Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
620471335
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Gatlinburg, TN, USA
Phone
8654364178
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$-6,182
Expenses
$61,481
Assets
$147,081
Liabilities
$71,320

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHAD NETHERLAND (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARK ADAMS (DIRECTOR/BOARD CHAIR)
  • MARLEE MONTGOMERY (DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR)
  • GUS FLOODQUIST (DIRECTOR/TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The gatlinburg chamber of commerce foundation will encourage, support and promote opportunities for quality education, environmental stewardship, economic and workforce related issues of the community in order to make gatlinburg a better place to live, work, and visit.

What it reported doing in 2025

Encourage, support and promote opportunities for quality education, environmental stewardship, economic and workforce related issues of the community in order to make gatlinburg a better place to live.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 36
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,094.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.