CHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT COVENANT COLLEGE
EIN 27-2341083 CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Revenue 2024
- $4,097,011
- Expenses 2024
- $3,449,655
Program services were 66.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- Q32
- Classification
- 1000
- Street
- 1500 CHESTNUT ST STE 106
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).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE CHALMERS CENTER EQUIPS THE CHURCH TO ADDRESS THE BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS AT THE ROOT OF MATERIAL POVERTY, LIVING OUT JESUS' KINGDOM TODAY. WE SEEK TO COMMUNICATE GOD'S REDEEMING STORY AND HOW IT RELATES TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION, ENABLING PEOPLE WHO ARE MATERIALLY POOR TO ENJOY RECONCILED RELATIONSHIPS WITH GOD, SELF, OTHERS, AND THE REST OF CREATION.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SEE SCHEDULE OTO HELP GOD'S PEOPLE RETHINK POVERTY AND RESPOND WITH PRACTICAL BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES SO THAT ALL ARE RESTORED TO FLOURISHING.
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FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND INNOVATION - THROUGH BOOKS, ONLINE COURSES, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, AND THE AMBASSADORS PROGRAM, THE CHALMERS FRAMEWORK EQUIPS CHURCHES, CHRISTIAN NONPROFITS, AND INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIANS TO UNDERSTAND AND ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF MATERIAL POVERTY. THROUGH INNOVATION, CHRISTIAN LEADERS ARE EQUIPPED TO DEVELOP POVERTY ALLEVIATION MINISTRY THAT FOSTER REAL CHANGE.
Expenses $1,391,381 · Revenue $99,234
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FAITH AND FINANCES AND WORK LIFE: DEVELOPING CURRICULUM IN FINANCIAL EDUCATION, INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS, AND JOB PREPAREDNESS FOR LOCAL CHURCHES AND CHRISTIAN NOPROFITS, EQUIPPING THEM TO IMPACT LOW-INCOME POPULATIONS. INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF ONLINE CURRICULUM FOR THESE COURSES.
Expenses $451,308 · Revenue $152,911
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WEST AFRICA PROGRAM AND INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM: TRAINING LOCAL LEADERS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES IN WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND BEYOND, SPECIFICALLY SAVINGS-LED MICROFINANCE GROUPS IN LOCAL CHURCHES; DEVELOPING OF MATERIALS FOR USE BY HIGH IMPACT PARTNERS AND DENOMINATIONAL LEADERS.
Expenses $437,281 · Grants $193,242 · Revenue $20,865
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
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.
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Coy BuckleyCOY BUCKLEY
PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $122,724
- From this org
- $109,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $13,024
- Hours/week
- 40
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Brian FikkertBRIAN FIKKERT
FOUNDER, AMBASSADOR, DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $23,885
- From this org
- $23,885
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Craig StephensonCRAIG STEPHENSON
SECRETARY, TREASURER, DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jeff GalleyJEFF GALLEY
DIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Collin MesserCOLLIN MESSER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Brad VoylesBRAD VOYLES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jane PleaceJANE PLEACE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert TurnerROBERT TURNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marc AntoineMARC ANTOINE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathan MitchellJONATHAN MITCHELL
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Michael BriggsMICHAEL BRIGGS
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $195,992
- From this org
- $160,803
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $35,189
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $138,303
- Bonus
- $22,500
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $4,243
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,946
- Filer's total
- $195,992
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Rob PorterROB PORTER
VP OF GENEROSITY
- Total calculated
- $153,474
- From this org
- $119,301
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,173
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $119,301
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $3,672
- Nontaxable benefits
- $30,501
- Filer's total
- $153,474
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $4,097,011
- Expenses
- $3,449,655
- Contributions
- $3,790,470
- Grants paid
- $193,242
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,773,966
- Expenses
- $3,264,508
- Contributions
- $3,339,640
- Grants paid
- $198,535
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2022
- Revenue
- $2,658,963
- Expenses
- $3,101,276
- Contributions
- $2,310,766
- Grants paid
- $183,353
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,540,039
- Expenses
- $2,943,575
- Assets (EOY)
- $698,141
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,299,914
- Expenses
- $2,708,859
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,151,964
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,448,957
- Expenses
- $2,719,708
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,603,127
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,919,539
- Expenses
- $2,299,971
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,849,997
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,389,049
- Expenses
- $1,967,781
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,121,906
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,950,529
- Expenses
- $2,487,398
- Assets (EOY)
- $688,603
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,476,354
- Expenses
- $2,245,071
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,301,428
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,997,761
- Expenses
- $1,896,003
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,361,685
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,578,413
- Expenses
- $1,604,591
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,281,037
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $1,476,125
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,311,782
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
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
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2023 POVERTY
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 POVERTY
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2024 GIVING AND GENEROSITY
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$210,000
2023 COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$140,000
2022 COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
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2024 ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
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THE AYCO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$100,000
2024 COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 13 October 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.