Tennessee · Nonprofit
TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER
TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER (Tennessee) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $424,715 to it, the largest being MILTON AND DENICE JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $301k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $425k
- Net assets
- $219k
What Transformation Life Center does
Mission
Transformation Life Center cultivates future leaders and a highly capable workforce by providing leadership development, education, mentorship, and career readiness programs that positively impact youth and collegiate students in underserved communities
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Brown Boys Read inspires the love of reading through the love of running to help boys and young men improve reading proficiency, combat childhood obesity, and develop healthier lifestyles and leadership skills. In 2025, the program impacted 328 boys and young men in grades 5 through 12 in partnership with 100 Kings of Middle Tennessee. Participants engaged in a summer reading experience that combined guided book discussions with mentors and healthy walk/run activities, creating an innovative approach to literacy, mentorship, and wellness. The program encouraged participants to strengthen reading comprehension, build confidence, and develop positive relationships with community leaders and mentors. The program concluded with participants joining Demetrius Short and 677 runners in the 15th Annual Steps of Success 5K, reinforcing the importance of perseverance, healthy living, and creating a pathway to success.
$7,537 spentof which $8,704 as grants8% of program spendingPathway to Success Leadership Academy is a leadership and workforce development program designed to equip collegiate students and emerging leaders with the skills, confidence, and professional tools needed to successfully transition into the real world. During Spring 2025, students participated in leadership workshops, career readiness training, mentorship, and networking experiences focused on communication, professionalism, financial literacy, and personal growth. Transformation Life Center also launched the inaugural We Got Now NEXT Leadership Summit bringing together emerging leaders, professionals, and community partners for an inspiring leadership experience focused on resilience, purpose, and creating pathways to success for the next generation of leaders.
$82,690 spentof which $80,000 as grants$33,633 earned by the program92% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $90,227.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $123k to $203k (+66%).
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.
59% of TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Demetrius Short
Founder/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $35k → $186k.
6 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER’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
TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
55% 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 TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 85% · 2022 41% · 2023 25% — 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
72% of TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $169k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER
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
53% 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 TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER: 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 TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER?
- TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER (Tennessee) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $424,715 to it, the largest being MILTON AND DENICE JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $424,715 in grants to TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER?
- MILTON AND DENICE JOHNSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 16 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