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TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS

TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,306,836 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION ($6,306,836). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$5.4M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$6.3M
Net assets
$4.3M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 27%
01What it does

What Tennessee Association of Utility Districts does

Mission

The mission of the Tennessee Association of Utility Districts is to provide the highest quality technical, legal, and operation support to its members in delivering safe and efficient services in the public interest.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Member services include those services used to promote membership.

    $1,387,124 spent
    36% of program spending

  2. The training and technical assistance provides assistance to rural water systems.

    $336,729 spent
    9% of program spending

  3. The water and wastewater circuit riders provide onsite technical assistance to rural water and sewer systems throughout tennessee.

    $791,525 spent
    21% of program spending

  4. The training center provides technical training to individuals throughout tennessee.

    $555,921 spent
    15% of program spending

  5. The source water protection program provides technical assistance in the formation of source water protection plan.

    $147,103 spent
    4% of program spending

  6. Other program services that provide assistance to rural water and sewer systems.

    $615,289 spent
    16% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,833,691.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($3.3M) Expenses 100 ($3.4M) Net assets 100 ($2.4M)2020 Revenue 102 ($3.3M) Expenses 98 ($3.4M) Net assets 98 ($2.3M)2021 Revenue 121 ($3.9M) Expenses 105 ($3.6M) Net assets 116 ($2.8M)2022 Revenue 143 ($4.7M) Expenses 133 ($4.5M) Net assets 119 ($2.8M)2023 Revenue 169 ($5.5M) Expenses 153 ($5.2M) Net assets 134 ($3.2M)2024 Revenue 164 ($5.4M) Expenses 144 ($4.9M) Net assets 158 ($3.8M)2025 Revenue 165 ($5.4M) Expenses 145 ($5.0M) Net assets 180 ($4.3M)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (165)Expenses (145)Net assets (180)Peer revenue range

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 $3.4M to $4.3M (+27%).

$2.7M
$2.7M
$3.1M
$3.4M
$4.3M
$5.0M
$5.1M
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 20% · 2020 27% · 2021 28% · 2022 27% · 2023 25% · 2024 25% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

30% of TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$151k
’19
−$39k
’20
$364k
’21
$129k
’22
$294k
’23
$453k
’24
$431k
’25
8.7
months of
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.

Chief executive

Nick Newman

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed16161617202119
Joined·+0+1+4+5+3+2
No longer listed·013224
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.4M.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS’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

TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 1 state in all.

OK

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Tennessee out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,127 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve8.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS

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

Tennessee Electric Cooperative Assoc79%Tennessee Association of Realtors Inc78%Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads Inc78%Tn Independent Colleges & Universities78%Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council78%Tennessee Aquatics Inc78%Tennessee Credit Union League77%Tennessee Tennis Association77%

Nationally

Texas Telephone Association79%Tennessee Electric Cooperative Assoc79%Tennessee Association of Realtors Inc78%Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads Inc78%Alabama Rural Water Assn Inc78%Tn Independent Colleges & Universities78%Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council78%Tennessee Aquatics Inc78%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 23%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Tennessee Utility Assistance LLC · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS?
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,306,836 to it, the largest being NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION ($6,306,836). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,306,836 in grants to TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS?
NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,306,836 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF UTILITY DISTRICTS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), 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