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← CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$32,288,013
Total expenses
$28,444,807
Contributions and grants received
$5,284,109
Grants paid
$2,403,578
Program service revenue
$26,789,795
Investment income
$214,109
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$19,028,238
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,427,600
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$11,600,638
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$19,648,332
Management and general expenses
$8,530,149
Fundraising expenses
$266,326
Program service expenses (Part III)
$19,648,332

Program services were 69.1% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $550,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,734,109

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $76,038

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $22,806,938 · related or exempt $22,806,938

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

    total $2,637,520 · related or exempt $2,637,520

  • 2c · Program service revenue: ATHLETIC PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $721,394 · related or exempt $721,394

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $623,943 · related or exempt $623,943

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $215,354 · excluded $215,354

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

    securities $1,245

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,245

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,245 · excluded -$1,245

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,403,578 · program services $2,403,578

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $320,081 · program services $273,611 · management and general $41,619 · fundraising $4,851

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $11,765,026 · program services $10,056,965 · management and general $1,529,763 · fundraising $178,298

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $841,088 · program services $440,411 · management and general $394,687 · fundraising $5,990

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,655,879 · program services $1,399,808 · management and general $1,236,934 · fundraising $19,137

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $879,203 · program services $750,864 · management and general $113,887 · fundraising $14,452

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $42,074 · management and general $42,074

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $68,893 · management and general $68,893

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,710,440 · program services $281,502 · management and general $1,426,278 · fundraising $2,660

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $18,557 · management and general $14,235 · fundraising $4,322

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $303,427 · program services $58,335 · management and general $239,484 · fundraising $5,608

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $175,414 · program services $65,121 · management and general $110,293

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $656,686 · program services $10,763 · management and general $645,923

  • 17 · Travel

    total $254,150 · program services $216,856 · management and general $31,350 · fundraising $5,944

  • 20 · Interest

    total $130,439 · management and general $130,439

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $936,623 · management and general $936,623

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $218,935 · management and general $218,935

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS SUPPORT P

    total $2,127,838 · program services $2,127,838

  • 24b · Other expenses: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM EXP

    total $1,659,981 · program services $1,559,369 · management and general $75,548 · fundraising $25,064

  • 24c · Other expenses: GRANT EXPENSE

    total $1,133,443 · program services $2,995 · management and general $1,130,448

  • 24d · Other expenses: ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LO

    total $93,571 · management and general $93,571

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $49,481 · program services $316 · management and general $49,165

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,845,779 · end of year $4,066,342

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,275,336 · end of year $915,167

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,131,514 · end of year $2,647,896

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,243,113 · end of year $1,198,461

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $230,600 · end of year $276,598

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

    $15,664,615

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

    $5,742,676

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,486,673 · end of year $9,921,939

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $968,112 · end of year $1,835

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,215 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,232,974 · end of year $1,700,072

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $824,513 · end of year $654,907

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    end of year $4,972,989

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,374,105 · end of year $99,632

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,024,046 · end of year $5,463,719

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,729,704 · end of year $6,136,919

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO LEAD AND SERVE WITH DISTINCTION WHILE REPRESENTING CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM IN ALL AREAS OF HOME, CHURCH, SOCIETY AND CULTURE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN THE CHATTANOOGA, TN AREA.

  • UPPER SCHOOL

    Expenses $10,182,656 · Grants $1,690,233 · Revenue $14,731,801

  • LOWER SCHOOL

    Expenses $4,409,249 · Grants $713,345 · Revenue $5,952,875

  • LUNCH PROGRAM

    Expenses $1,755,152 · Revenue $2,122,262

  • AUXILLARY PROGRAMS, ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, & OTHER INCOME RELATED TO PROGRAM SERVICES

    Expenses $3,301,275 · Revenue $3,982,857

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Matt Covey

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $169,480
    From this org
    $120,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,740
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,740
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,076
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,664
    Filer's total
    $169,480

  • Shonda Caines

    DIRECTOR OF EXCEPTIONAL ED

    Total calculated
    $167,598
    From this org
    $140,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,582
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,016
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,258
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,324
    Filer's total
    $167,598

  • John Stroud

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $161,417
    From this org
    $138,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,339
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,078
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,328
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,011
    Filer's total
    $161,417

  • Carla Dean

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $150,601
    From this org
    $131,120
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,481
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,120
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,331
    Filer's total
    $150,601

  • Renee Timmerman

    HR DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $120,645
    From this org
    $101,966
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,679
    Hours/week
    40

  • James Arnold

    MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $118,009
    From this org
    $103,937
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,072
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jason Tipton

    HEAD TENNIS PROFESSIONAL

    Total calculated
    $115,540
    From this org
    $110,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,213
    Hours/week
    40

  • Tripp Johnston

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amy Jo Osborn

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Plunkett

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Baker

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Roy Hibbs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Swift

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laini Huffine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ralph Mongomery

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rachel Sheilds

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Fred Wiechmann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Noland

    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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations 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
2024
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601359349311920

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