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Knoxville business and community development organizations

There are 330business associations and community development organizations in the greater Knoxvillemetro area. Combined, these Knoxville metro business and community development organizationsemploy 601 people, earn more than $91 million in revenue each year, and have assets of $392 million.
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Types of business and community development organizations in Knoxville

Job trends for Knoxville business and community development organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
41
1-10
31
11-25
6
26-100
4
101 to 1,000
1
1,000+
0
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Sizes of business and community development organizations in Knoxville

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
85
$250k to $1M
32
$1M to $5M
11
$5M to $25M
4
$25M to $100M
0
$100M+
0
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Directory of business and community development organizations in Knoxville

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The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources

CUPA-HR is an association providing resources and connections to support HR professionals in higher education achieving workforce excellence.
Revenue
$8.6m
Assets
$22.1m
Employees
29
EIN
59-0976133
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Sertoma Center

Sertoma Center empowers adults with developmental disabilities through vocational, residential, and community services.
Revenue
$13.4m
Assets
$11.5m
Employees
264
EIN
62-0818599
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Anderson County Economic Dev Association

The Anderson County Economic Dev Association markets the community to attract industrial prospects, which generates private capital investments, broadens the local tax base, and creates new job opportunities for locals.
Revenue
$4.8m
Assets
$394.5k
Employees
1
EIN
62-0718526
IRS type
501(c)(6)

The Orthoforum

The Orthoforum aims to reduce medication costs and improve orthopaedic group practices through shared best practices, benchmarks, trends, and group purchasing.
Revenue
$3.6m
Assets
$4.0m
Employees
0
EIN
46-1847645
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Blount Partnership

Blount Partnership operates as a non-profit corporation with a mission to bring increased prosperity to Blount County through various programs.
Revenue
$3.9m
Assets
$2.3m
Employees
26
EIN
46-4611195
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership

Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership organizes in order to promote the welfare and prosperity of Knoxville Area, allowing its citizens and business community to thrive. Its mission is to drive regional economic prosperity.
Revenue
$5.4m
Assets
$4.0m
Employees
49
EIN
62-0262640
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Visit Knoxville

Visit Knoxville is the official destination marketing organization and our mission is to accelerate sustainable economic growth and development by increasing visitor and convention business to our community.
Revenue
$11.1m
Assets
$10.7m
Employees
52
EIN
20-1710722
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Builders Exchange of Tennessee (BXTN)

The Builders Exchange of Tennessee is a non-profit membership organization of construction-related businesses and organizations, such as general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects and engineers.
Revenue
$783.8k
Assets
$2.7m
Employees
12
EIN
62-0455849
IRS type
501(c)(6)

The Roane Alliance

The Roane Alliance promotes economic development, social welfare, and the common good of Roane County, TN. They achieve their mission through programs aimed at promoting these ideals. The organization operates out of Kingston, TN.
Revenue
$827.7k
Assets
$21.8m
Employees
11
EIN
62-1383661
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Three Roots Capital

Access to Capital activities that stimulate community development and economic growth in underserved areas of east Tennessee and the broader southern and central appalachian region.
Revenue
$3.8m
Assets
$176.3m
Employees
8
EIN
62-1624472
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Blount County Chamber of Commerce

Leading catalyst for a cooperative, prosperous community through membership and business development, economic and tourism programs. Located in Maryville, TN.
Revenue
$1.4m
Assets
$1.2m
Employees
0
EIN
62-0449260
IRS type
501(c)(6)

Tellico Reservoir Development Agency (TRDA)

Tellico Reservoir Development Agency (TRDA) is a one stop entity for permitting and land use designation, this unique setting creates quality developments of the Tellico Industrial Campuses.
Revenue
$4.3m
Assets
$30.2m
Employees
18
EIN
62-1144094
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Leadership Knoxville

To identify, select, train, and nurture individuals in the Knoxville, Tennessee area capable of fulfilling future Leadership positions. To build a stronger Knoxville by developing people and groups, leading to a greater community and region.
Revenue
$2.7m
Assets
$2.5m
Employees
6
EIN
62-1212211
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Development Corporation of Knox County (TDC)

The Development Corporation of Knox County (TDC) was established in 1991 as a private, economic development organization. To promote and stimulate economic and community development within and on behalf of Knox County, Tennessee.
Revenue
$632.8k
Assets
$42.5m
Employees
1
EIN
58-1966772
IRS type
501(c)(3)

East Tennessee Economic Development Agency

ETEDA markets business location advantages to national & international corporate decision-makers and increases regional awareness of economic growth issues.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$4.6m
Employees
3
EIN
62-1158958
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Seeed

Seeed is a community development corporation in Knoxville, TN whose mission is: Seeed trains disadvantaged youth for jobs and promotes environmental literacy in Knoxville, TN.
Revenue
$809.1k
Assets
$623.3k
Employees
20
EIN
26-4436303
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Downtown Knoxville Alliance

Downtown Knoxville Alliance is an urban development organization in Knoxville, TN whose mission is: Development of the Downtown area of Knoxville.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$1.3m
Employees
0
EIN
62-1556225
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center assists entrepreneurs and small businesses in Knoxville and the surrounding areas to transform ideas into successful ventures.
Revenue
$1.1m
Assets
$545.7k
Employees
0
EIN
46-1426171
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Cherokee Farm Development Corporation

Cherokee Farm Development Corporation supports and enhances the University of Tennessee by developing and operating the University of Tennessee Research Park at Cherokee Farm Innovation Campus in Knoxville, TN.
Revenue
$1.2m
Assets
$1.9m
Employees
5
EIN
46-1180603
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Tennsmart Consortium

The Tennsmart Consortium brings leaders from the public and private sectors together to accelerate the development and deployment of new intelligent mobility innovations in Tennessee.
Revenue
$555.6k
Assets
$251.1k
Employees
0
EIN
37-1870319
IRS type
501(c)(6)
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Methodology: Cause IQ mines all tax-exempt organizations that file a Form 990, Form 990-EZ, or Form 990-PF with the IRS. We collect and aggregate this information from OCR'd paper taxreturns, XML e-file taxreturns, IRS-provided extract, the Business Master File, and Cause IQ secret sauce for data cleaning, categorization, classification, analytics, etc.
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