Choose Chattanooga Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262795171
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2010
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2010
- Location
- Chattanooga, TN, USA
- Phone
- 4232096820
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Urban, Community Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,726
- Expenses
- $100,743
- Assets
- $22,391
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Choose chattanooga is an initiative designed to support the purposes of the general government of hamilton county and to promote economic development by recruiting individuals, services and businesses to the chattanooga area communities, and to expand the chattanooga's area standing as a community of choice for relocation.
What it reported doing in 2010
Promotion of chattanooga and the surrounding area as a preferable area to relocate to promote economic development.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -18.9%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $101K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $42K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.