Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC
TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,676,689 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC ($1,503,766). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $80k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $0
What Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Fund Inc does
Mission
To promote, encourage, assist and foster education in the area of foreign languages
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The organization ceased operations in 2025 and transferred all remaining assets (cash) to the university of tennessee foundation. Operating cash monies were paid to the tennessee learning center as a final operating grant.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Provide grants to the tennessee language center, formerly the foreign language institute, so that it can provide scholarships to students and to support its program services
$20,239 spentof which $20,239 as grants20% of program spendingProvides grants to the esl to go programs, an expansion of the esl training of the tennessee language center. Grants provide esl on site mobile classes to refugees and others that do not have transportation to attend esl classes.
$79,685 spentof which $79,685 as grants80% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $99,924.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $390k to $21k (−95%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 85% · 2018 92% · 2019 66% · 2020 56% · 2021 68% · 2022 77% · 2023 84% · 2024 89% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $189k → $178k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC’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
TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 94% · 2019 90% · 2020 59% · 2021 67% · 2022 89% · 2023 94% — 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
100% of TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $34k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.
Organizations like TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC: 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 FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC?
- TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,676,689 to it, the largest being CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC ($1,503,766). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,676,689 in grants to TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC?
- CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,503,766 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE FUND INC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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