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URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE

URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,248,701 to it, the largest being NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ($372,833). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$9.5M
Funders on record
30
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$967k
11/30 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What Urban League of Middle Tennessee does

Mission

Our mission is to help African Americans & others in underserved communities achieve their highest true social parity, economic self-reliance, power and civil rights. The League promotes economic empowerment for those in Middle TN.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Real Estate Developers (R.E.D.) Academy empowers diverse developers (fellows) with the knowledge, resources, and connections to scale their businesses and further their impact on the real estate development market in Davidson County. It is an in-depth program specifically focused on the local MSA (Nashville, Davidson County) with an emphasis on creating affordable and attainable housing.

    $3,785,695 spentof which $3,735,389 as grants$2,500 earned by the program
    45% of program spending
  2. Advancing Workforce Equity (AWE) program helps participants achieve economic stability. We provide crucial services for job seekers and career advancement focusing on soft skills and job readiness skills to guide participants in developing strong interpersonal skills and effective communication. This initiative addresses educational and economic disparities, fostering economic self-reliance and enhancing participants' quality of life.

    $2,547,870 spentof which $3,021,710 as grants$3,200 earned by the program
    30% of program spending
  3. Tennessee Youth Employment Program (TYEP) is the nations largest youth employment program, connecting youth between the ages of 14 and 24 with career exploration opportunities and paid work experiences each summer and throughout the year. By participating in these structured career exploration and work-based opportunities, youth are better prepared for their chosen career path.

    $1,335,200 spentof which $1,324,678 as grants$5,610 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  4. Other programs to assist participants achieve economic stability providing training and other supportive services.

    $455,717 spentof which $373,797 as grants
    5% of program spending
  5. Our efforts are centered around programs and initiatives that address our five focus areas of workforce and economic development; youth and education; health and quality of life; housing and community development; and social justice and civic.

    $262,371 spent
    3% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,386,853.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($503k) Expenses 100 ($409k) Net assets 100 ($56k)2018 Revenue 57 ($288k) Expenses 84 ($345k) Net assets -2 ($-1032)2019 Revenue 69 ($348k) Expenses 96 ($393k) Net assets -129 ($-72557)2020 Revenue 131 ($658k) Expenses 126 ($517k) Net assets 121 ($68k)2021 Revenue 204 ($1.0M) Expenses 238 ($976k) Net assets 203 ($115k)2022 Revenue 294 ($1.5M) Expenses 350 ($1.4M) Net assets 284 ($160k)2023 Revenue 549 ($2.8M) Expenses 646 ($2.6M) Net assets 493 ($278k)2024 Revenue 1791 ($9.0M) Expenses 2065 ($8.5M) Net assets 1476 ($832k)2025 Revenue 1880 ($9.5M) Expenses 2277 ($9.3M) Net assets 1715 ($967k)
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Revenue (1880)Expenses (2277)Net assets (1715)Peer revenue range

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 $654k to $6.0M (+811%).

$236k
$186k
$137k
$375k
$654k
$6.0M
$6.6M
$8.1M
$5.7M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 35% · 2025 39%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

98% of URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$94k
’17
−$57k
’18
−$46k
’19
$141k
’20
$50k
’21
$45k
’22
$118k
’23
$554k
’24
$135k
’25
6.2
months of
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

Clifton Harris

President & CEO

Board chair

Valinda Mcdaniel Burks

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed171517262529272828
Joined·+2+7+13+0+15+9+2+7
No longer listed·4541111117
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $111k → $129k.

5 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE’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

URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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

53% 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 URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

30%
largest funder
58%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 51% · 2019 100% · 2020 43% · 2021 47% · 2022 42% · 2023 31% — 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

0% of URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 12 states in all.

WA
MN
NY
MA
OH
PA
MO
AR
TN
NC
SC
AL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’23
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $175k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve6.2mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)44% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 9%Fundraising 1%

Governance

27
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

84%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TN

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Questions and answers

Who funds URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE?
URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,248,701 to it, the largest being NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC ($372,833). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE have?
IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $1,248,701 in grants to URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE?
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC is the largest funder on record, with $372,833 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like URBAN LEAGUE OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 30 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