Coker Museum
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 932398270
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Chattanooga, TN, USA
- Phone
- 4233210315
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Museum, Museum Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $23,400
- Expenses
- $25,395
- Assets
- $83,024
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSEPH COKER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOSEPH COKER (PRESIDENT)
- KEVIN LOVEDAY (SECRETARY)
- CASEY JARVIS (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To develop educational elements and activities for a collector vehicle museum to promote awareness of the development of automobiles and motorcycles and the economic development created
What it reported doing in 2024
Spanning over 13,000 square feet, the space showcases 100 vintage cars, motorcycles, trucks, buses, and three airplanes suspended overhead. Fascinating artifacts and elegant decor, creating a truly memorable experience for all.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 27
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 27.8%; rating input score 28
- Program expense ratio: 25.6%; rating input score 26
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.27; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -124.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -17.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 27.8% of revenue deployed · 25.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 28/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.