Tennessee Naturalist Program

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 452652485
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2021–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
Phone: 0000000000
Rating: 46
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Environmental Education and Outdoor Survival Programs

Reported finances

Revenue: $117,702
Expenses: $105,425
Assets: $103,539
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

Margie Hunter (Chairperson)
Dan DiFigio (Vice Chairperson)
Stephanie Durman (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

On June 20 2011 the Tennessee Naturalist Program became a 501c3 education training course designed to introduce the natural history of Tennessee to interested adults The mission is to teach Tennesseans about our natural world inspire the desire to learn more instill an appreciation of responsible environmental stewardship and channel volunteer efforts toward education of the general public and conservation of Tennessees natural resources

What it reported doing in 2025

Operating model

Revenue model: Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model: No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 0
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 53
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 41%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -19.7% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.