Tennessee Medical Association
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What it says it does
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- Income
- $3.2 million
- Spending
- $3.4 million
- Employees
- 22
- Volunteers
- 14
- Highest pay
- $331,822, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $3.4 million spent. EDUCATION AND EVENTS - TMA OFFERS A VARIETY OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON PROGRAMS TO HELP PHYSICIANS FILL CONTINUING EDUCATION GAPS. FROM BRIEF VIDEOS TO LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO A LARGE ANNUAL CONFERENCE, OUR PROPRIETARY CONTENT HELPS TENNESSEE DOCTORS MAINTAIN A PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS, AND IMPROVE THEIR COMPETENCE AND KNOWLEDGE. THOUSANDS OF PHYSICIANS PARTICIPATE IN TMAS EDUCATION AND EVENTS.
- ADVOCACY - TMA CARRIES THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF PHYSICIANS FROM ACROSS THE STATE ON CAPITOL HILL, WORKING DIRECTLY WITH LAWMAKERS TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICIES AFFECTING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. TMA PROTECTS THE MEDICAL PROFESSION BY RELENTLESSLY PURSUING LAWS THAT IMPROVE PHYSICIANS EFFECTIVENESS, AND FIGHTING REGULATORY CHANGES THAT JEOPARDIZE THE PHYSICIAN, THE PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP, OR ADD ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN WITHOUT IMPROVING THE DELIVERY OF CARE. TMA ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF PATIENTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY, SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY OF MEDICAL CARE IN TENNESSEE.
- MEMBERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION - TMA REPRESENTS ALL TENNESSEE DOCTORS AND SUCCESSFULLY INFLUENCES LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT DETERMINE HOW HEALTHCARE IS DELIVERED IN TENNESSEE. WE SERVE AROUND 9,000 MEMBERS. TMA ORGANIZES OVER 15 MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. TMA HAS A MAGAZINE PUBLISHED FIVE TIMES A YEAR AND AN ANNUAL REPORT.
- FORM 990 - ORGANIZATIONS MISSION THE TENNESSEE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHICH EXISTS PRIMARILY TO FEDERATE AND BRING INTO ONE COMPACT ORGANIZATION, THROUGH THE COMPONENT SOCIETIES, THE MEDICAL PROFESSION OF THE STATE. THE ORGANIZATION ENHANCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PHYSICIANS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND PROTECTS THE HEALTH INTERESTS OF PATIENTS BY DEFINING AND PROMOTING QUALITY, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE MEDICAL CARE, PUBLIC POLICY TO PROTECT THE SANCTITY OF THE PHYSICIAN - PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO AND THE AFFORDABILITY OF QUALITY MEDICAL SERVICES, ETHICS AND COMPETENCE IN MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE, AND OPEN COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND THE PUBLIC, FOSTERING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAPACITIES OF MEDICAL PRACTICE.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since April 1974.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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