Tennessee · Nonprofit
CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC
CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,511,411 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA ($319,026). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Chattanooga Room in the Inn Inc does
Mission
Empowering women and children experiencing homelessness to rebuild their lives by providing transitional housing, support, and hope.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In the fiscal year 2025, chattanooga room in the inn launched its aftercare program to provide continued support for families transitioning out of the shelter-to-stability program. This new initiative offers up to one year of individualized follow-up, including monthly check-ins with a criti social worker. The aftercare program focuses on five key areas - family, career, finances, health, and housing - to ensure long-term stability and prevent a return to homelessness. Through ongoing care coordination and referrals, families receive the tools and guidance they need to maintain their progress and remain housed.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Provided emergency shelter 24/7 and food to homeless women and children without discrimination in the chattanooga,tn area.provided program delivery/case management and assistance to individuals.
$782,960 spent$-8,050 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $782,960.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $1.6M to $2.2M (+35%).
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: 2021 38% · 2022 40% · 2023 12% · 2024 5% · 2025 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Taylor Hixson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $65k → $438k.
10 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 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
CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
56% 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 CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 52% · 2019 42% · 2020 25% · 2021 28% · 2022 40% · 2023 42% — 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
55% of CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $487k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Against its field
CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,367 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC?
- CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,511,411 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA ($319,026). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $1,511,411 in grants to CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN INC?
- UNITED WAY OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA is the largest funder on record, with $319,026 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHATTANOOGA ROOM IN THE INN 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 42 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing