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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEADERSHIP TENNESSEE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$680,387
Total expenses
$647,854
Contributions and grants received
$368,785
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$309,880
Investment income
$1,722
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$365,097
Total liabilities, end of year
$32,766
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$332,331
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$506,910
Management and general expenses
$104,698
Fundraising expenses
$36,246
Program service expenses (Part III)
$506,910

Program services were 78.2% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $57,285

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $311,500

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SIGNATURE PROGRAM

    total $234,780 · related or exempt $234,780

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LT NEXT FEES

    total $75,100 · related or exempt $75,100

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,722 · excluded $1,722

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $167,000 · program services $66,800 · management and general $66,800 · fundraising $33,400

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $107,987 · program services $107,987

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $21,729 · program services $14,583 · management and general $4,764 · fundraising $2,382

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,106 · management and general $2,106

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,898 · management and general $14,898

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,474 · program services $3,792 · management and general $455 · fundraising $227

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $735 · program services $588 · management and general $147

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,566 · program services $9,253 · management and general $2,313

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,709 · program services $3,767 · management and general $942

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $5,528 · management and general $5,528

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,974 · program services $13,579 · management and general $3,395

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,035 · program services $1,448 · management and general $3,350 · fundraising $237

  • 24a · Other expenses: SESSION EXPENSES

    total $285,113 · program services $285,113

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $243,454 · end of year $356,832

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $78,915 · end of year $8,265

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,571 · end of year $32,766

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $299,798 · end of year $332,331

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

LEADERSHIP TENNESSEE FOSTERS COLLABORATIVE, NON-PARTISAN DIALOGUE ON ISSUES OF STATE IMPORTANCE, BY CONNECTING AND DEPLOYING A NETWORK OF DIVERSE LEADERS AND ENGAGED CITIZENS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

FOSTERS COLLABORATIVE, NON-PARTISAN DIALOGUE ON STATE ISSUES, CONNECTING NETWORK OF LEADERS

  • SIGNATURE PROGRAM EACH YEAR, FEWER THAN 50 TOP BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM ACROSS TENNESSEE ARE SELECTED TO JOIN A 10-MONTH IMMERSIVE SIGNATURE PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM OFFERS AN IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF KEY ISSUES FACING THE STATE, FOSTERS STATEWIDE NETWORKING, AND ENCOURAGES COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING. PARTICIPANTS MEET IN EACH OF TENNESSEE'S THREE GRAND DIVISIONS, WITH SESSIONS CO-DEVELOPED BY STAFF AND ALUMNI, FEATURING VOLUNTEER LEADERS WHO GUIDE DISCUSSIONS ON CRITICAL TOPICS. THE PROGRAM ADVANCES THE ORGANIZATION'S EDUCATIONAL MISSION BY DEEPENING PARTICIPANTS' UNDERSTANDING OF STATE ISSUES, REGIONAL DIVERSITY, AND BUILDING A STRONG STATEWIDE SUPPORT NETWORK.

    Expenses $276,759 · Revenue $234,780

  • LEADERSHIP TENNESSEE NEXT (LT NEXT) LT NEXT IS THE ONLY STATEWIDE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR EARLY TO MID-CAREER PROFESSIONALS. LT NEXT SELECTS APPROXIMATELY 30 MID-CAREER LEADERS TO ENGAGE IN A FOUR MONTH IMMERSIVE COHORT THAT FOSTERS CROSS-STATE AND CROSS-SECTOR NETWORKS TWICE A YEAR. PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE WITH SIGNATURE PROGRAM MEMBERS, EXPLORE TENNESSEE-SPECIFIC ISSUES, AND DEVELOP PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS. THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF CO-DEVELOP SESSION AGENDAS WITH ALUMNI AND CURRENT MEMBERS, RECRUITING STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERS TO GUIDE DISCUSSIONS. SESSIONS TAKE PLACE ACROSS TENNESSEE'S THREE GRAND DIVISIONS IN VARIED LOCATIONS, ADVANCING THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION BY PREPARING PARTICIPANTS TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES AND PROFESSIONS EFFECTIVELY.AN INCREASE IN NOMINATIONS FOR BOTH LEADERSHIP TENNESSEE'S SIGNATURE AND LT NEXT PROGRAMS REFLECTS THE GROWING IMPACT AND RECOGNITION OF OUR PROGRAMMING. THIS SURGE IN INTEREST UNDERSCORES OUR COMMITMENT TO EXPANDING REACH AND RELEVANCE, WITH A CONTINUED FOCUS ON ENGAGING RURAL AND SUBURBAN COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT EACH PROGRAM YEAR.

    Expenses $230,151 · Revenue $75,100

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

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL ANASTASI

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRANDON GIBSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA BERLIND

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAVID GOLDEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CALVIN ANDERSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANET AYERS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRUCE HARTMANN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARK WHITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTI BRANSCOM

    DIRECTOR (START 7/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALFRED DEGRAFINREID II

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $167,000
    From this org
    $167,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $167,000

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 committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503169349306675

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