Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC
TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,739,631 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($346,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Tennessee Kids Belong Inc does
Mission
Tennessee Kids Belong dramatically improves the experiences and outcomes for children in foster care.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
I Belong Project - HIGH-QUALITY RECRUITMENT VIDEOS AND EXPERIENCE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED OF A FOREVER FAMILY. Thirty nine percent of the total labor cost.
$391,901 spent51% of program spendingFoster Friendly Faith - EQUIPPING CHURCHES TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE SUPPORT SYSTEMS TO BOTH RECRUIT AND RETAIN FOSTER FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. - Eighteen percent of the total labor cost.
$132,992 spent17% of program spendingGovernment - tennessee kids belong was the spearheading partner to launch tn-fosters, the government initiative around foster care in 2016. Tkb works alongside department of children's services staff, community partners, and private providers to dramatically change the recruitment and retention numbers in tennessee. - thirteen percent of the total labor cost.
$109,043 spent14% of program spendingBusiness - giving the business community a way to engage in the issue by offering discounts and services to families in the community as well as hr benefits to employees who are fostering and adopting. - thirteen percent of the total labor cost.
$102,059 spent13% of program spendingCommunity Engagement - Providing resources directly to current foster families. - Three percent of the total labor cost.
$22,097 spent3% of program spendingOther Family Recruitment - Outreach to potential families for children in need of a forever family, excluding I Belong Project videos. - Zero percent of the total labor cost.
$14,433 spent2% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $772,525.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2019 to 2020, from $425k to $690k (+62%).
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: 2019 7% · 2020 9% · 2021 6% · 2023 15% · 2024 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Steve Martinez
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 16 funders, grant income rose $30k → $375k.
13 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 KIDS BELONG INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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 KIDS BELONG INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
74% 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 KIDS BELONG INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 83% · 2019 65% · 2020 61% · 2021 40% · 2022 22% · 2023 27% — 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
58% of TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC'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
84% of TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG 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. $791k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 KIDS BELONG INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG 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 KIDS BELONG INC?
- TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,739,631 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($346,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $1,739,631 in grants to TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $346,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE KIDS BELONG 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.
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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 2018–2024), and the filings of 31 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