects relating to the environment and the future The projects were showcased in an open house setting at the Postmark LaFollette Arts Culture and History Center Due to Covid our next project provided for each middle school to host virtual STEM nights In the next grant project we supplied local middle school teachers home schooled students and any student in our area the opportunity to obtain 6 packets each of STEM related kits This allowed the students to work within their learning environments Next up was our 2024 project where we produced free Science Saturday educational enrichment classes for youth and adults alike The variety of topics are from all aspects of the STEMSTEAM world Sessions vary by size from 8 to 30 Total grant funding over the years has been 49000 100 of these funds were spent in contract fees for instructors and materials The student population reached through these programs were about 4000 middle school age students and upwards of 10 middle school teachers…
Theatre Program - We established a live theatre in our community The goal was to utilize local playwrights to bring the culture of our community to the stage The program began in 2016 with minimal funding It allowed the local community to join in and share their talents that so many did not know they had One of the people who showed up to audition for a part became so enamored with the process he not only became an actor but within the year had written his own play The play was about a young lady who left Campbell County to go to school get married and promise to never return to her hometown again Her grandmother had other ideas on how she was going to get her to return to her community and end up where she belonged After the success of this play in 2018 he wrote another one which involved a family leaving Campbell County to secure jobs in the north during the mid 50s Both plays are reflective of the lives of many Campbell County residents During Covid we disband public gatherings We attempted to return the performances but had to cancel due to the resurgence of Covid In 2023 we received a 8250 Grant to restore the program and to put on two plays between July 1 2023 and June 15…
We have also received three Small Rural Partnership Support Grants from the Tennessee Arts Commission in which we utilize the funds for a part time employee to assist as an Administrative Assistant The co-founders are full time volunteers and is an all volunteer board Over the past 10 years we have been striving to become financially secure We have been able to obtain this through grant funding donations from local citizens teachers and business So many of our programs have proven to have educational enrichment which goes hand in hand with Community Enhancement The building in which we operate is the only free standing building in downtown LaFollette which is eligible to be on the list of National Places of Historic value The building was recently purchased by the LaFollette Housing Authority and we were given the honor of being their tenant at an affordable price so we can continue the good works we bring to the community
Art and Culinary Camps for Summer Postmark hosts free summer Art Camp for 6 weeks every summer since 2018 Grants East Tennessee Foundation each year in the amount of 2500 which pays a stipend to instructors and for all materials Then in 2024 we added a Culinary camp for the 6 weeks with the additional sponsorship funding of 1000 from United Cumberland Bank These camps are broken down by age groups All materials are included We teach a variety of art forms that have a creative nature and a variety of mediums Some classes are intentionally left to the imaginations of the youth Art camps are 9 to noon and every Wednesday Culinary camp is from 1 to 3 With Culinary camp focusing on healthy eating and proper cooking skills with the youth doing the prep work cooking and presenting food for all of the group to have a sit down meal or snack
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $51k to $77k (+51%).
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.
69% of POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $9k → $20k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE’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
POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% 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
31% 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 POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 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
POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE?
- POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $98,744 to it, the largest being BOSCH COMMUNITY FUND ($68,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $98,744 in grants to POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE?
- BOSCH COMMUNITY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $68,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like POSTMARK LAFOLLETTE 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 3 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