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TRANSFORMATION LIFE CENTER

EIN 26-3906467 NASHVILLE, TN

Revenue 2025
$301,122
Expenses 2025
$232,357

Program services were 31.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
O50
Classification
7000
Street
1033 DEMONBREUN ST STE 300

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

Mission

Transformation Life Center cultivates future leaders and a highly capable workforce by providing leadership development, education, mentorship, and career readiness programs that positively impact youth and collegiate students in underserved communities

Activities or mission (Part I)

To ignite purpose, inspire success and transform the lives of African American/Black collegiate students and youth living in underserved communities through education.

  • Brown Boys Read inspires the love of reading through the love of running to help boys and young men improve reading proficiency, combat childhood obesity, and develop healthier lifestyles and leadership skills. In 2025, the program impacted 328 boys and young men in grades 5 through 12 in partnership with 100 Kings of Middle Tennessee. Participants engaged in a summer reading experience that combined guided book discussions with mentors and healthy walk/run activities, creating an innovative approach to literacy, mentorship, and wellness. The program encouraged participants to strengthen reading comprehension, build confidence, and develop positive relationships with community leaders and mentors. The program concluded with participants joining Demetrius Short and 677 runners in the 15th Annual Steps of Success 5K, reinforcing the importance of perseverance, healthy living, and creating a pathway to success.

    Expenses $7,537 · Grants $8,704

  • Pathway to Success Leadership Academy is a leadership and workforce development program designed to equip collegiate students and emerging leaders with the skills, confidence, and professional tools needed to successfully transition into the real world. During Spring 2025, students participated in leadership workshops, career readiness training, mentorship, and networking experiences focused on communication, professionalism, financial literacy, and personal growth. Transformation Life Center also launched the inaugural We Got Now NEXT Leadership Summit bringing together emerging leaders, professionals, and community partners for an inspiring leadership experience focused on resilience, purpose, and creating pathways to success for the next generation of leaders.

    Expenses $82,690 · Grants $80,000 · Revenue $33,633

As filed on the 2025 return.

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.

  • DEMETRIUS SHORT

    FOUNDER/CEO

    Total calculated
    $53,212
    From this org
    $53,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

  • VANESSA SHORT

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $32,500
    From this org
    $32,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

  • JULIA SELLERS

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $27,375
    From this org
    $27,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

  • ALLEN HOVIOUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • ROBERT PRICE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • DR CEDRINA CALDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • CHRIS HOWARD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • DANNY SCHUNK

    ADVISORY BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

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
    $301,122
    Expenses
    $232,357
    Contributions
    $177,645
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $223,555
    Expenses
    $276,638
    Contributions
    $169,317
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $332,341
    Expenses
    $251,006
    Contributions
    $332,341
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $213,931
    Expenses
    $172,906
    Contributions
    $213,931
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $213,931
    Expenses
    $91,203
    Contributions
    $213,931
    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-EZ

    Revenue
    $165,282
    Expenses
    $148,190
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,985

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $147,749
    Expenses
    $109,148
    Assets (EOY)
    $62,893

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $55,254
    Expenses
    $56,082
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,082

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $44,064
    Expenses
    $37,197
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,910

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Demetrius Short
Mailing address
PO Box 705Hermitage TN 37076
Website
www.stepsofsuccess5k.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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 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 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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.