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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TENNESSEANS FOR QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION POLICY AND RESEARCH.

Totals

Total revenue
$643,459
Total expenses
$717,690
Contributions and grants received
$609,275
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$34,184
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,226,190
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,047
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,223,143
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$683,546
Management and general expenses
$34,144
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$683,546

Program services were 95.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $65,161

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $544,114

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $34,184 · excluded $34,184

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $65,161

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $187,000 · program services $187,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $440,667 · program services $440,667

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $75,295 · program services $75,295

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $26,270 · management and general $26,270

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $174,144 · program services $174,144

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $70,120 · program services $70,120

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,526 · program services $11,041 · management and general $485

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,186 · program services $3,767 · management and general $419

  • 17 · Travel

    total $23,018 · program services $23,018

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,970 · management and general $6,970

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,485 · program services $2,485

  • 24b · Other expenses: LOBBYIST EXPENSE

    total $1,945 · program services $1,945

  • 24c · Other expenses: REIM OF EXPENSES FROM C

    total -$305,936 · program services -$305,936

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $266,901 · end of year $94,253

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,006,597 · end of year $1,030,626

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $16,124

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $28,584 · end of year $85,187

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $53,825 · end of year $1,871

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $883 · end of year $1,176

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,297,374 · end of year $1,223,143

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ADVANCE STATE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT ENSURE ALL TENNESSEE CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH 3RD GRADE GET THE HIGH QUALITY EARLY EDUCATION THEY NEED TO POWER OUR STATE'S FUTURE.

  • TN EARLY EDUCATOR AWARDS - THESE AWARDS HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS ACROSS TENNESSEE.

    Expenses $55,691

  • ALIGN CONFERENCE - THIS CONFERENCE IS A GATHERING OF EARLY CHILDHOOD ADVOCATES FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO NETWORK, LEARN TOGETHER, AND CELEBRATE MOMENTUM IN ADVANCING EARLY CHILDHOOD POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT SUPPORT YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES TO THRIVE.

    Expenses $22,610

  • TQEEPR SERVES AS TENNESSEE'S "GO-TO" SOURCE FOR EVIDENCE-INFORMED, COST- EFFECTIVE, PUBLICLY SUPPORTED POLICY PROPOSALS. THE ORGANIZATION PRODUCED NUMEROUS DOCUMENTS AND BRIEFS, NEWS AND INFORMATION TO EDUCATE AND INFORM THE PUBLIC AND POLICYMAKERS ABOUT SMART EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION POLICIES AND PRACTICES.

    Expenses $605,245

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kathy Buckman-Gibson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Dishner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dave Miller

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Keith Norman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chelsea Peterson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Leslie Stiles Scearce

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ac Wharton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dakasha Winton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Blair Taylor

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $187,000
    From this org
    $187,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    24

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $187,000

  • Jeff McCord

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

None.

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543189349313499

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