ORGANIZE TENNESSEE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R99

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 40083

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 · 2025

• ORGANIZE TENNESSEE HAS CREATED A JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE WEBSITE THAT RECEIVES LEADS THROUGH DIGITAL ADS AND BILLBOARDS THAT MOVE PEOPLE TO TAKE ACTION IN OUR MOVEMENT. WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING, ORGANIZE TENNESSEE CAN CONTINUE DISPLAYING OUR BILLBOARD WHICH WILL LEAD READERS AND VIEWERS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE. THIS WILL PROVIDE UP TO 27,646 IMPRESSIONS WEEKLY AND ALLOW US TO OUTREACH FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 MONTHS. WE WILL ALSO UTILIZE OUR WEBSITE CONTRACTORS TO MAINTAIN OUR WEBSITE, WELCOME SERIES, AND EDUCATIONAL ADS TO KEEP THEM CURRENT AND AS A RAPID RESPONSE TOOL FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

  Expenses $137,760

• ORGANIZE TENNESSEE WILL BE PRODUCING A DIGITAL AD AND A PHYSICAL BILLBOARD AROUND THE IMPORTANCE OF JUSTICE NOT POLITICS. BOTH ADVERTISEMENTS WILL LINK TO OUR WEBSITE, WITH A PAGE DIRECTLY PRIORITIZING EDUCATION ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE. OUR DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT WILL TARGET TENNESSEE STATEWIDE, AND OUR BILLBOARD WILL TARGET SUMNER COUNTY, ONE OF ORGANIZE TENNESSEES TARGET COUNTIES, WHERE ALL OUT OF STATE SUITS ARE NOW FILED.

• 3,000 TO ORGANIZE TENNESSEE (AUTOMATION): TO HIRE A FREELANCE TARGETED EMAIL SPECIALIST TO CREATE AUTOMATION SERIES TO PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS AND POST TRAINING ATTENDEES. BY HIRING A FREELANCE MARKETING SPECIALIST, ORGANIZE TENNESSEE WILL BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE EVERYACTION TO TRACK VOLUNTEERS, CREATE AUTOMATIC FOLLOWUPS AND REMINDERS, AND WORK TO TRANSITION AND RETAIN OUR POLL OBSERVERS. EVERYACTION, WILL ALLOW US TO SET UP SYSTEMS FOCUSED ON RETAINING TRAINING ATTENDEES AND AUTOMATING OUTREACH TO TRANSITION THEM TO IN PERSON POLL OBSERVATION VOLUNTEERS. FACEBOOK ADS (6,000) INSTAGRAM ADS (3,000). BY RUNNING DIGITAL ADS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WE CAN OPTIMIZE OUR AUDIENCE AND INCREASE VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT INTO OUR POLL OBSERVER TRAINING SESSIONS.

