Oasis Center is one of the nation's leading youth-serving organizations, offering safety and intervention to nashville's most vulnerable youth, while seeking to also teach young people how to transform the conditions that create problems for them in the first place.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
78¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 350 volunteers and 127 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $233K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
78%
of spending
Looks good: 78% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$161K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $3.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.2 months of spending in cash, plus $3.8M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $280K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$324K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.6M
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$7.6M
To programs
78%
Net assets
$8.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.6M
FY2025▲ +15%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$6.1M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$7.6M
FY2023$6.8M
FY2024$6.6M
FY2025$7.6M
Expenses
$7.6M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$5.7M
FY2021$7.0M
FY2022$6.6M
FY2023$6.8M
FY2024$6.9M
FY2025$7.6M
Net assets
$8.7M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.4M
FY2021$7.6M
FY2022$8.1M
FY2023$8.3M
FY2024$8.4M
FY2025$8.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1976.

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Where the money goes

78 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 78% · $5.9M Management & general 17% · $1.3M Fundraising 5% · $415K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990; $161K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President / CEO
$161,039Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mark Dunkerley’s $161K as President / CEO is at the 51st percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mark Dunkerley$161,039$135,654$142,890$141,000$102,825$89,067
Tom Ward————$140,000$140,000
Kimberly Reese—$95,221$103,508$98,025$98,807$92,590

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides safety and intervention for vulnerable youth, teaching them to change problem-causing conditions.

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3 programs · $4.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Residential and crisis services provides immediate response to youth in crisis, who have run away or who are experiencing homelessness. These services include an emergency shelter for youth ages 12 to 17 years old, along with street outreach, a drop-in center, case management, and connections to permanent housing for youth experiencing…

$3.7Mprogram expense
02

Youth engagement services engages at-risk youth in building positive identities and strong connections to their communities. Service-learning is central to this work as a tool for developing meaningful relationships, civic responsibility, and a positive sense of self.

$648Kprogram expense
03

Youth action services helps youth develop leadership and life skills while working to create change on systemic issues they deem critical to their lives and to other youth in the community. Youth action services includes programs like the mayor's youth council, wego public transit youth action team, and students of stonewall.

$395Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$280K
Grants paid · 44 grants · $6.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,350,095
Youth Villages INCTN · FY2024$22,000
Frontier HealthTN · FY2024$17,798
Youth Opportunity InvestmentFY2024$17,650
UchraTN · FY2024$9,017
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,157,124
Youth Villages INCTN · FY2023$21,650
Frontier HealthTN · FY2023$18,030
Porter-LeathTN · FY2023$10,000
UchraTN · FY2023$9,954
Youth Opportunity InvestmentFY2023$7,240
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,157,124
Youth Villages INCTN · FY2022$21,400
Frontier HealthTN · FY2022$17,700
Youth Opportunity InvestmentFY2022$16,320
Porter-LeathTN · FY2022$10,000
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$236K
Other incomeLn 4–11$169K
Money outPt IX
$7.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.9M
Managementcol C$1.3M
Fundraisingcol D$415K
Owns and owesPt X
$8.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$117K
Total assetsLn 16$9.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$324K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.2M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$30K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2K
Investment incomeLn 3$236K
Other incomeLn 4–11$169K
Gains on assetsLn 7$158K
Total revenueLn 12$7.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$115K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$117K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$9.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$324K
Net assetsLn 32$8.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5127
VolunteersI 6350
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$357K$117K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.5M$3.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.9M$3.7M
Total assetsLn 16$8.7M$9.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$299K$324K
Net assetsLn 32$8.4M$8.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$86K$86K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.4M$1.4M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$161K$121K$29K$11K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.9M$2.9M$697K$268K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$8K$6K$1K$530
Other employee benefitsLn 9$543K$414K$93K$36K
Payroll taxesLn 10$296K$226K$51K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$425K$126K$257K$42K
OccupancyLn 16$126K$113K$7K$6K
TravelLn 17$96K$74K$21K$394
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$25K$24K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$223K$199K$15K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$52K$43K$6K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$289K$216K$65K$8K
All other expensesLn 24e$49K$23K$14K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.6M$5.9M$1.3M$415K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $7.6M$7.6M$23K$8.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.6M$6.9M−$272K$8.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.8M$6.8M−$31K$8.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $7.6M$6.6M$1.1M$8.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.2M$7.0M$194K$7.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $6.1M$5.7M$432K$7.4M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $7,629,439 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,210,547$7,222,535
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,184$2,400
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $210,917$235,684
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $224,093$168,820
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,649,741$7,629,439
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $894,175$1,436,045
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,636,429$4,885,373
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,390,870$1,285,007
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $6,921,474$7,606,425
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$271,733$23,014
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $7,629,439 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,925,448
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,297,087
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$29,867
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,222,535
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,400$2,400
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $77,816$77,816
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $157,868$157,868
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $135,031$135,031
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $33,789$33,789
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $36,189 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $370,715$7,629,439
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,606,425 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $85,950$85,950
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,350,095$1,350,095
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $120,965 · Management $28,940 · Fundraising $11,133$161,038
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,912,243 · Management $696,731 · Fundraising $268,033$3,877,007
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $6,014 · Management $1,350 · Fundraising $530$7,894
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $413,925 · Management $92,892 · Fundraising $36,451$543,268
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $225,654 · Management $50,641 · Fundraising $19,871$296,166
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $126,047 · Management $257,425 · Fundraising $41,644$425,116
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $113,130 · Management $7,368 · Fundraising $5,568$126,066
IX-17 TravelPrograms $73,893 · Management $21,372 · Fundraising $394$95,659
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $24,014 · Management $1,479$25,493
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $198,760 · Management $15,009 · Fundraising $9,372$223,141
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $42,811 · Management $6,276 · Fundraising $2,598$51,685
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $215,570 · Management $65,188 · Fundraising $7,935$288,693
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $23,225 · Management $14,209 · Fundraising $11,720$49,154
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,932,296 · Management $1,258,880 · Fundraising $415,249$7,606,425
Part X · Balance sheet $9,059,804 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,400$1,400
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $355,535$115,102
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $860,560$1,378,575
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $100,427$79,909
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,878,308$3,675,861
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $3,505,581$3,808,957
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,701,811$9,059,804
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $298,635$295,986
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$28,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $298,635$323,986
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,854,378$7,714,555
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $548,798$1,021,263
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $8,403,176$8,735,818
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,701,811$9,059,804
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $8,735,818 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,629,439
XI-2 Total expenses$7,606,425
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$23,014
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$8,403,176
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$309,628
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$8,735,818

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