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KNOXVILLE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU INC

EIN 20-1710722 KNOXVILLE, TN

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Revenue 2024
$13,468,204
Expenses 2024
$10,706,022

Program services were 93.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S30
Classification
1000
Street
301 S GAY 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).

Other organizations at this address

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

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

KNOXVILLE CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU, INC. D/B/A VISIT KNOXVILLE (THE ORGANIZATION") IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE PRINCIPAL PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE THE KNOXVILLE/KNOX COUNTY AREA AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR CONVENTIONS, FILM, SPORTS-RELATED EVENTS AND LEISURE TRAVELERS, WHILE ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY AND GENERATING ECONOMIC IMPACT AND DEVELOPMENT. VISIT KNOXVILLE IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY A PORTION OF HOTEL/MOTEL TAXES COLLECTED THROUGH AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE AND KNOX COUNTY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO AID AND SUPPORT GOVERNMENTS AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE AND KNOX COUNTY.

  • MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT:VISIT KNOXVILLE WEBSITE HOSTED OVER 2.8 MILLION SESSIONS (UP ROUGHLY 12% OVER STLY). A TOTAL OF 87% OF THE AUDIENCE SESSIONS ORIGINATED FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF KNOXVILLE. UNIQUE VISITORS INCREASED BY 11%, PAGEVIEWS INCREASED BY 10%, AND THE SITE AVERAGED 18,334 PAGEVIEWS PER DAY. SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS CONTINUE TO SEE INCREASED AUDIENCE GROWTH AND ENGAGEMENT. WE CONTINUE TO TRACK HOTEL BOOKINGS GENERATED BY DIGITAL AD PLACEMENT, WITH OVER 31,628 BOOKINGS GENERATED.

    Expenses $6,403,014 · Revenue $226,644

  • SALES: THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED APPROXIMATELY 39 SITE VISITS REPRESENTING VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND PERFORMED FOUR (4) SCOUTING TRIPS FOR POSSIBLE UPCOMING SPORTING EVENTS. THE SALES STAFF ATTENDED 14 TRADE SHOWS AND CONDUCTED MORE THAN 478 SALES APPOINTMENTS/MEETINGS WHILE PROMOTING KNOXVILLE TO MEETING PLANNERS. THESE EFFORTS GENERATED 653 SALES LEADS AND BOOKED 219 EVENTS/GROUPS.

    Expenses $3,637,316 · Revenue $3,406,127

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.

  • Paul Jordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Kramer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Pate

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Ooten

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lola Alapo

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Margaret Counts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristin Farley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Becky Huckaby

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Courtney Bergmeier

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Mack

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chris Parrott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kim Bumpas Cdme Cmp

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $268,883
    From this org
    $216,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,206
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,677
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,443
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,763
    Filer's total
    $268,883
  • Chad Culver

    SR DIRECTOR SPORTS COMMISS

    Total calculated
    $146,121
    From this org
    $117,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,444
    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. 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
    $13,468,204
    Expenses
    $10,706,022
    Contributions
    $9,368,171
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $11,794,858
    Expenses
    $8,927,174
    Contributions
    $9,636,302
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $11,091,728
    Expenses
    $8,926,532
    Contributions
    $9,138,117
    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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,096,746
    Expenses
    $6,962,610
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,143,148
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,619,069
    Expenses
    $5,595,001
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,768,468
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,635,020
    Expenses
    $5,420,916
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,061,553
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,259,500
    Expenses
    $6,341,556
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,875,606
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,820,080
    Expenses
    $5,825,826
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,987,223
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,343,436
    Expenses
    $5,393,915
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,749,186
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,101,661
    Expenses
    $4,983,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,635,773
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,206,227
    Expenses
    $3,958,301
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,430,884
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,903,722
    Expenses
    $4,015,974
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,015,839
  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,680,212
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,188,089

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

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 SOUNK.

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.