Tennessee · Nonprofit
THREE3 INC
THREE3 INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,870 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($190,130). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $957k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $239k
- Net assets
- $-514846
What Three3 Inc does
Mission
To conduct non-partisan research and offer educational programming to promote and foster sustainable futures that provide equitable benefits to low-income and disadvantaged populations, meet ethical obligations to future generations and make the best use of human knowledge and technology.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Tva - research conducted under this project is to estimate the health and household related non energy impacts attributable to tvas home uplift initiative.
$235,781 spent$203,369 earned by the program23% of program spendingUnited way of greater knoxville - conducting research and educational programming to promote the integration of environmental, social, and economic-sustainability, focusing on fostering sustainable futures.
$144,058 spent$201,033 earned by the program14% of program spendingHud tech - healthy homes incentive project
$226,885 spent$285,465 earned by the program22% of program spendingVarious other research and educational programming and studies.
$421,192 spent$121,784 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,027,916.
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 2022 to 2023, from $62k to $271k (+340%).
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: 2022 10% · 2023 15% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of THREE3 INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $88k → $7k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 THREE3 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
THREE3 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 86% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
THREE3 INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k 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
THREE3 INC has grown faster than half of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding THREE3 INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record — $1.1M federal, $29k state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$999k
- National Science Foundation$150k
- Other Contr and 3rd Pty Serv$29k
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 THREE3 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 THREE3 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 THREE3 INC?
- THREE3 INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $238,870 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($190,130). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THREE3 INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $238,870 in grants to THREE3 INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THREE3 INC?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $190,130 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THREE3 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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