Tennessee · Nonprofit
Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc
Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being Vanderbilt University ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $464k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $40k
- Net assets
- $402k
What Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc does
Mission
Sustain the Tennessee Valley Corridors TVC existing federal missions, compete for new federal investments and leverage these investments to grow more private sector job opportunities. The TVCs vision is national leadership in science and technology through regional cooperation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Organize, plan and develop economic, business, energy, scientific research, technological and environmental conferences and lunches and facilitate implementation of recommendations from Summit conferences.
$279,626 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $279,626.
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 2024 to 2025, from $252k to $402k (+60%).
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.
75% of Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Mark Gradkowski
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of Tennessee Valley Corridor 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 Valley Corridor Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- Appalachian Regional Commission$10k
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 Valley Corridor 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Tennessee Valley Corridor 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 Valley Corridor Inc?
- Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $40,000 to it, the largest being Vanderbilt University ($40,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $40,000 in grants to Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Tennessee Valley Corridor Inc?
- Vanderbilt University is the largest funder on record, with $40,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Tennessee Valley Corridor 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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