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EAST LAKE EXPRESSION ENGINE

EIN 81-0876825 CHATTANOOGA, TN

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Revenue 2024
$397,494
Expenses 2024
$415,781

Program services were 85.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A68
Classification
1000
Street
2903 E 37TH ST

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

ELEE IS AN EL SISTEMA INSPIRED AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER MUSIC PROGRAM THAT SEEKS TO DEVELOP THE CREATIVITY, DISCIPLINE, PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, SOCIAL SKILLS, AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY OF ITS STUDENTS THROUGH MUSICAL INSTRUCTION AND COLLABORATION IN A GOSPEL-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT.EXPRESSION ENGINE OFFERS MUSIC INSTRUCTION AND USE OF INSTRUMENTS FREE OF CHARGE. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A CONTINUOUS K-12TH PROGRAM, WITH CLASSES IN CHOIR, BUCKET BAND, MUSICIANSHIP, AND VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS. STUDENTS AGED 14 AND UP HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME PAID INTERNS, LEARNING TRANSFERABLE AND MUSICAL JOB SKILLS WHILE CONTINUING THEIR STUDIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ELEE IS AN EL SISTEMA INSPIRED AFTER SCHOOL AND SUMMER MUSIC PROGRAM THAT SEEKS TO DEVELOP THE CREATIVITY, DISCIPLINE, PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS, SOCIAL SKILLS, AND SPIRITUAL MATURITY OF ITS STUDENTS THROUGH MUSICAL INSTRUCTION AND COLLABORATION IN A GOSPEL-CENTERED ENVIRONMENT.

  • EXPRESSION ENGINE'S AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES AFTER SCHOOL MUSIC CLASSES FOR STUDENTS K-12TH GRADE DURING THE FALL AND SPRING.

    Expenses $201,778

  • EXPRESSION ENGINE'S SUMMER PROGRAM PROVIDES A FULL DAY SUMMER CAMP WITH MUSICAL INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS K-12TH GRADE.

    Expenses $138,194

  • EXPRESSION ENGINE'S RECORDING PROJECT ALLOWED STUDENTS, STAFF, AND GUEST ARTISTS TO RECORD ORIGINAL MUSIC WRITTEN BY EXPRESSION ENGINE STUDENTS IN SUMMER 2024; THIS MUSIC WILL BE RELEASED ON A MINI ALBUM.

    Expenses $14,838

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.

  • Janelle Malone-Drake

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Davick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Bowers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charley Crichton

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Naomi Emmett

    TREASURER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $397,494
    Expenses
    $415,781
    Contributions
    $384,055
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $382,957
    Expenses
    $341,082
    Contributions
    $370,135
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $406,296
    Expenses
    $300,110
    Contributions
    $400,669
    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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $209,735
    Expenses
    $219,445
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,571

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $179,016
    Expenses
    $161,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $29,362

  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $187,181
    Expenses
    $216,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,921

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.

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.