- 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.
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TENNESSEE CABLE & BROADBAND ASSOCIATION
EIN 62-1155417
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TENNESSEE GROCERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
EIN 62-1254831
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TENNESSEE RETAIL ASSOCIATION
EIN 62-1482659
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.
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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.
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Bob CooperBOB COOPER
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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David SmithDAVID SMITH
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robyn Jarvis AskewROBYN JARVIS ASKEW
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Prof Doug BlazePROF DOUG BLAZE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Prof Mark Byrnes Thru 1224PROF MARK BYRNES THRU 1224
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bert MathewsBERT MATHEWS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ruby BrightRUBY BRIGHT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Danielle Barnes Thru 1224DANIELLE BARNES THRU 1224
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Wade HintonWADE HINTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bacarra MauldinBACARRA MAULDIN
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Bridgett MassengillBRIDGETT MASSENGILL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tomeka Hart WiggintonTOMEKA HART WIGGINTON
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Erin Hafkenschiel DonnellyERIN 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
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Mary DarbyMARY DARBY
EXTERNAL RELATIONS DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $140,706
- From this org
- $108,097
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $32,609
- Hours/week
- 40
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Amy GoreAMY GORE
POLICY DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $120,582
- From this org
- $105,980
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $14,602
- Hours/week
- 40
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Dawn SchluckebierDAWN 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $1,388,660
- Expenses
- $1,408,390
- Contributions
- $1,267,374
- Grants paid
- $100
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2023
- Revenue
- $933,394
- Expenses
- $940,575
- Contributions
- $889,714
- Grants paid
- $0
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $630,656
- Expenses
- $460,745
- Assets (EOY)
- $633,606
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $512,300
- Expenses
- $340,012
- Assets (EOY)
- $509,458
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $496,231
- Expenses
- $356,362
- Assets (EOY)
- $294,241
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $317,732
- Expenses
- $348,926
- Assets (EOY)
- $151,907
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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
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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
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$255,346
2024 General operating support
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$136,667
2023 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$103,750
2024 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING
$103,750
2023 PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
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$50,000
2023 CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
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$50,000
2024 CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
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$30,000
2022 DEMOCRACY
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AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION INC
$28,000
2024 VFHK paid family and medical leave support
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$25,000
2023 DEMOCRACY
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$15,000
2022 ELECTION PROTECTION
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.