Tennessee Pork Producers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

11 people listed

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

To further the development of the pork industry in Tennessee through research, promotion, and education of producers and consumers.

Consumer info/promotion, production tech and education, resource development

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -44.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.49; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $48K · 11 people listed
Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 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.

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

High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.