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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,043,175
Total expenses
$2,434,925
Contributions and grants received
$966,474
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,648,542
Investment income
$209,574
Other revenue
$218,585
Total assets, end of year
$8,997,363
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,741,141
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,256,222
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,640,982
Management and general expenses
$713,192
Fundraising expenses
$80,751
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,640,982

Program services were 67.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $966,474

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $1,648,542 · related or exempt $1,648,542

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $209,574 · related or exempt $209,574

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $296,317

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $176,225

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $120,092

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $187,939

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $95,946

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $91,993 · related or exempt $91,993

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $6,500 · related or exempt $6,500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $149,686 · program services $104,780 · management and general $38,918 · fundraising $5,988

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,297,226 · program services $900,851 · management and general $343,214 · fundraising $53,161

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $135,346 · program services $94,068 · management and general $35,745 · fundraising $5,533

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $102,496 · program services $70,284 · management and general $28,219 · fundraising $3,993

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,612 · management and general $14,612

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $14,200 · program services $14,150 · management and general $50

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $36,160 · program services $32,499 · management and general $1,259 · fundraising $2,402

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,943 · program services $11,050 · management and general $3,411 · fundraising $482

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $18,142 · management and general $18,142

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $89,811 · program services $70,780 · management and general $19,031

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,984 · program services $6,564 · management and general $8,555 · fundraising $1,865

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,039 · program services $5 · management and general $2,034

  • 20 · Interest

    total $55,355 · management and general $55,355

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $38,237 · management and general $38,237

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,612 · management and general $39,612

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD & BEVERAGE

    total $204,719 · program services $204,719

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADJUNCT FACULTY

    total $42,768 · program services $42,768

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $40,432 · program services $28,172 · management and general $7,833 · fundraising $4,427

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $31,632 · program services $4,191 · management and general $24,684 · fundraising $2,757

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $90,525 · program services $56,101 · management and general $34,281 · fundraising $143

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $906,112 · end of year $470,056

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $106,409 · end of year $110,741

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $296,178 · end of year $310,323

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $26,001 · end of year $31,597

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $68,284 · end of year $59,563

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,159,359

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $706,230

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,928,596 · end of year $3,453,129

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,033,805 · end of year $4,561,954

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $341,778 · end of year $256,092

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $417,070 · end of year $485,049

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,295,269 · end of year $2,000,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,371,290 · end of year $3,924,344

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,939,978 · end of year $2,331,878

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS INSTITUTE, INC. PROVIDES IN-DEPTH EXPERIENCES THROUGH EDUCATION PROGRAMS THAT CELEBRATE ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY, FOSTER STEWARDSHIP, AND NURTURE APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.

  • ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE AND ADULT STUDENTS THROUGH HANDS ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK.

    Expenses $1,640,982 · Revenue $1,648,542

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • CATHARINE MCCLARY

    PRESIDENT AN

    Total calculated
    $150,938
    From this org
    $150,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,938
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $150,938

  • TIM TOPHAM

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL GREEN

    TREASURER/SE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLEE ALEXANDER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WHITFIELD BAILEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM BARNETT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAREN BENTZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRANDON BRUCE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALAN CARMICHAEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • COREY CLAYTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BILL COBBLE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JASON EMERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELIZABETH ESTILL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES HASLAM

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANE JOLLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN KRAMER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD MAPLES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROY MILNER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CAESAR STAIR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ABHIJIT VEREKAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 June 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511679349300721

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