Tennessee · Nonprofit
VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY
VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY (Tennessee) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $586,962 to it, the largest being JR HYDE III FAMILY FOUNDATION ($177,120). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $197k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $587k
- Net assets
- $69k
What Volunteer Odyssey does
Mission
Volunteer Odyssey connects people to purpose by building the volunteer infrastructure for greater memphis. Our mission is to ensure every nonprofit has the right volunteers in the right place at the right time. We strengthen nearly 200 local nonprofit partners through technology, training, and strategic marketing that expand their volunteer capacity and amplify their community impact.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Each year, Volunteer Odyssey engages more than 5,000 volunteers, providing the additional staff capacity our partners need to achieve their missions. The majority of our expenses directly support program services, including: volunteer hub: a comprehensive technology platform that connects thousands of volunteers with opportunities at 120 + nonprofits, while providing ongoing technical and strategic support to partner organizations. Community engagement & awareness: shared storytelling, collective marketing, and citywide campaigns that elevate volunteerism and increase participation across memphis. Pathways: monthly training and peer-learning sessions for volunteer managers that strengthen nonprofit capacity, promote collaboration, and ensure effective volunteer management practices. Voluncheers: social volunteer events that blend service and community building, turning first-time volunteers into lifelong supporters. Compass: a corporate engagement program that helps companies plan, execute, and measure meaningful community service experiences for their employees.through these initiatives, Volunteer Odyssey empowers nonprofits, energizes volunteers, and elevates our community.…
$141,850 spent$108,064 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $141,850.
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 2020 to 2021, from $85k to $142k (+68%).
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: 2017 3% · 2023 12% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Chas Harris
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $37k → $55k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY’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
VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 71% · 2019 47% · 2020 53% · 2021 65% · 2022 50% · 2023 64% — 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
44% of VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 90% 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
86% of VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY
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
69% 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 VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY: 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 VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY?
- VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY (Tennessee) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $586,962 to it, the largest being JR HYDE III FAMILY FOUNDATION ($177,120). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $586,962 in grants to VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY?
- JR HYDE III FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $177,120 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOLUNTEER ODYSSEY 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 10 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