Tennesseans for Quality Early Education Policy and Research
Donations deductibleRevenue
$643k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$718k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.2m
$3k liabilities
Net assets
$1.2m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
7.4 years on average
Staff
5
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Miles Burdine
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Tennesseans for Quality Early Education Policy and Research's network
12 people15 organisationsi12 people and 15 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Violet dotted lines (17) 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
12 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 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles Burdine Chair | Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| AC Wharton | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Blair Taylor | CEO | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Chelsea Peterson | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Dakasha Winton | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Dave Miller | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Kathy Buckman-Gibson | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Keith Norman | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Leslie Stiles Scearce | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Nancy Dishner | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Penny Schwinn | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Tara Scarlett | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blair Taylor | CEO | 2020 |
| Lisa Wiltshire | Policy Direc | 2018 |
| Mike Carpenter | Executive Di | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Taylor | CEO | 24 | $187k | ||
| Kathy Buckman-Gibson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nancy Dishner | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dave Miller | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Keith Norman | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Chelsea Peterson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Leslie Stiles Scearce | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ac Wharton | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dakasha Winton | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jeff McCord | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Tennesseans for Quality Early Education Policy and Research
- EIN
- 821352671
- Address
- 40 S Main St Ste 1530, Memphis, TN, 38103-5502
- State
- Tennessee
- Mission
- To advance state policies and practices that ensure all tennessee children birth through 3rd grade get the high quality early education they need to power our state's future. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B90 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2017
- Principal officer
- Blair Taylor (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 November 2017
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsMiles Burdine
≥8years on the filingsBlair Taylor
≥8years on the filingsDakasha Winton
≥8years on the filingsDave Miller
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.2m
- Total liabilities
- $3k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.2m
- Contributions and grants received
- $609k
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 5