Form 990-EZ for tax year 2025
Filed by TENNESSEE COALITION FOR OPEN GOVERNMENT INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $96,407
- Total expenses
- $81,181
- Contributions and grants received
- $105,552
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $135
- Membership dues (line 3)
- $0
- Investment income (line 4)
- $1,713
- Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)
- $0
- Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)
- -$10,993
- Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)
- $0
- Other revenue (line 8)
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $110,349
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $110,349
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $73,474
Program services were 90.5% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.
Mission and programs · 2025
Primary exempt purpose
Education around open government policies especially public records and open meetings
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Research and Education: Research related to public records and open meetings practices in the state, including surveys and audits; research on laws and policies, and tracking of changes in laws and policies, including through court cases; monitoring of changes in practices due to the pandemic; sharing of information through website, newsletters, media interviews and other written material.
Expenses $46,601
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HELP LINE: Assisted members of the public and journalists in accessing public records and know their rights under the public records and open meetings laws.
Expenses $15,213
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WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS: Presented numerous civic presentations about public records and open meeting laws and how important they are to maintaining transparency in government
Expenses $11,660
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part IV
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Deborah Fisher
Executive Director
- Total calculated
- $65,500
- Compensation
- $65,500
- Benefit plans
- $0
- Expense account
- $0
- Hours/week
- 30
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Lucian Pera
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Doug Pierce
Past President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Adam Yeomans
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Marian Ott
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Jack McElroy
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Victor Ashe
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Chris Baker
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Joel Christopher
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Marie De Varenne
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Alison Gerber
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Frank Gibson
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ben Goad
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robb Harvey
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Rick Hollow
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Gregg Jones
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Mike Martinez
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Mark Russell
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Otis Sanford
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
-
Helen Burns Sharp
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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John Stern
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Hedy Weinberg
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Dick Williams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, 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.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990_ez
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 31 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.0
- Source object
- 202601049349201865
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