Tennessee · Nonprofit
THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC
THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,687,827 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($910,529). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.1M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $49M
What The Tau Beta Pi Association Inc does
Mission
As the only academic honor society that confers recognition on eligible individuals from all engineering disciplines, Tau Beta Pi recognizes those who have conferred honor upon their Alma Maters by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as students in engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, provides leadership and professional development training for engineering students and alumni members, and promotes lifelong alumnus member involvement and cultivates a community of dedicated high achievers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Awarded $10,000 fellowships to 30 students for a year of graduate study. Awarded 11 $1,000, and 241 $2,000, and 2 $3,000 scholarships to 254 engineering seniors. 6 college freshman received $1,500 for engineering study. $4,000 in scholarships were available to students selected by 8 chapters.
$894,807 spentof which $812,450 as grants$718,972 earned by the program28% of program spendingPublished a quarterly magazine with a circulation of over 80,000 for members. Features include news of the Association, chapters, and members and articles on engineering. Also published an online newsletter on college activities and leadership information with a circulation of 11,000 engineering juniors and seniors.
$471,161 spent$103,004 earned by the program15% of program spendingConvention, District, Engineering Futures, MindSET, Greater Interest in Government (GIG), Student Assistance Held national and regional meetings of its members where collegiate chapter officers receive leadership training, professional development, and chapter operations training. Students receive training in possible service activities including tutoring students, counseling high-schoolers, training K-12 math and science students, and providing volunteers and funds to other charities.
$1,030,552 spentof which $587 as grants$232,740 earned by the program32% of program spendingMembers elected and initiated by college chapters received material to denote their lifetime affiliation with Tau Beta Pi. Various Association awards were presented to selected members and chapters for outstanding service and achievements. (See Schedule I)
$833,273 spentof which $16,500 as grants$16,556 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,229,793.
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 $44M to $38M (−13%).
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: 2021 4% · 2022 3% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
40% of THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Curtis Gomulinski
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $180k → $286k.
14 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 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
THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
72% 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 THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 37% · 2019 35% · 2020 28% · 2021 61% · 2022 36% · 2023 28% — 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 THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
72% of THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION 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 $746k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Tennessee, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 18 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,687,827 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($910,529). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $2,687,827 in grants to THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $910,529 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TAU BETA PI ASSOCIATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 52 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