East Lake Expression Engine

Analysis

East Lake Expression Engine is a registered charity in United States, based in Chattanooga, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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 December 2023, East Lake Expression Engine reported income of $383k and spending of $341k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $210k to $383k (+83%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, East Lake Expression Engine sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alliance Francaise de Saint Louis ($383k), Washington Oxi Day Foundation ($383k) and Maryland Technology Museum Inc ($383k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $169k against liabilities of $207, net assets of $169k. It reported 41 employees.