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THINK TENNESSEE

EIN 81-2821568 NASHVILLE, TN

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Revenue 2024
$1,388,660
Expenses 2024
$1,408,390

Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R05
Classification
2000
Street
414 UNION ST STE 1900

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).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 1900). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THINK TENNESSEE IS A NONPARTISAN, RESULTS-ORIENTED THINK TANK THAT USES RESEARCH, ENGAGEMENT, AND ADVOCACY TO BUILD A STATE WHERE ALL TENNESSEANS ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND ECONOMICALLY SECURE. WE BELIEVE OUR STATE DOES BETTER WHEN VOTERS TRUST AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEMOCRACY AND WORKERS CAN ACCESS GOOD JOBS, BUILD WEALTH, AND SHARE IN OUR ROBUST ECONOMY. OUR WORK IS GUIDED BY OUR VALUES: EQUITY, INTEGRITY, COURAGE, PRAGMATISM, AND OPTIMISM.

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.

  • WE HAVE TWO PRIMARY PROGRAM AREAS.STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY: WE ENVISION A STATE WHERE ALL TENNESSEANS ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED AND TRUST IN A TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.SUPPORTING WORKING FAMILIES: WE ENVISION A STATE WHERE ALL TENNESSEANS CAN INCREASE THEIR ECONOMIC SECURITY BY EARNING ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AFFORD THEIR TYPICAL HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES, AND BUILD THEIR SAVINGS, RATHER THAN FALL INTO DEBT.

    Expenses $1,132,191 · Grants $100 · Revenue $76,725

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.

  • 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 Thru 1224

    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 Thru 1224

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wade Hinton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bacarra Mauldin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bridgett Massengill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tomeka Hart Wigginton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erin Hafkenschiel Donnelly

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $169,040
    From this org
    $142,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,616
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,424
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,466
    Filer's total
    $169,040
  • Mary Darby

    EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $140,706
    From this org
    $108,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,609
    Hours/week
    40
  • Amy Gore

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,582
    From this org
    $105,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,602
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dawn Schluckebier

    ADVOCACY AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $121,648
    From this org
    $105,042
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,606
    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. 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
    $1,388,660
    Expenses
    $1,408,390
    Contributions
    $1,267,374
    Grants paid
    $100
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $933,394
    Expenses
    $940,575
    Contributions
    $889,714
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $819,753
    Expenses
    $623,998
    Contributions
    $818,580
    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
    $630,656
    Expenses
    $460,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $633,606
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $512,300
    Expenses
    $340,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $509,458
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $496,231
    Expenses
    $356,362
    Assets (EOY)
    $294,241
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $317,732
    Expenses
    $348,926
    Assets (EOY)
    $151,907
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $280,252
    Expenses
    $154,531
    Assets (EOY)
    $183,957

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 2015

Tax period
1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016
Principal officer
Shanna Hughey
Mailing address
2801 Oakland AveNashville TN 37212

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 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 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.