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← CHATTANOOGA AREA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by CHATTANOOGA AREA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,804,168
Total expenses
$11,483,482
Contributions and grants received
$12,563,590
Grants paid
$300,000
Program service revenue
$66,218
Investment income
$174,360
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$9,819,153
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,977,541
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,841,612
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,165,830
Management and general expenses
$1,317,652
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,165,830

Program services were 88.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $12,563,590

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PARTNERSHIPS

    total $37,100 · related or exempt $37,100

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SHOWS/FAM & COLLATERAL

    total $29,118 · related or exempt $29,118

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $174,360 · excluded $174,360

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $300,000 · program services $300,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,168,739 · program services $1,083,163 · management and general $85,576

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,538,261 · program services $759,062 · management and general $779,199

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $426,843 · program services $303,926 · management and general $122,917

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $193,851 · program services $138,138 · management and general $55,713

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $76,572 · program services $60,193 · management and general $16,379

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $770 · program services $605 · management and general $165

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,121,872 · program services $4,121,872

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $70,024 · program services $69,180 · management and general $844

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $225,630 · program services $180,482 · management and general $45,148

  • 17 · Travel

    total $214,947 · program services $160,589 · management and general $54,358

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $122,275 · program services $99,921 · management and general $22,354

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $14,271 · program services $11,422 · management and general $2,849

  • 24a · Other expenses: EVENT SUPPORT

    total $1,936,886 · program services $1,931,283 · management and general $5,603

  • 24b · Other expenses: RESEARCH & REPORTING

    total $281,539 · program services $277,962 · management and general $3,577

  • 24c · Other expenses: COLLATERAL MATERIAL

    total $254,489 · program services $254,489

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS & SUBSCRIPT

    total $155,892 · program services $76,325 · management and general $79,567

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $380,621 · program services $337,218 · management and general $43,403

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,558,425 · end of year $4,838,306

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,685,478 · end of year $1,651,838

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $59,272 · end of year $100,361

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

    $1,827,681

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

    $347,055

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $519,310 · end of year $1,480,626

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,883,947 · end of year $1,748,022

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,121,559 · end of year $956,752

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,063,951 · end of year $2,020,789

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,520,922 · end of year $6,841,612

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE TOURISM AND CONVENTIONS IN THE LOCAL CHATTANOOGA AREA

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP VISITOR EXPERIENCES FOR THE COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROSPERITY

  • TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP VISITOR EXPERIENCES FOR THE COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROSPERITY

    Expenses $9,823,137 · Grants $300,000 · Revenue $56,664

  • TO STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND ENRICH THE COMMUNITY BY ESTABLISHING CHATTANOOGA AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR MEETINGS, CONVENTIONS, SPORTING EVENTS, AND LEISURE TRAVEL

    Expenses $342,693

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • JOHN O'BRIEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • JAY DALE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • DARIK DAWES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • JEFF EVERSOLE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • EVANN FREEMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • TIM KELLY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • EMILY MACK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • MICHAEL MATHIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • ERIK NIEL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • JAY RAYNOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • WESTON WAMP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • CHARLES WOOD

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • DOUG CHAPIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • HUGH MORROW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • BRIAN MURPHY

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $220,529
    From this org
    $193,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,758
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,771
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,941
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,817
    Filer's total
    $220,529

  • DAVID BLAIR

    CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $226,223
    From this org
    $189,743
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,480
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,743
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,608
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,872
    Filer's total
    $226,223

  • SUSAN HARRIS

    COO & INTERIM CEO

    Total calculated
    $275,626
    From this org
    $238,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,410
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $238,216
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,825
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,585
    Filer's total
    $275,626

  • BARRY WHITE

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $385,746
    From this org
    $341,703
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,043
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $341,703
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $22,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,793 related
    Filer's total
    $341,703 + $44,043 related

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
21 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202601469349301165

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