Tennessee · Nonprofit
LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC
LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,391 to it, the largest being Charity Bridge Fund ($18,875). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $517k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $19k
- Net assets
- $715k
What Ladies of Charity of Chatanooga Inc does
Mission
To serve the needy of our community in a spirit of faith, humility and simplicity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The operation of a thrift store in a distressed neighborhood. Providing affordable used items for the community and also free items for those who qualify to receive funds.
$144,774 spentof which $1,475 as grants$219,301 earned by the program32% of program spendingSocial service ministry - assistance is provided in area's of rent, utilities, medical, food, gas, legal fee's and non-cash assistance as in clothing and household goods. We served 4013 people in 2025.
$298,448 spentof which $475 as grants67% of program spendingAnnual christmas program for the community to enjoy. For 2025, 117 families including 414 children including one homless person were served from the angel tree at st jude catholic church. We received $29,425 in gift cards from st. Jude catholic church, $2050 from the ladies of charity and $100 from st gerards catholic church for a total of $31,500.
$2,125 spent0% of program spendingFree lunch program - 50 sandwiches and fruit are distributed every friday we are open. In june of 2025 we increased the number to 70 sandwiches. These sandwiches are made with mainly donated items. This is 3140 served. The first friday of every month st gerards catholic church handles making the free lunches.
$1,077 spent0% of program spendingLayette program - we have partnered many organizations some of which include erlanger health center, park ridge hospitals and bethlahem center. They give their indigent patients layettes. Each layette includes a new basket, diapers/wipes and bottles. Hand made quilts/blankets. Also clothing, bibs, pacifiers etc. Approx 50 items are in each layette with a value of $600, 99 layettes were distributed in 2025. We have volunteers who make baby quilts and blankets for the layettes. The ladies auxiliary and our thrift store had baby showers for our layette program. We received clothing left over from 2 consigement sales valued at approximately $59,400 in clothing and items. We received $3418 in donations for our layette program.
$1,830 spent$3,418 earned by the program0% of program spendingReta Rogers Easter Basket Program - Donations are collected and accepted for this program. We have partnered with St Jude School who does a Lenten Project of collecting items for these baskets. The Ladies of Charity buys all the chocolate bunnies for the baskets. The baskets are sold from the resale store for $7 each. We collected $1194 in donations specifically for the Easter Basket program. There were 272 baskets made IN 2025.
$460 spent$2,046 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $448,714.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $426k to $534k (+25%).
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 3% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $134 → $19k.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $19k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
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Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC?
- LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,391 to it, the largest being Charity Bridge Fund ($18,875). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $19,391 in grants to LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA INC?
- Charity Bridge Fund is the largest funder on record, with $18,875 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LADIES OF CHARITY OF CHATANOOGA 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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