Tennessee · Nonprofit
CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC
CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,175,647 to it, the largest being CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($464,264). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $5.1M
What Charles H Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center Inc does
Mission
Memorializes the history of our nation's highest military award for valor, from the first medals in 1863 to the present, and educates the next generation of americans about the six character traits associated with the gallantry of medal recipients
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization continued operation of its museum and archives to promote the legacy of the recipients of the medal of honor and chattanooga as home of the first medals awarded.
$1,767,271 spentof which $125,000 as grants$73,082 earned by the program92% of program spendingThe organization continues to expand its community outreach to promote the character traits of medal of honor recipients in schools and community centers.
$146,308 spent8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,913,579.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $6.2M to $11M (+74%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 4% · 2021 5% · 2022 5% · 2023 14% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David Currey
Executive director
Board chair
Frank B Hughes Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $13k → $204k.
9 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
53% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 66% · 2019 27% · 2020 28% · 2021 35% · 2022 71% · 2023 94% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
29% of CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
77% of CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $754k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC
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In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC?
- CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,175,647 to it, the largest being CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($464,264). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,175,647 in grants to CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC?
- CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $464,264 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHARLES H COOLIDGE NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR HERITAGE CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 31 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing