- Revenue 2024
- $4,273,193
- Expenses 2024
- $1,793,568
Program services were 92.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- A26Z
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- PO BOX 2506
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 MISSION OF THE ARTS & CULTURE ALLIANCE OF GREATER KNOXVILLE IS TO SERVE AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO SERVE AND SUPPORT A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS.
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COMMUNITY SERVICES - THE ALLIANCE PROVIDES MANY SERVICES AND TOOLS TO HELP ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS BECOME MORE SUCCESSFUL, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE, PLANNING TOOLS, GRANT PREPARATION, AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION SERVICES.
Expenses $1,606,847 · Grants $1,240,466 · Revenue $14,542
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ADVOCACY - THE ALLIANCE OPERATES AS A UNIFYING VOICE REPRESENTING THE ARTS AND CULTURE COMMUNITY TO GOVERNMENT, BUSINESSES, THE MEDIA, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ALL OF WHICH BENEFIT FROM A HEALTHY, THRIVING ARTS AND CULTURE INDUSTRY. THE ALLIANCES ADVOCACY PROJECTS ALSO CREATE A CHANNEL FOR ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPRESS THEIR UNIQUE VOICES INDIVIDUALLY.
Expenses $43,726
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.
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Liza ZenniLIZA ZENNI
EXECUTIVE DI
- Total calculated
- $150,000
- From this org
- $150,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Stephen BaileySTEPHEN BAILEY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Julia BentleyJULIA BENTLEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David ButlerDAVID BUTLER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Margo ClarkMARGO CLARK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Susan EsrequisSUSAN ESREQUIS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Claudio GomezCLAUDIO GOMEZ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Caesar Stair IVCAESAR STAIR IV
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Larsen JayLARSEN JAY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James JonesJAMES JONES
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Reggie LawREGGIE LAW
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John PowersJOHN POWERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Greg SellersGREG SELLERS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bob ThomasBOB THOMAS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Coral TurnerCORAL TURNER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wendel WernerWENDEL WERNER
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $4,273,193
- Expenses
- $1,793,568
- Contributions
- $3,960,319
- Grants paid
- $1,240,466
-
2023
- Revenue
- $2,581,776
- Expenses
- $1,940,346
- Contributions
- $2,334,115
- Grants paid
- $1,530,073
-
2022
- Revenue
- $2,388,952
- Expenses
- $2,501,583
- Contributions
- $2,154,854
- Grants paid
- $2,077,903
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
- $1,108,020
- Expenses
- $1,004,381
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,199,560
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $910,546
- Expenses
- $826,868
- Assets (EOY)
- $494,766
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $830,589
- Expenses
- $840,325
- Assets (EOY)
- $404,657
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $876,619
- Expenses
- $858,406
- Assets (EOY)
- $348,252
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $988,794
- Expenses
- $811,624
- Assets (EOY)
- $332,961
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $768,443
- Expenses
- $770,086
- Assets (EOY)
- $284,350
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
-
$92,500
2024 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
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EAST TN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$72,050
2022 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
EAST TN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$72,050
2023 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
$71,250
2022 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
$71,250
2022 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
$71,250
2022 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
$71,250
2023 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
$71,250
2023 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
$69,000
2022 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
-
$67,500
2023 SUPPORT ART IN THE C
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.
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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.