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KNOXVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER

EIN 46-1426171 KNOXVILLE, TN

Revenue 2024
$991,337
Expenses 2024
$985,190

Program services were 88.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
1200
Street
17 MARKET SQ STE 101

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

KNOXVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER WAS FORMED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES AND ASSIST ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY TO TRANSFORM THEIR BUSINESS VENTURE IDEAS AND DREAMS INTO JOBS. IT IS BELIEVED A SIGNIFICANT COMPONENT OF THE REGIONS'S FUTURE ECONOMIC SUCCESS DEPENDS UPON THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT, RETAIN, AND DEVELOP TALENTED INDIVIDUALS WITH BUSINESS IDEAS WHO WILL TRANSLATE INTO JOBS AND A STRONGER TAX BASE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

KNOXVILLE ENTREPRENEUR CENTER SERVES THE KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE AND SURROUNDING RURAL COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS A MEANS TO TRANSFORM THEIR BUSINESS VENTURE IDEAS AND DREAMS INTO SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES. THE SUCCESS OF THESE BUSINESSES PROVIDES JOBS TO INDIVIDUALS IN EAST TENNESSEE. THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS INSPIRATION, ENCOURAGEMENT AND TRAINING TO LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN AREAS SUCH AS STRATEGIC PLANNING, ORGANIZATION, SALES, MARKETING AND CAPITAL FORMATION.

  • PROVIDE RESOURCES AND ASSIST ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY TO TRANSFORM THEIR BUSINESS VENTURE IDEAS AND DREAMS INTO JOBS.

    Expenses $872,857 · Grants $90,000 · Revenue $14,682

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • JENNA JOHNS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • ANGELIQUE ADAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • BOB BRADLEY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • MEL CENTERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • RICHARD DAPAAH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • NIKKI ELLIOTT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • CARTER HALL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • KARA FINGER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • LINA KORNMEYER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • CAROL SEAMONS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

  • CHRIS TRUMP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $991,337
    Expenses
    $985,190
    Contributions
    $975,210
    Grants paid
    $90,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,045,136
    Expenses
    $1,062,902
    Contributions
    $1,005,429
    Grants paid
    $37,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,093,084
    Expenses
    $1,092,738
    Contributions
    $1,093,084
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $927,888
    Expenses
    $946,779
    Assets (EOY)
    $518,165

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $698,001
    Expenses
    $692,393
    Assets (EOY)
    $483,514

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $661,609
    Expenses
    $574,756
    Assets (EOY)
    $475,722

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $667,948
    Expenses
    $673,449
    Assets (EOY)
    $339,251

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $722,117
    Expenses
    $657,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $362,861

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $629,020
    Expenses
    $587,899
    Assets (EOY)
    $349,984

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $613,130
    Expenses
    $536,080
    Assets (EOY)
    $278,396

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $351,014
    Expenses
    $521,908
    Assets (EOY)
    $202,378

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $667,951
    Expenses
    $426,425
    Assets (EOY)
    $328,724

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

  • STANK FITNESS LLC

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • JAVON RENEE PORTRAITS

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • TRUSTED FIELD SERVIES LLC

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • KIDS COVE DROP-IN CHILD CARE LLC

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • SALUBATA INC

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • SAME 24 CLEANING LLC

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • TIMELESS BARBERSHOP LLC

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • VOLUNTEER COUNSELING & MEDICAL SVC

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  • PLUSH MOON TERRARIUM

    $10,000

    2024 ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.