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CHALMERS CENTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT COVENANT COLLEGE

EIN 27-2341083 CHATTANOOGA, TN

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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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Coy Buckley

    PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $122,724
    From this org
    $109,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,024
    Hours/week
    40
  • Brian Fikkert

    FOUNDER, AMBASSADOR, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $23,885
    From this org
    $23,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Craig Stephenson

    SECRETARY, TREASURER, DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Galley

    DIRECTOR, BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Collin Messer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad Voyles

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Pleace

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Turner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marc Antoine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jonathan Mitchell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael 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
  • Rob 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $4,097,011
    Expenses
    $3,449,655
    Contributions
    $3,790,470
    Grants paid
    $193,242
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,773,966
    Expenses
    $3,264,508
    Contributions
    $3,339,640
    Grants paid
    $198,535
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,540,039
    Expenses
    $2,943,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $698,141
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,299,914
    Expenses
    $2,708,859
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,151,964
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,448,957
    Expenses
    $2,719,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,603,127
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,919,539
    Expenses
    $2,299,971
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,849,997
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,389,049
    Expenses
    $1,967,781
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,121,906
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,950,529
    Expenses
    $2,487,398
    Assets (EOY)
    $688,603
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,476,354
    Expenses
    $2,245,071
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,301,428
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,997,761
    Expenses
    $1,896,003
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,361,685
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,578,413
    Expenses
    $1,604,591
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,281,037
  • 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

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.