The Chattery
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Offers fun, affordable adult education classes and events in Chattanooga, TN. For fiscal year 2024 it reported $355K in revenue, $279K in expenses, and $74K in net assets.Pt I
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Classes and events for adults on arts and crafts personal and professional development health and wellness and food and beverage. In 2024 The Chattery held 446 classes with 4,134 students. As part of our classes and events we offered 45 free and low cost classes to older adults 60+ and sold recorded classes online as well.
The Great Adult Egg Hunt a yearly celebration that combines the arts community collaboration and of course education. Through a creative partnership local artists will create one-of-a-kind works of art on an evergreen wooden egg and adult participants will search for the eggs at Sculpture Fields.
The Chattery offers gift cards for classes. These are purchased by individuals and businesses as an employee or program incentive. This contributes to our program income as they are used later to redeem for classes.
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Shawanda Mason’s $54K as Executive Director is at the 32nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1711 $100K–1M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawanda Mason | $53,916 | $45,000 | $45,000 | $45,000 |
| Jennifer Holder | $53,916 | $45,000 | $45,000 | $45,000 |
| Sarah Marquez Berestecky | — | — | $1,500 | — |
| Natalie Blanton | $300 | — | — | — |
| Dory Cooper | — | — | — | $162 |
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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Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
| Metric | This org | Peer median | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program ratio | 86% | — | — |
| Overhead ratio | 8% | — | — |
| Fundraising cost ratio | 8% | — | — |
| Revenue growth | 24% | — | — |
| Investment management fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Legal fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Accounting fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
| Fundraising fee ratio | 0% | — | — |
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