Tennessee · Nonprofit
THE POP-UP PROJECT
THE POP-UP PROJECT (Tennessee) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $988,745 to it, the largest being Lyndhurst Foundation Inc ($285,050). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $424k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $989k
- Net assets
- $266k
What The Pop-Up Project does
Mission
To build a vibrant, diverse and sustainable performing arts economy that is authentic to our area and engaged with our community, while providing fair wage opportunities to local artists.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Immersive/public events we were able to produce three large events in 2025. The first was primavera, which gave opportunities to 25 artists and had 400 in attendance. From within was our next event, which provided opportunities for 15 artists with 130 in attendance. Finally, razzle dazzle provided opportunities for 140 local artists with an attendance of more than 400.
$86,231 spent$2,762 earned by the program36% of program spendingThe Pop-Up Project street team - commissions this program is well-established. It allows us to put dance into the service of event producers, party planners, community organizers, etc. It takes dance to the people, limiting geographic barriers to access, while keeping pop-up visible in the community and providing regular, paid opportunities to artists. In 2025, we were able to provide performing opportunities to as many as 35 artists, including teaching artists, studio artists and other miscellaneous guest artists.
$77,576 spent$62,526 earned by the program33% of program spendingYouth/adult outreach programs our youth and adult outreach programs saw roughly 14,400 - 15,600 student engagements, and 15,600 adult engagements. These programs offer opportunities for adults and children to take classes in a variety of styles, including modern, ballet, jazz and hip-hop. It includes field trips to milestone cultural activities, and a two week summer intensive. Our curriculum meets state educational standards in tn, as well as those used in professional studios. Our program is one of the few in the area that provides a dance education to low income children and is, therefore, crucial to creating more equity in arts access and education in our area.
$73,441 spent$29,209 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $237,248.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $30k to $157k (+426%).
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 1% · 2021 6% · 2023 3% · 2024 8% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of THE POP-UP PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Louis Marin
Executive director
Board chair
Harolda Bryson
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 10 funders, grant income rose $5k → $209k.
1 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 THE POP-UP PROJECT’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
THE POP-UP PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 69% · 2020 38% · 2021 29% · 2022 28% · 2023 29% — 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
86% of THE POP-UP PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
83% of THE POP-UP PROJECT's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
THE POP-UP PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE POP-UP PROJECT
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
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 THE POP-UP PROJECT: 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 THE POP-UP PROJECT?
- THE POP-UP PROJECT (Tennessee) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $988,745 to it, the largest being Lyndhurst Foundation Inc ($285,050). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE POP-UP PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $988,745 in grants to THE POP-UP PROJECT, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE POP-UP PROJECT?
- Lyndhurst Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $285,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE POP-UP PROJECT 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 15 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