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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$517,117
Total expenses
$448,714
Contributions and grants received
$86,613
Grants paid
$202,515
Program service revenue
$217,715
Investment income
$8,688
Other revenue
$204,101
Total assets, end of year
$718,264
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,948
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$715,316
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$448,714
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$448,714

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $58,661

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $431

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $25,000

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $475

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,046

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: THRIFT STORE

    total $217,715 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $217,715

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $8,688 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $8,688

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,046

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $402

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $460

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $1,586 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,586

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $202,515 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $202,515

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $202,515

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $202,515 · program services $202,515

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $95,933 · program services $95,933

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $64,327 · program services $64,327

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $1,400 · program services $1,400

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,874 · program services $10,874

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $711 · program services $711

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,044 · program services $8,044

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,184 · program services $2,184

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,947 · program services $27,947

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $1,129 · program services $1,129

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,236 · program services $11,236

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,585 · program services $6,585

  • 24a · Other expenses: CREDIT CARD EXPENSE

    total $986 · program services $986 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

    total $7,970 · program services $7,970 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES

    total $6,873 · program services $6,873 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $118,976 · end of year $167,596

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $252,875 · end of year $284,519

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

    $464,312

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

    $198,163

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $276,540 · end of year $266,149

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $844

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,322 · end of year $2,948

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $646,913 · end of year $715,316

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO SERVE THE NEEDY OF OUR COMMUNITY IN A SPIRIT OF FAITH, HUMILITY AND SIMPLICITY.

  • THE OPERATION OF A THRIFT STORE IN A DISTRESSED NEIGHBORHOOD. PROVIDING AFFORDABLE USED ITEMS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO FREE ITEMS FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY TO RECEIVE FUNDS.

    Expenses $144,774 · Grants $1,475 · Revenue $219,301

  • SOCIAL SERVICE MINISTRY - ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED IN AREA'S OF RENT, UTILITIES, MEDICAL, FOOD, GAS, LEGAL FEE'S AND NON-CASH ASSISTANCE AS IN CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS. WE SERVED 4013 PEOPLE IN 2025.

    Expenses $298,448 · Grants $475

  • ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY. FOR 2025, 117 FAMILIES INCLUDING 414 CHILDREN INCLUDING ONE HOMLESS PERSON WERE SERVED FROM THE ANGEL TREE AT ST JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH. WE RECEIVED $29,425 IN GIFT CARDS FROM ST. JUDE CATHOLIC CHURCH, $2050 FROM THE LADIES OF CHARITY AND $100 FROM ST GERARDS CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR A TOTAL OF $31,500.

    Expenses $2,125

  • FREE LUNCH PROGRAM - 50 SANDWICHES AND FRUIT ARE DISTRIBUTED EVERY FRIDAY WE ARE OPEN. IN JUNE OF 2025 WE INCREASED THE NUMBER TO 70 SANDWICHES. THESE SANDWICHES ARE MADE WITH MAINLY DONATED ITEMS. THIS IS 3140 SERVED. THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH ST GERARDS CATHOLIC CHURCH HANDLES MAKING THE FREE LUNCHES.

    Expenses $1,077

  • LAYETTE PROGRAM - WE HAVE PARTNERED MANY ORGANIZATIONS SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE ERLANGER HEALTH CENTER, PARK RIDGE HOSPITALS AND BETHLAHEM CENTER. THEY GIVE THEIR INDIGENT PATIENTS LAYETTES. EACH LAYETTE INCLUDES A NEW BASKET, DIAPERS/WIPES AND BOTTLES. HAND MADE QUILTS/BLANKETS. ALSO CLOTHING, BIBS, PACIFIERS ETC. APPROX 50 ITEMS ARE IN EACH LAYETTE WITH A VALUE OF $600, 99 LAYETTES WERE DISTRIBUTED IN 2025. WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE BABY QUILTS AND BLANKETS FOR THE LAYETTES. THE LADIES AUXILIARY AND OUR THRIFT STORE HAD BABY SHOWERS FOR OUR LAYETTE PROGRAM. WE RECEIVED CLOTHING LEFT OVER FROM 2 CONSIGEMENT SALES VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $59,400 IN CLOTHING AND ITEMS. WE RECEIVED $3418 IN DONATIONS FOR OUR LAYETTE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,830 · Revenue $3,418

  • Reta Rogers Easter Basket Program - Donations are collected and accepted for this program. We have partnered with St Jude School who does a Lenten Project of collecting items for these baskets. The Ladies of Charity buys all the chocolate bunnies for the baskets. The baskets are sold from the resale store for $7 each. We collected $1194 in donations specifically for the Easter Basket program. There were 272 baskets made IN 2025.

    Expenses $460 · Revenue $2,046

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Priscilla McClean

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Theresa Dorsey

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sidney Czynski

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Ann W Powell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    12

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
23 April 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.0
Source object
202621159349300117

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