FRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC

EIN 62-1333658 NASHVILLE, TN

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Revenue 2024: $4,318,602
Expenses 2024: $2,955,244

Program services were 62.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: N32I
Classification: 1000
Street: 50 VAUGHN RD

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

FRIENDS OF WARNER PARKS PRESERVES, PROTECTS, AND STEWARDS PERCY WARNER AND EDWIN WARNER PARKS.

PROJECTS SUPPORTED THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE WARNER PARKS. PROJECTS INCLUDED MAINTENANCE OF THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THE PARKS AS WELL AS CONSERVATION OF ONE THE CITY'S MOST ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SPACES. FUNDS SUPPORTED PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH: WARNER PARK NATURE CENTER NATURALISTS, NATURE DISCOVERY PROGRAM FOR YOUTH AT METRO NASHVILLE COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND THE BIRD PROGRAM AT THE WARNER PARK NATURE CENTER.

Expenses $1,835,619 · Grants $455,133 · Revenue $50,341

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

Jennifer HannonJENNIFER HANNON

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$249,222

From this org

$209,740

From related orgs

$0

Other

$39,482

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$209,740

Bonus

not reported

Other

not reported

Deferred

$17,000

Nontaxable benefits

$22,482

Filer's total

$249,222
Jane AvingerJANE AVINGER

COO

Total calculated

$226,814

From this org

$189,225

From related orgs

$0

Other

$37,589

Hours/week

40

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$189,225

Bonus

not reported

Other

not reported

Deferred

$17,000

Nontaxable benefits

$20,589

Filer's total

$226,814
Bo TylerBO TYLER

BOARD CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Brad BlevinsBRAD BLEVINS

BOARD VICE C

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
J Banks LinkJ BANKS LINK

BOARD TREASU

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kaaren MayKAAREN MAY

BOARD SECRET

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Govan WhiteGOVAN WHITE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lawson AllenLAWSON ALLEN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Lyle BeasleyLYLE BEASLEY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Will BrockmanWILL BROCKMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Les CobleLES COBLE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Claire CorbyCLAIRE CORBY

PT YR BOARD

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Marty DonnerMARTY DONNER

PT YR BOARD

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Julie DretlerJULIE DRETLER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Richard FitzgeraldRICHARD FITZGERALD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Elizabeth FoxELIZABETH FOX

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jim GingrichJIM GINGRICH

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Joe HallJOE HALL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Tom HarwellTOM HARWELL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Deb HennesseeDEB HENNESSEE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Susan LeschenSUSAN LESCHEN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rich MaradikRICH MARADIK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Bond OmanBOND OMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Trent RosenbloomTRENT ROSENBLOOM

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Polly RyersonPOLLY RYERSON

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$4,318,602

Expenses

$2,955,244

Contributions

$3,563,273

Grants paid

$455,133
2023

Revenue

$5,863,634

Expenses

$4,811,255

Contributions

$5,554,890

Grants paid

$2,996,418
2022

Revenue

$4,481,378

Expenses

$5,402,211

Contributions

$4,071,993

Grants paid

$3,947,247

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$4,318,602	$2,955,244	$3,563,273	$455,133
2023	$5,863,634	$4,811,255	$5,554,890	$2,996,418
2022	$4,481,378	$5,402,211	$4,071,993	$3,947,247

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

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$4,400,427

Expenses

$2,629,156

Assets (EOY)

$7,592,814
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$743,087

Expenses

$806,504

Assets (EOY)

$5,876,238
2020 · 990

Revenue

$2,222,529

Expenses

$3,783,754

Assets (EOY)

$5,712,518
2019 · 990

Revenue

$4,920,526

Expenses

$1,256,785

Assets (EOY)

$7,511,943
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,453,553

Expenses

$1,309,155

Assets (EOY)

$3,373,369
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,322,571

Expenses

$1,143,653

Assets (EOY)

$3,237,925

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$4,400,427	$2,629,156	$7,592,814
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$743,087	$806,504	$5,876,238
2020	990	$2,222,529	$3,783,754	$5,712,518
2019	990	$4,920,526	$1,256,785	$7,511,943
2018	990	$1,453,553	$1,309,155	$3,373,369
2017	990	$1,322,571	$1,143,653	$3,237,925

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

METRO BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION

$455,133

2024 PARK PRESERVATION
METRO BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION

no cash amount reported

2023 PARK PRESERVATION
METRO BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION

no cash amount reported

2022 PARK PRESERVATION

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

SB INITIATIVE

$1,000,000

2024 GENERAL DONATION
THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND

$500,000

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION

$353,758

2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
THE BESSEMER GIVING FUND

$301,000

2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$274,445

2024 HUMAN SERVICES
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$268,287

2023 HUMAN SERVICES
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$179,318

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$167,082

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$156,333

2024 ENVIRONMENTAL
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$101,929

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.