Tennessee · Nonprofit
TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION INC
TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,570 to it, the largest being Servant Foundation ($114,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $183k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $27k
What Tennessee Stands Foundation Inc does
Mission
We educate the public on governance values consistent with our US Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Tennessee. We also create strategic partnerships with like-minded organizations across the state to promote constitutional order and a biblical worldview in public policy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We provide support in producing educational materials and provide policy analysis on Tennessee-specific issues concerning our state constitution, election integrity, medical freedom, education, and state sovereignty. The Freedom Matters Podcast is in its second year and has about 5,000 monthly listeners. The podcast host discusses state and national issues to educate the listener. We hosted our second annual election integrity symposium, Behind the Curtain, with several nationally renowned guest speakers, an event meant to educate the public on key constitutional issues we are facing today concerning our elections and how we might seek to increase voter confidence in our elections. Town Halls were launched in 2023 and designed to educate the community on local and state issues featuring elected officials.
$52,698 spent41% of program spendingGrants to organizations for charitable purposes. The organization monitors grants to ensure funds are used in a manner consistent with the exempt purpose of the organization.
$75,220 spentof which $70,000 as grants59% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $127,918.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $63k to $16k (−75%).
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 STANDS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Kevin Kookogey
Director, Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $86k → $27k.
6 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 STANDS FOUNDATION 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 STANDS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 STANDS FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 79% · 2023 66% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION INC'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. Of the $7k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $193k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 STANDS FOUNDATION INC's revenue grew 25% between 2021 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION 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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Citizens for Limited Government and Constitutional Integrity Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION 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 STANDS FOUNDATION INC?
- TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $199,570 to it, the largest being Servant Foundation ($114,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $199,570 in grants to TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION INC?
- Servant Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $114,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TENNESSEE STANDS FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 8 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