Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION
TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION (Tennessee) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,345,918 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,180,992). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.9M
- Funders on record
- 89
- Grants received
- $17M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition does
Mission
Tirrc is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration. Our mission is to build power, amplify our voices, and organize communities to advocate for our rights. Our vision is a stronger, more inclusive tennessee where people of all nationalities, immigration statuses, and racial identities can belong and thrive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Community organizing and leadership development: organizing around common issues and developing a unified voice; developing immigrant leadership at the grassroots level; providing training and technical assistance for immigrant-led organizations; educating immigrant communities about their rights and responding to abuses.
$1,116,993 spentof which $593,497 as grants$11,838 earned by the program42% of program spendingAdvocacy and education: helping immigrant community members understand and engage in the civic process; educating the public about the contributions of immigrants; advocating at the federal, state, and local level for policies that promote the integration of new immigrants and facilitate their full participation in u.s. Society
$683,884 spentof which $171,550 as grants26% of program spendingDirect services: application assistance, outreach and education.
$847,360 spentof which $212,000 as grants32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,648,237.
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. 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 $5.7M to $9.5M (+67%).
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: 2020 11% · 2021 12% · 2022 24% · 2023 25% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Lisa Sherman-Nikolaus
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $860k → $2.9M.
18 of 89 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 89 funders by total. 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 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
59% 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 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 50% · 2019 26% · 2020 14% · 2021 16% · 2022 15% · 2023 26% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
43% of TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION draws 76% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 17 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Against its field
TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 978 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 978 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $179k on record.
- Department of Homeland Security$179k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION
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
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Tirrc Votes · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION: 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 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION?
- TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION (Tennessee) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,345,918 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,180,992). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 89 organizations giving $17,345,918 in grants to TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,180,992 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE RIGHTS COALITION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 89 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing