Tennessee · Nonprofit
SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE
SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being CAROLYN SMITH FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Sumner County Special Needs Collaborative does
Mission
The mission of the Sumner County Special Needs Collaborative is to improve the livability of Sumner County for individuals with special needs, disabilities, or neurodivergence through information exchange, education, and linkage to resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Caregiver Connections Program- Families benefitted: 50. We provided retreats for parents who are caregivers for children or adults with special needs. We hosted 2 retreats with 25 people at each. We provided the attendees with food, activities, relaxation services, and connection opportunities. The goal was to provide respite from caregiving duties and 100% of the participants reported that this goal was met for them.
$8,318 spentof which $1,900 as grants68% of program spendingInformation Connections Program- Families benefitted: 8535. This program's goal is to provide information about disability rights and resources to families. This program includes live events such as the Autism Awareness & Acceptance Fair, local festivals for outreach, and the Regional Special Needs Expo. This program also includes our Local Resource Directory, which we put into print this year as well as having available on our website. The directory is a listing of hundreds of local resources for people with special needs, disabilities, or neurodivergence.
$3,840 spent31% of program spendingSchool Connections Program- This program aims to build connections between the special needs community and our local schools. This year the reach was 70 people. This includes the teachers and school board member who were a part of the Special Education Team of the Year recognition as well as school administration and teacher participation in the Regional Special Needs Expo.
$121 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $12,279.
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 $5k to $11k (+123%).
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.
97% of SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Lorraine Looney
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 SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE'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
SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 695 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 695 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE: 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 SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE?
- SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being CAROLYN SMITH FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE.
- Who is the largest funder of SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE?
- CAROLYN SMITH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SUMNER COUNTY SPECIAL NEEDS COLLABORATIVE 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 1 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