Tennessee · Nonprofit
ReString Appalachia
ReString Appalachia (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,197 to it, the largest being GIBSON GIVES FOUNDATION DBA GIBSON GIVES ($11,697). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $80k
What ReString Appalachia does
Mission
To collect restore and redistribute musical instruments to individuals who lost theirs due to natural disasters.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Collected refurbished and distributed musical instruments to individuals who lost instruments due to natural disasters. In 2025 we served over 650 individuals across 7 states in four disaster zones distributing over 850 instruments valued between $30-50,000
$67,055 spentof which $9,950 as grants69% of program spendingDonated musical instruments to underfunded and newly established music education programs throughout the Appalachian region. In 2025 partnered with over 10 schools programs across 5 states distributing 150 instruments valued around $10,000
$10,000 spent10% of program spendingWe also supported musicians who were affected by natural disasters by hiring them to pick up deliver and transport instruments throughout the region who were out of work primarily in Western North Carolina. We hired over 15 musicians paying out an average of $1,333 per person for their services.
$20,000 spent21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $97,055.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Robby Eskridge
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of ReString Appalachia’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
ReString Appalachia leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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
89% 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 ReString Appalachia.
“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
89% of ReString Appalachia's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
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
ReString Appalachia runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,014 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ReString Appalachia
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ReString Appalachia: 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 ReString Appalachia?
- ReString Appalachia (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,197 to it, the largest being GIBSON GIVES FOUNDATION DBA GIBSON GIVES ($11,697). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ReString Appalachia have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $13,197 in grants to ReString Appalachia.
- Who is the largest funder of ReString Appalachia?
- GIBSON GIVES FOUNDATION DBA GIBSON GIVES is the largest funder on record, with $11,697 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ReString Appalachia 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.
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