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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THINK TENNESSEE.

Totals

Total revenue
$819,753
Total expenses
$623,998
Contributions and grants received
$818,580
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$373
Other revenue
$800
Total assets, end of year
$1,033,260
Total liabilities, end of year
$203,899
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$829,361
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$436,043
Management and general expenses
$131,352
Fundraising expenses
$56,603
Program service expenses (Part III)
$436,043

Program services were 69.9% 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

    $42,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $776,080

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $373 · excluded $373

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,800

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

    $42,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,000

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $800 · excluded $800

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $117,872 · program services $76,617 · management and general $23,574 · fundraising $17,681

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $299,380 · program services $233,108 · management and general $40,112 · fundraising $26,160

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,451 · program services $7,664 · management and general $3,007 · fundraising $1,780

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $35,218 · program services $25,143 · management and general $6,147 · fundraising $3,928

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $28,485 · program services $21,144 · management and general $4,348 · fundraising $2,993

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $249 · management and general $249

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,803 · management and general $7,803

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $34,780 · program services $34,780

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,075 · management and general $30,075

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $973 · management and general $973

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,144 · management and general $4,981 · fundraising $1,163

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,953 · program services $11,953

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,211 · program services $20,056 · management and general $4,257 · fundraising $2,898

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,760 · program services $2,760

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $3,956 · program services $1,928 · management and general $2,028

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,006 · management and general $2,006

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES, SUBSCRIPTIONS, AN

    total $1,792 · management and general $1,792

  • 24b · Other expenses: REGISTRATION AND FILING

    total $890 · program services $890

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $580,739 · end of year $1,029,630

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $48,040 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,539 · end of year $0

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $11,682

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $11,682

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,288 · end of year $3,630

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $7,274

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $196,625

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $633,606 · end of year $771,361

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $58,000

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THINK TENNESSEE IS A NONPARTISAN, RESULTS-ORIENTED THINK TANK THAT USES RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY TO BUILD A STATE WHERE ALL TENNESSEANS ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND ECONOMICALLY SECURE. WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS, WE DRIVE EVIDENCE-BASED POLICIES THAT STRENGTHEN THE VOICE OF VOTERS, BETTER SUPPORT WORKING FAMILIES AND MOVE TENNESSEE FORWARD.

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.

  • CIVIC PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED ON BUILDING A SHARED, STATEWIDE COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING TENNESSEE'S CIVIC HEALTH, PROMOTING CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN A MODERN, SECURE ELECTION SYSTEM, AND ADVANCING POLICIES THAT ALLOW MORE ELIGIBLE VOTERS TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS. ECONOMIC PROGRAMS ARE FOCUSED ON DESCRIBING THE ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE FOR TENNESSEE FAMILIES AND DRIVING STATE AND LOCAL POLICIES THAT WILL HELP THEM BECOME MORE ECONOMICALLY SECURE.

    Expenses $436,043

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bob Cooper

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robyn Jarvis Askew

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Doug Blaze

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Mark Byrnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Prof Tracey George

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Whitney Kimball Coe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Alex Jahangir

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bert Mathews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ruby Bright

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Danielle Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shanna Hughey Thru 21122

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $11,270
    From this org
    $11,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Erin Hafkenschiel Eff 3722

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $108,912
    From this org
    $92,076
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,836
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313189349303876

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