Beacon Center of Tennessee
Donations deductibleRevenue
$2.7m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$2.5m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$3.1m
$354k liabilities
Net assets
$2.7m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
7.1 years on average
Staff
16
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
John Cerasuolo
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Beacon Center of Tennessee's network
11 people5 organisationsi11 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Violet dotted lines (7) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Cerasuolo Chair | Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Andrew Everett | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Bill Prevost | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Brian Fitzpatrick | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Fred Decosimo | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Joe Scarlett | Vice Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| John P Boike | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Ken Meyer | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Pat Shepherd | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Richard Patton | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Tina Benkiser | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Owen | President & CEO | since 2018 |
| Stephanie Whitt | Employee | 2024 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Owen | President & CEO | 40 | $222k | ||
| Joe Scarlett | Vice Chairman | 1 | $0 | ||
| Pat Shepherd | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ken Meyer | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brian Fitzpatrick | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Fred Decosimo | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Tina Benkiser | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Andrew B Everett | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Richard C Patton | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Douglas Song | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| John Cerasuolo | Chairman | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Beacon Center of Tennessee
- EIN
- 201808567
- Address
- 54 Music Square East 125, Nashville, TN, 37203-4315
- State
- Tennessee
- Mission
- The beacon center of tennessee is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to providing concerned citizens, the media and public leaders with expert empirical research and timely free market policy solutions to public policy issues in tennessee. The beacon center empowers tennesseans to reclaim control of their lives, so that they can freely pursue their... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- W05 Public and societal benefit
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Public & Societal Benefit
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2005
- Principal officer
- Justin Owen (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 2005
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsJohn Cerasuolo
≥8years on the filingsBrian Fitzpatrick
≥8years on the filingsJoe Scarlett
≥8years on the filingsKen Meyer
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $3.1m
- Total liabilities
- $354k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $2.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.6m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $77k
- Employees
- 16
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.4m | $2.4m | Deficit $17k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Beacon Center Of Tennessee likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Colorado
- Entity type
- corporation
- Status
- Good Standing
- Formed
- 16 September 2026
- Registered agent
- Cogency Global Inc. (city and state not held)
This register does not publish officers or directors.