Junior Achievement of Chattanooga

Analysis

Junior Achievement of Chattanooga is a registered charity in United States, based in Chattanooga, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Junior Achievement of Chattanooga reported income of $526k and spending of $374k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $388k to $526k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Junior Achievement of Chattanooga sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beyond the Known International ($526k), Ultimate Peace Inc ($527k) and American Physicians Fellowship for Medicine in Israel ($526k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 69% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $92k (25% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $97k. At year end it held assets of $388k against liabilities of $33k, net assets of $355k. It reported 3 employees.