EIN 62-0933337

Humanities Tennessee

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
8
Year formed
1973
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
Humanities Tennessee nurtures the mutual respect and understanding essential to community by enabling tennesseans to examine and critically reflect upon the narratives, traditions, beliefs, and ideas - as expressed through the arts and letters - that ...
Total revenues
$1,562,958
2023
Total expenses
$1,591,066
2023
Total assets
$677,257
2023
Num. employees
8
2023

Program areas at Humanities Tennessee

Grants & awards Humanities tn makes funding investments in all three grand divisions of the state to support the efforts of cultural, educational, and community-based organizations providing public Humanities programs. The grant funds awarded to organizations are leveraged for additional community investment, including financial support and volunteer time. The organizers of these projects anticipate engaging more than one million people in Tennessee history, culture, arts, and more. In fy23, we awarded more than $150,000 to 27 organizations across the state through our general grants, opportunity grants, and sponsorships.
Chapter 16 in response to the loss of book coverage in newspapers around the state, Humanities Tennessee founded chapter16.org in 2009 to provide comprehensive coverage of literary news and events in Tennessee. Each weekday the site posts fresh content that focuses on author events across the state and new releases from Tennessee authors. In addition, chapter 16 maintains partnerships with newspapers in each major media market statewide, and our content appears in print each week through the memphis commercial appeal, the nashville scene, and the knoxville news sentinel. Through the site, social media, a weekly newsletter, and our newspaper partnerships, chapter 16 reaches more than half a million readers on a good week. The outcome is the ongoing visibility of the Tennessee literary community in newspapers statewide, the support to Tennessee writers and independent bookstores via promotion of books and events, and an ever-growing archive of original content. In fy23, we founded the Humanities Tennessee fellowship in criticism with the goal of finding and helping to promote Tennessee writers with an interest in criticism. We were pleased to receive 18 applicants from across Tennessee, and ultimately awarded the fellowship to freelance writer and librarian kashif andrew graham.
Southern festival of books since 1989, the southern festival of books: a celebration of the written word has welcomed authors and readers to downtown nashville for a weekend of readings, signings, performances, and celebration. The mission of the festival has always been to provide a free, easily accessible event that provides access to anyone with an interest in reading in an environment that is rich in culture in conversation, inclusive, respectful, and encouraging of lifelong learning. The 34th annual southern festival of books was held october 14-16, 2022, at nashville public library and war memorial plaza and featured more than 175 authors.

Grants made by Humanities Tennessee

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
KidizenshipHumanities Project$20,000
Tennessee Historical SocietyHumanities Project$16,130
Centennial Park ConservancyHumanities Project$9,000
...and 4 more grants made

Who funds Humanities Tennessee

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$25,100
Sandra Schatten FoundationTo Fulfill the Exempt Purposes of the Foundation$14,000
Vanderbilt UniversityContribution$10,000
...and 8 more grants received

Personnel at Humanities Tennessee

NameTitleCompensation
Tim HendersonExecutive Director$77,961
Alexis StevensDirector of Operations
Melissa DavisDirector of Grants and Public Programs$70,000
Sandy ObodzinskiDevelopment and Communications Director$71,500
Serenity GerbmanDirector , Literature and Language Programs$70,000
...and 3 more key personnel

Financials for Humanities Tennessee

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,520,790
Program services$61,411
Investment income and dividends$4,293
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-23,536
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$1,562,958

Form 990s for Humanities Tennessee

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-03-19990View PDF
2022-062023-03-23990View PDF
2021-062022-03-09990View PDF
2021-062022-02-03990View PDF
2020-062021-05-26990View PDF
...and 11 more Form 990s

Organizations like Humanities Tennessee

OrganizationLocationRevenue
Humanities TexasAustin, TX$5,604,154
Illinois Humanities Council IncorporatedChicago, IL$4,165,542
Mass HumanitiesNorthampton, MA$4,346,368
Humanities MontanaMissoula, MT$1,011,229
The New York Landmarks ConservancyNew York, NY$6,280,479
The Poetry ProjectNew York, NY$1,137,700
Hawaii Council for HumanitiesHonolulu, HI$1,588,640
Missouri Humanities Council (MHC)Saint Charles, MO$3,425,523
The Shumla SchoolComstock, TX$1,178,398
Georgia Humanities CouncilAtlanta, GA$1,822,622
Data update history
July 13, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from Vanderbilt University
May 28, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 21, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
May 19, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
April 30, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsSocial advocacy organizationsArts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
615 Main St B19
Nashville, TN 37206
Metro area
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
County
Davidson County, TN
Website URL
humanitiestennessee.org/ 
Phone
(615) 770-0006
Facebook page
HumanitiesTennessee 
Twitter profile
@humanitiestn 
IRS details
EIN
62-0933337
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1973
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A70: Humanities Organizations
NAICS code, primary
813312: Environment, Conservation, and Wildlife Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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