Tennessee Holocaust Commission

What Tennessee Holocaust Commission does

The Tennessee Holocaust Commission is a Tennessee state-affiliated nonprofit organization established in 1984 by state legislation to educate citizens about the Holocaust and its lessons regarding prejudice, hatred, and violence. Headquartered in Nashville with a statewide service area, the commission is governed by commissioners appointed by the governor and operates with 11-50 staff. Its mission is to preserve the memory of the Holocaust, promote tolerance and understanding, and combat hatred in all its forms.

The commission's product portfolio spans traveling exhibits (Living On, Nelly Toll, The Perpetrators, and The Holocaust: 1933-1945), survivor-centered programming (Speakers' Bureau, Survivor Archive, Wings of Hope, Mira Kimmelman Contest, Commemorations), and educator support (Teacher Fellow Program, Belz-Lipman Educator Award, Educator Resources, and Lending Library). Content is aligned with Tennessee state educational standards and includes a multi-media documentary produced with Nashville Public Television. Distribution is direct and free of charge to Tennessee schools, community organizations, and government bodies.

The commission is funded through a combination of Tennessee state appropriations and privately raised tax-deductible donations, with a parallel not-for-profit entity created in 1996 to support fundraising. Strategic partnerships extend reach and content quality, including the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (curriculum alignment), the Anti-Defamation League (poster exhibit), and Tennessee community colleges (co-hosted webinars). The organization explicitly does not operate as a technology company; its principal assets are educational content, survivor testimonies, and curated exhibits.

Name

Tennessee Holocaust Commission

Legal name

Tennessee Holocaust Commission

Website

https://tnholcom.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Tennessee Holocaust Commission is a state-affiliated nonprofit, founded in 1984 and headquartered in Nashville, that educates Tennessee educators, students, and citizens about the Holocaust through survivor testimonies, traveling exhibits, teacher fellowships, and commemorations.

Ownership category

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Product category

Holocaust Education Services

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultural, Arts & Humanities Community Education (Museums/Arts Councils) (EDAAAFAD), Community & Cultural Screenings (Museums, Cultural Centers) (MPADAKAH)

Keywords

• Holocaust education
• Survivor testimony
• Teacher training
• Tolerance programs
• Genocide education

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. State Appropriations: The primary funding source is a state appropriation from the Tennessee state government. This provides baseline operational funding for the commission's educational programs and activities.
2. Private Donations: The commission receives privately raised funds from individuals, foundations, and organizations. Donations are tax-deductible and support educational programs, resources, workshops, traveling exhibits, and commemorations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Tennessee Holocaust Commission provides Holocaust education across Tennessee through survivor testimony speakers, traveling exhibits, teacher training programs, student contests, annual commemorations, and a Survivor Archive. Programs are offered free of charge to schools, educators, students, community organizations, and the general public to promote remembrance of the Holocaust and encourage tolerance.

Product overview

The Tennessee Holocaust Commission offers educational programs and resources focused on Holocaust remembrance and tolerance education in Tennessee. The portfolio includes traveling exhibits (Living On, Nelly Toll, The Perpetrators, The Holocaust 1933-1945), educational programs (Wings of Hope, Teacher Fellow Program, Speakers' Bureau, Internship Program), awards (Belz-Lipman Educator Award), commemorations (Annual Day of Remembrance, Yom HaShoah events), student programs (Mira Kimmelman Contest), and resource services (Survivor Archive, Educator Resources, Lending Library). These offerings work together to fulfill the Commission's mission of educating Tennesseans about the Holocaust.

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Products and services

• Living On Exhibit A multi-media traveling exhibit featuring testimony of Tennessee Holocaust survivors, liberators, and witnesses alongside portrait photographs by Robert Heller. Includes an exhibit catalogue, a documentary produced by Nashville Public Television, lesson plans, and educational workshops for schools and community locations.
• Nelly Toll Exhibit A traveling exhibit featuring reproductions of watercolors painted by Nelly Toll, a child survivor who hid in Poland during the Holocaust, along with her diary entries from her hiding place. Available for short-term loan to schools and community locations.
• The Perpetrators Exhibit

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 25 years of annual Day of Remembrance commemorations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Pellissippi State Community CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 April 2024Co-hosted Survivor Mark Schonwetter webinar in April 2024 with Pellissippi State Community College. This partnership provides educational programming to college students and the broader community about Holocaust survivor experiences.
• Northeast State Community CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 February 2024Co-hosted Dr. Michael Berenbaum webinar on 'Israel and the Problem of Antisemitism' in February 2024. Partnership brings Holocaust education experts to college campuses for educational programming.
• Nashville Public TelevisioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProduced a documentary film for the Living On exhibit featuring Tennessee Holocaust survivors, liberators, and witnesses. The multimedia component enhances the educational experience of the touring exhibit.
• TovaTok (Social Media Partnership)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerTova Friedman, Holocaust survivor and commission expert, runs TovaTok social media account sharing her story with millions worldwide. This helps extend the commission's educational reach beyond Tennessee.
• United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommission fellows receive appointments to the USHMM and align programming with museum guidelines. The commission references USHMM resources and guidelines for teaching the Holocaust.
• Tennessee State GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated by Tennessee state legislature in 1984 to educate about the Holocaust. Commissioners are appointed by the governor. The commission holds annual Day of Remembrance at the State Capitol in cooperation with state officials.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Holocaust Museum LA: Regional Holocaust museum serving a single state with exhibits, survivor testimony, and teacher resources. Comparable to THC as a state/regional museum operator with K-12 curriculum integration.
• Virginia Holocaust Museum: State-scope Holocaust museum with permanent exhibits, traveling educational programming, and survivor testimony collection. Direct peer to THC in mission, audience (educators and students), and single-state operating model.
• Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: State-level Holocaust museum and education center with exhibits, speaker programs, and teacher fellowships. Strong functional peer to THC given similar exhibit curation, survivor speakers, and educator-focused programming model.
• Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: Texas Holocaust and human rights museum with traveling exhibits, survivor testimony archive, and K-12 education programs. Comparable to THC in scope of curriculum-aligned programming and survivor-centered exhibit strategy.
• Florida Holocaust Museum: State-level Holocaust museum providing exhibits, survivor testimony, and educator resources in Florida. Highly comparable to THC as a state-scope Holocaust education and remembrance institution with traveling exhibits and K-12 programming.
• Holocaust Museum Houston: Texas-based Holocaust museum offering permanent and traveling exhibits, survivor testimony, and educator training. Comparable to THC in mission (Holocaust education and remembrance) and delivery model (museum + statewide teacher programs).
• Georgia Commission on the Holocaust: State-created Holocaust education commission modeled similarly to THC - established by state government to provide Holocaust education, exhibits, and teacher resources within a single state. The closest structural peer given parallel state-legislative origin and statewide scope.

Broad incumbents

• Anti-Defamation League: National civil rights organization with Holocaust education as one of several anti-hate programs; THC partners with ADL to house and display its poster exhibit. Broader portfolio incumbent with overlapping Holocaust curriculum but not a museum.
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: National Holocaust museum and memorial with global reach, research archives, and educator fellowships. THC explicitly aligns programming with USHMM guidelines and appoints fellows there, making it the dominant broad incumbent in the same space.
• Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel with global archives, exhibits, and educator programs. International-scale incumbent setting the standards that THC-aligned programs reference.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCoEpsPfNRI-SIWrGC5ZsiBQ
• Xx.com/tnholcom
• Facebookfacebook.com/tnholcom
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tennessee-holocaust-commission

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

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