Actiontn
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What it says it does
ACTION TN IS DEDICATED TO HELPING GRASSROOTS GROUPS ACROSS TENNESSEE EXPAND AND COORDINATE THEIR CIVIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN SERVICE OF BUILDING POWER AROUND OUR SHARED VALUES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON EMPOWERING UNDERREPRESENTED AND DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES, FROM BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES TO RURAL TENNESSEANS.
- Income
- $1.6 million
- Spending
- $1.1 million
- Employees
- 2
- Volunteers
- 10
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 2024, 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, 2024, 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 (3)
- $1.0 million spent. VOTER ENGAGEMENT, DATA INFRASTRUCTURE, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT LAST YEAR, WE DEEPENED OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY-CENTERED VOTER ENGAGEMENT BY SUPPORTING AND COORDINATING PROGRAMS THAT REACHED THOUSANDS OF TENNESSEANS ACROSS THE STATE. THROUGH STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, WE HELPED DRIVE YEAR-ROUND, VALUES-BASED CONVERSATIONS THAT CENTERED THE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK, BROWN, AND WHITE WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES. BY ALIGNING OUTREACH EFFORTS, SHARING RESOURCES, AND PROVIDING HANDS-ON SUPPORT, WE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR PARTNERS TO ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES MORE CONSISTENTLY AND MEANINGFULLY. THIS COLLECTIVE APPROACH ALLOWED US TO EXPAND VOTER PARTICIPATION AND FOSTER A STRONGER CULTURE OF MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY ACROSS TENNESSEE. WE DRAMATICALLY STRENGTHENED OUR DATA INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PAST YEAR BY PROVIDING FREE ACCESS TO THE VOTER FILE AND DELIVERING TARGETED DATA SUPPORT TO OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. FROM CUSTOM REPORTS AND REAL-TIME TRACKING DASHBOARDS TO DETAILED VOTER FILE ANALYSIS, WE EMPOWERED OUR MEMBERS WITH THE TOOLS AND INSIGHTS NEEDED TO REACH THE RIGHT VOTERS. OUR COALITION USED SHARED DATA TO RUN MORE EFFICIENT AND STRATEGIC PROGRAMS. THE INTEGRATION OF DATA AND ORGANIZING WAS ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE INVESTED DEEPLY IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING. WE OFFERED COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING IN DATA STRATEGY, COMPLIANCE, SCALING, AND PROGRAM EXECUTION, EQUIPPING PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO GROW THEIR IMPACT. INDIVIDUAL COACHING SESSIONS HELPED GROUPS REFINE THEIR STRATEGIES AND EXPAND THEIR REACH, WHILE ACCESS TO DISCOUNTED TOOLS AND SELECT GRANT FUNDING REMOVED BARRIERS TO SUCCESS. THESE INVESTMENTS NOT ONLY STRENGTHENED OUR PARTNERS' PROGRAMS BUT ALSO HELPED CULTIVATE A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS READY TO SHAPE TENNESSEE'S FUTURE. VOTER ENGAGEMENT, DATA INFRASTRUCTURE, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT LAST YEAR, WE DEEPENED OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY-CENTERED VOTER ENGAGEMENT BY SUPPORTING AND COORDINATING PROGRAMS THAT REACHED THOUSANDS OF TENNESSEANS ACROSS THE STATE. THROUGH STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, WE HELPED DRIVE YEAR-ROUND, VALUES-BASED CONVERSATIONS THAT CENTERED THE EXPERIENCES OF BLACK, BROWN, AND WHITE WORKING-CLASS COMMUNITIES. BY ALIGNING OUTREACH EFFORTS, SHARING RESOURCES, AND PROVIDING HANDS-ON SUPPORT, WE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR PARTNERS TO ENGAGE THEIR COMMUNITIES MORE CONSISTENTLY AND MEANINGFULLY. THIS COLLECTIVE APPROACH ALLOWED US TO EXPAND VOTER PARTICIPATION AND FOSTER A STRONGER CULTURE OF MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY ACROSS TENNESSEE. WE DRAMATICALLY STRENGTHENED OUR DATA INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PAST YEAR BY PROVIDING FREE ACCESS TO THE VOTER FILE AND DELIVERING TARGETED DATA SUPPORT TO OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. FROM CUSTOM REPORTS AND REAL-TIME TRACKING DASHBOARDS TO DETAILED VOTER FILE ANALYSIS, WE EMPOWERED OUR MEMBERS WITH THE TOOLS AND INSIGHTS NEEDED TO REACH THE RIGHT VOTERS. OUR COALITION USED SHARED DATA TO RUN MORE EFFICIENT AND STRATEGIC PROGRAMS. THE INTEGRATION OF DATA AND ORGANIZING WAS ONE OF OUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WE INVESTED DEEPLY IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING. WE OFFERED COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING IN DATA STRATEGY, COMPLIANCE, SCALING, AND PROGRAM EXECUTION, EQUIPPING PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO GROW THEIR IMPACT. INDIVIDUAL COACHING SESSIONS HELPED GROUPS REFINE THEIR STRATEGIES AND EXPAND THEIR REACH, WHILE ACCESS TO DISCOUNTED TOOLS AND SELECT GRANT FUNDING REMOVED BARRIERS TO SUCCESS. THESE INVESTMENTS NOT ONLY STRENGTHENED OUR PARTNERS' PROGRAMS BUT ALSO HELPED CULTIVATE A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS READY TO SHAPE TENNESSEE'S FUTURE.
- ACTION TN IS DEDICATED TO HELPING GRASSROOTS GROUPS ACROSS TENNESSEE EXPAND AND COORDINATE THEIR CIVIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN SERVICE OF BUILDING POWER AROUND OUR SHARED VALUES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON EMPOWERING UNDERREPRESENTED AND DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES, FROM BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES TO RURAL TENNESSEANS.
- ACTION TN IS DEDICATED TO HELPING GRASSROOTS GROUPS ACROSS TENNESSEE EXPAND AND COORDINATE THEIR CIVIC AND POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN SERVICE OF BUILDING POWER AROUND OUR SHARED VALUES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON EMPOWERING UNDERREPRESENTED AND DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES, FROM BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES TO RURAL TENNESSEANS.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
Not on the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2018.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 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 21, 2026.
Could it be confused with another charity? Worth knowing.
A much larger organization has a similar name: Action Inc (Gloucester, MA), EIN 04-2389332. If that is the one you meant, check the EIN before giving.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
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