Totals
- Total revenue
- $1,388,660
- Total expenses
- $1,408,390
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,267,374
- Grants paid
- $100
- Program service revenue
- $76,725
- Investment income
- $44,586
- Other revenue
- -$25
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,428,425
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $625,975
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $802,450
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,132,191
- Management and general expenses
- $182,067
- Fundraising expenses
- $94,132
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,132,191
Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1c · Fundraising events
$19,125
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,248,249
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$1,600
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2a · Program service revenue: EARNED PROGRAM REVENUE
total $76,725 · related or exempt $76,725
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3 · Investment income
total $44,586 · excluded $44,586
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$1,575
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$19,125
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$1,600
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$25 · excluded -$25
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $100 · program services $100
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $168,129 · program services $100,877 · management and general $33,626 · fundraising $33,626
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $609,576 · program services $510,631 · management and general $58,289 · fundraising $40,656
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $30,272 · program services $26,001 · management and general $2,511 · fundraising $1,760
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $54,063 · program services $41,923 · management and general $7,336 · fundraising $4,804
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $55,473 · program services $43,619 · management and general $6,556 · fundraising $5,298
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $8,925 · management and general $8,925
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $38,000 · program services $38,000
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11g · Fees: other
total $250,852 · program services $248,693 · management and general $2,159
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $16,578 · management and general $16,578
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13 · Office expenses
total $7,045 · management and general $5,395 · fundraising $1,650
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14 · Information technology
total $22,948 · program services $22,948
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16 · Occupancy
total $67,283 · program services $53,076 · management and general $7,869 · fundraising $6,338
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17 · Travel
total $15,539 · program services $15,539
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $45,008 · program services $29,874 · management and general $15,134
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23 · Insurance
total $2,258 · management and general $2,258
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24a · Other expenses: DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, AN
total $15,277 · management and general $15,277
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24b · Other expenses: REGISTRATION AND FILING
total $490 · program services $490
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24c · Other expenses: BUSINESS REGISTRATION F
total $420 · program services $420
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24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES
total $154 · management and general $154
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $371,791 · end of year $403,140
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $935,608 · end of year $1,016,529
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$11,682
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$11,682
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,155 · end of year $8,756
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $37,940 · end of year $24,296
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $452,434 · end of year $601,679
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $822,180 · end of year $802,450
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THINK TENNESSEE IS A NONPARTISAN, RESULTS-ORIENTED THINK TANK THAT USES RESEARCH, ENGAGEMENT, AND ADVOCACY TO BUILD A STATE WHERE ALL TENNESSEANS ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND ECONOMICALLY SECURE. WE BELIEVE OUR STATE DOES BETTER WHEN VOTERS TRUST AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND WORKERS CAN ACCESS GOOD JOBS, BUILD WEALTH, AND SHARE IN OUR ROBUST ECONOMY. OUR WORK IS GUIDED BY OUR VALUES: EQUITY, INTEGRITY, COURAGE, PRAGMATISM, AND OPTIMISM.
Activities or mission (Part I)
THE PURPOSE OF THINK TENNESSEE IS TO DRIVE EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC POLICY SOLUTIONS THAT STRENGTHEN THE VOICE OF VOTERS, SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES AND MOVE TENNESSEE FORWARD.
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WE HAVE TWO PRIMARY PROGRAM AREAS.STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY: WE ENVISION A STATE WHERE ALL TENNESSEANS ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND TRUST IN A TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.SUPPORTING WORKING FAMILIES: WE ENVISION A STATE WHERE ALL TENNESSEANS CAN INCREASE THEIR ECONOMIC SECURITY BY EARNING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AFFORD THEIR TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES, AND BUILD THEIR SAVINGS, RATHER THAN FALL INTO DEBT.
Expenses $1,132,191 · Grants $100 · Revenue $76,725
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Bob CooperBOB COOPER
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David SmithDAVID SMITH
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robyn Jarvis AskewROBYN JARVIS ASKEW
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Prof Doug BlazePROF DOUG BLAZE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Prof Mark Byrnes Thru 1224PROF MARK BYRNES THRU 1224
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bert MathewsBERT MATHEWS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ruby BrightRUBY BRIGHT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Danielle Barnes Thru 1224DANIELLE BARNES THRU 1224
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wade HintonWADE HINTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bacarra MauldinBACARRA MAULDIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bridgett MassengillBRIDGETT MASSENGILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tomeka Hart WiggintonTOMEKA HART WIGGINTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Erin Hafkenschiel DonnellyERIN HAFKENSCHIEL DONNELLY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $169,040
- From this org
- $142,424
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,616
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $142,424
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,150
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,466
- Filer's total
- $169,040
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Mary DarbyMARY DARBY
EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $140,706
- From this org
- $108,097
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,609
- Hours/week
- 40
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Amy GoreAMY GORE
POLICY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $120,582
- From this org
- $105,980
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,602
- Hours/week
- 40
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Dawn SchluckebierDAWN SCHLUCKEBIER
ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $121,648
- From this org
- $105,042
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,606
- Hours/week
- 40
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523169349306612
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