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.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$342K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
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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
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$342K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $2.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.3 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
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
$1.2M
14% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 14% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
27
of 27 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.2M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$7.0M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$7.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.2M
FY2021▲ +18%
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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
$7.0M
FY2021▲ +23%
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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
$7.6M
FY2021▲ +3%
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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 FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $5.7M Management & general 14% · $989K Fundraising 5% · $335K

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

30 people listed on the 990; $342K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
President / CEO
$140,000Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Strategy Officer / CEO
$102,825Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$98,807Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$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

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  • 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 · $4.1M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Residential and Crisis Services

Provides immediate response to youth in crisis, have run away, or are experiencing homelessness. These services include an emergency shelter for youth ages 13-17 years old, project safe place, transitional living for youth ages 18-22 years old, and street outreach and drop in center for homeless youth ages 18-22 years old.

$3.0Mprogram expense
02

Youth Action Services

Helping youth develop life skills and work on systemic issues that they deem critical to their lives and to other youth in the community. Youth take responsibility for creating change on these issues. Youth action services include oasis youth council, community nashville's building bridges, just us, and the mayor's youth council.

$644Kprogram expense
03

Youth Engagement Services

Engaging youth and focuses primarily on the development of individual identities and group connections. The strategies for this work are service and service learning as tools to build relationships. These services include the teen outreach program, R.E.A.L., and the oasis bike workshop.

$473Kprogram 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 FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$204K
Other incomeLn 4–11$89K
Money outPt IX
$7.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.7M
Managementcol C$989K
Fundraisingcol D$335K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$746K
Total assetsLn 16$8.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a27
IndependentVI 1b27
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$18K
Investment incomeLn 3$204K
Other incomeLn 4–11$89K
Gains on assetsLn 7$164K
Total revenueLn 12$7.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$700
SavingsLn 2$745K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$746K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.5M
Other assetsLn 15$89K
Total assetsLn 16$8.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32$7.6M
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$932K$746K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.2M$2.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.1M$4.5M
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M$8.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$1.2M
Net assetsLn 32$6.9M$7.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$105K$105K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$1.1M$1.1M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$292K$236K$38K$17K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.6M$2.9M$469K$217K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$61K$50K$8K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$445K$361K$58K$26K
Payroll taxesLn 10$284K$230K$37K$17K
Accounting feesLn 11c$15K$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$209K$141K$65K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$6K$3K$717
Office expensesLn 13$199K$134K$49K$16K
OccupancyLn 16$141K$123K$13K$5K
TravelLn 17$8K$8K$25$28
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$19K$19K$119
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$203K$181K$14K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$40K$33K$5K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$278K$43K$216K$19K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.0M$5.7M$989K$335K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $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 Viewing $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 O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $7,228,064 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $5,476,822$6,917,496
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $32,204$17,662
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $39,171$203,761
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $102,573$89,145
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $5,650,770$7,228,064
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $365,854$1,194,731
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,395,912$4,717,873
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $964,907$1,121,394
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,726,673$7,033,998
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$75,903$194,066
Part VI · Governance 27 of 27 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body27
VI-1b Independent voting members27
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 $7,228,064 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,978,785
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,938,711
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,917,496
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Excluded from tax $17,662$17,662
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $39,438$39,438
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $164,323$164,323
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $44,100 · Excluded from tax $45,045$89,145
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $44,100 · Excluded from tax $266,468$7,228,064
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,033,998 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $105,276$105,276
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $1,089,455$1,089,455
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $236,475 · Management $37,604 · Fundraising $17,423$291,502
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,949,982 · Management $469,097 · Fundraising $217,345$3,636,424
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $49,724 · Management $7,934 · Fundraising $3,632$61,290
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $360,739 · Management $57,556 · Fundraising $26,353$444,648
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $230,414 · Management $36,763 · Fundraising $16,832$284,009
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,038$15,038
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $141,058 · Management $65,002 · Fundraising $2,884$208,944
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,725 · Management $2,832 · Fundraising $717$9,274
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $133,881 · Management $49,006 · Fundraising $16,364$199,251
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $123,253 · Management $12,882 · Fundraising $4,571$140,706
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,285 · Management $25 · Fundraising $28$8,338
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $18,767 · Fundraising $119$18,886
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $181,322 · Management $14,014 · Fundraising $8,102$203,438
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $33,166 · Management $5,344 · Fundraising $1,291$39,801
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $42,635 · Management $215,871 · Fundraising $19,212$277,718
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,710,157 · Management $988,968 · Fundraising $334,873$7,033,998
Part X · Balance sheet $8,797,706 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $629,825$700
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $302,228$744,976
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $627,134$704,028
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $47,558$73,396
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,063,741$4,462,810
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,163,733$2,722,324
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $186,027$89,472
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $8,020,246$8,797,706
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $325,950$418,012
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $779,300$779,300
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,105,250$1,197,312
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,870,808$7,596,817
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $44,188$3,577
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,914,996$7,600,394
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $8,020,246$8,797,706
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,600,394 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,228,064
XI-2 Total expenses$7,033,998
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$194,066
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,914,996
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$491,332
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,600,394

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