Tennessee · Nonprofit
Tennessee Democracy Network
Tennessee Democracy Network (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $249,000 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($249,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $200k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $249k
- Net assets
- $36k
What Tennessee Democracy Network does
Mission
The Tennessee Democracy Network is a nonprofit civic incubator for relational organizing and civic literacy initiatives that develop and deepen cultures of nonpartisan democratic engagement in Tennessee.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
United by Change Coalition - formed a coalition of local organizations to effectively engage in civic activities and community initiatives. Successfully graduated four organizers from its training program. Held over 29 community events during the year.
$132,845 spent59% of program spendingOne Vote Election Project - helps voters feel prepared and motivated to vote. Reached 6,700 to 7,000 "low-propensity voters."
$37,381 spent17% of program spendingTennessee Campus Democracy Network - hosted a nonpartisan civic summit attended by 85 college students from eight different higher-education institutions across the state of Tennessee promoting civic literacy and engagement
$35,733 spent16% of program spendingCounting on You - neighborhood survey program with the goal of using survey findings to inform future voter engagement strategies. In its first round, 589 surveys were completed.
$18,021 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $223,980.
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 $82k to $36k (−56%).
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.
100% of Tennessee Democracy Network’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 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.
Chief executive
Kayla Jenkins-Jones
President & CEO
Board chair
Wayne Shields
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Tennessee Democracy Network’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 Tennessee Democracy Network's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $249k 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
Tennessee Democracy Network has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Tennessee Democracy Network
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.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Tennessee Democracy Network: 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 Tennessee Democracy Network?
- Tennessee Democracy Network (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $249,000 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc ($249,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Tennessee Democracy Network have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $249,000 in grants to Tennessee Democracy Network, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Tennessee Democracy Network?
- The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc is the largest funder on record, with $249,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Tennessee Democracy Network 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 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