• A)VOTER PROTECTION AND EDUCATION B) ORGANIZE TENNESSEE (OT) IS DEDICATED TO SAFEGUARDING THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO VOTE FOR ALL ELIGIBLE TENNESSEANS. AS A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WE TIRELESSLY ADVOCATE FOR VOTING RIGHTS PROTECTIONS AND WORK TOWARDS CREATING SAFE, SECURE, AND ACCESSIBLE ELECTIONS. THROUGH COALITION BUILDING, LEGAL SUPPORT, AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, OT EMPOWERS DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES, STRIVING TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS THAT HINDER FULL PARTICIPATION IN OUR DEMOCRACY. VOTE PROTECTION TRAINING AT ORGANIZE TENNESSEE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT A STRONG DEMOCRACY HINGES ON THE ABILITY OF EVERY CITIZEN TO CAST THEIR BALLOT WITHOUT OBSTRUCTION. OUR VOTE PROTECTION TRAINING PROGRAM PLAYS A PIVOTAL ROLE IN ENSURING THAT TENNESSEE'S ELECTIONS REMAIN FREE, FAIR, AND TRANSPARENT. BY TRAINING AND MOBILIZING VOLUNTEER POLL OBSERVERS STATEWIDE, WE ESTABLISH A ROBUST NETWORK DEDICATED TO SAFEGUARDING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS. IN 2023, OUR EFFORTS RESULTED IN 2,700 INDIVIDUALS JOINING US IN THIS CRITICAL MISSION. OF THESE, APPROXIMATELY 1,000 TENNESSEANS COMPLETED ESSENTIAL TRAINING OR TOOK DIRECT ACTION TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS. ELECTION PROTECTION EP HOTLINE AS THE DESIGNATED STATE PARTNER FOR THE LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW, ORGANIZE TENNESSEE MANAGES THE NATIONAL ELECTION PROTECTION HOTLINE (1-866-OUR-VOTE) FOR VOTER INCIDENTS OCCURRING WITHIN TENNESSEE. WE PROACTIVELY PROMOTE THE EP HOTLINE STATEWIDE, PARTICULARLY IN THE LEAD-UP TO EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY, ENSURING THAT VOTERS HAVE ACCESS TO IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT. LEGAL BOILER ROOM CENTRAL TO OUR VOTER PROTECTION EFFORTS ARE THE DEDICATED ATTORNEYS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE. ON EACH ELECTION DAY, ORGANIZE TENNESSEE COORDINATES A LEGAL BOILER ROOM WHERE THESE LEGAL PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE CRUCIAL GUIDANCE ON NAVIGATING VOTER ISSUES FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. THIS ENSURES SWIFT RESPONSES TO CHALLENGES AND ENABLES STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR FURTHER ACTION WHEN NECESSARY. CLE ADDITIONALLY, ORGANIZE TENNESSEE HOSTS COMPLIMENTARY CONTINUED LEGAL EDUCATION (CLE) SESSIONS FOR ATTORNEYS FOCUSED ON TENNESSEE ELECTION LAW TWICE A YEAR. THESE SESSIONS COVER VITAL TOPICS SUCH AS THE STRUCTURE OF ELECTIONS AND TN LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW, FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT & VOTER RESTORATION IN TN, AND THE STATE AND ELECTION LAW. NOTABLE FACILITATORS INCLUDE A TN STATE SENATOR, AN OT BOARD MEMBER, AN ELECTION COMMISSIONER, AND COUNSEL FROM A VALUED PARTNER ORGANIZATION. IN 2023, THESE SESSIONS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN EQUIPPING LEGAL PROFESSIONALS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS NEEDED TO PROTECT VOTERS' RIGHTS EFFECTIVELY.

  Expenses $183

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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

• 2025

  Revenue

  $206,146

  Expenses

  $197,059

  Contributions

  $206,146

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $199,129

  Expenses

  $299,592

  Contributions

  $199,129

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2023

  Revenue

  $153,138

  Expenses

  $240,134

  Contributions

  $153,138

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2023

  Revenue

  $153,138

  Expenses

  $240,134

  Contributions

  $153,138

  Grants paid

  — not reported

• 2022

  Revenue

  $334,041

  Expenses

  $220,704

  Contributions

  $334,041

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $186,963

  Expenses

  $220,704

  Contributions

  $186,963

  Grants paid

  — not reported

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-EZ

  Revenue

  $192,890

  Expenses

  $147,426

  Assets (EOY)

  $138,614

• 2020 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $68,571

  Expenses

  $30,421

  Assets (EOY)

  $38,150

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $75,000

  2024 · BUILDING COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC VITALITY

• NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC

  $65,000

  2022 · PROGRAM GRANT

• PROTEUS FUND INC

  $53,854

  2023 · DEMOCRACY

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $40,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• CIVIC TN

  $38,500

  2022 · CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• PROTEUS FUND INC

  $31,000

  2022 · DEMOCRACY

• THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC

  $25,000

  2022 · BUILDING COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC VITALITY

• DEMOS A NETWORK FOR IDEAS AND ACTION LTD

  $25,000

  2023 · IDP SUBGRANT: 3-STATE STRATEGY & POWERMAC

• CIVIC TN

  $20,000

  2023 · CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

• CIVIC TN

  $20,000

  2024 · CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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