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MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC

MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,450 to it, the largest being THE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$57k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$139k
Net assets
$1.6M
0/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 26%
01What it does

What Miracle League of Chattanooga Inc does

Mission

The miracle league of chattanooga is dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of individuals with disabilities, while educating the public and promoting a greater understanding of matters concering individuals with disabilities.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The miracle league of chattanooga operates a facility that provides individuals with mental and/or physical disabilities the opportunity to play sports.

    $51,551 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $51,551.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($30k) Net assets 100 ($1.6M)2018 Revenue 19 ($211k) Expenses 218 ($65k) Net assets 109 ($1.8M)2019 Revenue 2 ($19k) Expenses 257 ($77k) Net assets 105 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 4 ($43k) Expenses 265 ($79k) Net assets 93 ($1.5M)2025 Revenue 5 ($57k) Expenses 239 ($71k) Net assets 94 ($1.6M)
20172018201920242025
Revenue (5)Expenses (239)Net assets (94)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $1.6M to $1.8M (+9%).

$1.6M
$1.8M
$1.7M
$1.5M
$1.6M
20172018201920242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

55% of MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,152 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.1M
’17
$145k
’18
−$58k
’19
−$36k
’24
−$15k
’25
20
months of
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.

20172018201920242025
Listed1010101111
Joined·+0+0·+0
No longer listed·00·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $62k → $5k.

1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA 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

MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

47% 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 MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC.

36%
largest funder
63%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

77% of MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.

WA
OH
TN
NC
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
Tennessee out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC is better cushioned than half of the 10,011 recreation & sports nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−26% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve20.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−31% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,011 recreation & sports nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 28%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TN

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Questions and answers

Who funds MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC?
MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,450 to it, the largest being THE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $139,450 in grants to MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC.
Who is the largest funder of MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA INC?
THE ORANGE GROVE CENTER INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MIRACLE LEAGUE OF CHATTANOOGA 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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