Unified

Chattanooga, TNUnknown exempt organization EIN 46-5366288Latest return filed Jun 19, 2025

On file with the IRSunifi-ed.orgPo Box 5503 · Chattanooga, TN

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To achieve equitable and excellent public schools for hamilton county students by creating systemic change through advocacy, grassroots organizing, and building community power.

Run by 15 volunteers and 20 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $28K a year · 13% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
0%
of spending
Concern: 0% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Named funders
2
named funders · $24K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$0
-100% vs prior year
Spent
$11K
To programs
0%
Net assets
$0
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$0
FY2024▼ -100%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$282K
FY2021$310K
FY2022$299K
FY2023$191K
FY2024$0
Expenses
$11K
FY2024▼ -96%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$310K
FY2021$251K
FY2022$356K
FY2023$293K
FY2024$11K
Net assets
$0
FY2024▼ -100%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$110K
FY2021$168K
FY2022$112K
FY2023$15K
FY2024$0

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Management & general 100% · $11K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

5 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Jill Weitz$63,719$8,677——
Blair Ryan$62,932———
Kendra Young$58,647$37,115——
Walton Robinson—$14,097$54,237$58,364

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Advocating for systemic change to create excellent public schools for all students.

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1 program · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Unified creates neighborhood-level teams to build connections between communities and schools. The objective of each team is to create large-scale change within each school, as wells as to share best ideas and practices across the entire system.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Civic TNFY2023$17K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$24K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$0
Ln 12
Money outPt IX
$11K
Ln 25
Managementcol C$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$0
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Total revenueLn 12$0
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$0
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 520
VolunteersI 615
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Total assetsLn 16$16K$0
LiabilitiesLn 26$525$0
Net assetsLn 32$15K$0
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$3K$3K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$300$300
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$214$214
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$1K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4K$4K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$11K$0$11K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 19, 2025 $0$11K−$11K$0 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Jul 10, 2024 $191K$293K−$102K$15K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 6, 2023 $299K$356K−$57K$112K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $310K$251K$59K$168K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 1, 2021 $282K$310K−$28K$110K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $0 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $191,137$0
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $18$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $260$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $191,415$0
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $229,188$0
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $64,253$11,005
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $293,441$11,005
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$102,026−$11,005
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $0 across 1 lines filed
VIII-12 Total revenue$0
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,005 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $3,176$3,176
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $300$300
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $214$214
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,429$1,429
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $1,902$1,902
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 Insurance$0
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Management $3,984$3,984
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $0 · Management $11,005 · Fundraising $0$11,005
Part X · Balance sheet $0 assets, 4 lines filed
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $15,630$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $525$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $15,105$0
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $15,630$0
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $0 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$0
XI-2 Total expenses$11,005
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$11,005
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$15,105
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$4,100
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$0

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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