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JOHN T FONTAINE JR CHARITY INC

EIN 81-2839993 CHATTANOOGA, TN

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Revenue 2024
$697,087
Expenses 2024
$1,140,824

Program services were 67.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F21
Classification
1000
Street
832 GEORGIA AVE STE 400

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 400). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO HELP KIDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MAKE GOOD DECISIONS ABOUT ALCOHOL THAT NOT ONLY SAVE THEIR LIVES, BUT ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE TOOLS TO BECOME HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL ADULTS.

  • JFJC'S SIGNATURE PROGRAM, BRAINABOUTS, IS A NEUROSCIENCE-BASED PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES SCHOOLS WITH A TOOLBOX TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AND DEVELOP HEALTHY BRAINS. BRAINABOUTS IS DESIGNED TO BE A TURNKEY TOOL FOR COUNSELORS, A GO-TO RESOURCE FOR PARENTS, AN ACTIVITY GENERATOR FOR STUDENTS, A PRE-INTEGRATED CURRICULUM FOR TEACHERS, AND A STATISTICS TRACKER FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.

    Expenses $767,112 · Revenue $9,500

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • John T Fontaine

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandi B Worley

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harrison R Fontaine

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alden C Fontaine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy C Fontaine

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth F Laurent

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John C Laurent

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Coy E Martin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Strang

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Wheless

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rene Zamore

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $102,312
    From this org
    $84,508
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,804
    Hours/week
    35
  • Teandra V Gordon

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CONTENT & PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $133,341
    From this org
    $114,633
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,708
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $697,087
    Expenses
    $1,140,824
    Contributions
    $684,645
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $253,129
    Expenses
    $1,134,499
    Contributions
    $219,100
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $393,414
    Expenses
    $803,335
    Contributions
    $345,351
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2025 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,903,367
    Expenses
    $478,232
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,848,458
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $483,926
    Expenses
    $200,565
    Assets (EOY)
    $437,928
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $8,405
    Expenses
    $51,950
    Assets (EOY)
    $139,962
  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $177,051
    Expenses
    $62,242
    Assets (EOY)
    $183,507
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $82,096
    Expenses
    $13,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $68,697

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
John T Fontaine
Mailing address
832 GEORGIA AVE SUITE 400 VOLBLVDCHATTANOOGA TN 37402

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 9 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.