Tennessee · Nonprofit
TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION
TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,489 to it, the largest being LANTRY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $47k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $311k
What Tate's School of Discovery Foundation does
Mission
Tate's School of Discovery Foundation was formed for educational and charitable purposes in connection with tate's school of discovery to provide teacher stipends, library resources, and scholarships for students who otherwise could not attend the school.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation awarded seven (7) academic scholarships for deserving students to attend tate's school of discovery.
$95,000 spentof which $95,000 as grants80% of program spendingThe foundation raised funds and provided emergency supplies for victims of hurricane helene in tennessee and north carolina.
$14,693 spent12% of program spendingThe foundation provided support and resources to teachers of tate's school of discovery.
$8,509 spentof which $3,754 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $118,202.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $174k to $385k (+122%).
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 TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $64.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION’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
TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 90% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION draws 75% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 2 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $489 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
TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION
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In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
21%
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 TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION: 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 TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION?
- TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,489 to it, the largest being LANTRY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,489 in grants to TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION?
- LANTRY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TATE'S SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY FOUNDATION 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 2022–2024), 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