Empowers students to create art, music, and technology for personal and community growth.
For fiscal year 2024 it reported $452K in revenue, $490K in expenses, and $353K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2024
Total revenue
$452K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$490K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$353K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$37K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
81%
12%
Program services $0.81 Management & general $0.12 Fundraising $0.07
Program efficiency
81%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
1.1mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
-8%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Revenue
$452K
FY2024▼ -19%
$1.4M$710K$0
FY2020FY2025
Expenses
$490K
FY2024▲ +65%
$1.8M$886K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total assets
$353K
FY2024▼ -10%
$390K$195K$0
FY2020FY2025
Total liabilities
$0
FY2024
$275$138$0
FY2020FY2025
Total revenue
$452K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$490K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$353K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$37K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$353K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B81%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 310
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 49
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $396K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01
In-School Program
All in school programs follow various teaching standards that we structure the CLASSES/PROGRAMS around (national arts media and A/V cte standards) so that students are able to receive credit for their time in these classes.
$243Kprogram expense
02
Tennessee department of economic and community development grant:beginning in 2024, dynamo studios were awarded two different grants through the state of tennessee to support our programs that will provide workforce development and digital skills to the students we are serving in school and after school.
$120Kprogram expense
03
Mentorship Program in Schools
Dynamo studios continued to work through funding and staffing several teacher positions that will work at howard connect academy, howard high school, chattanooga preparatory school, chattanooga center for the arts, and tyner middle academy. In addition, we support programming at dalewood middle school and hixson middle school.
Kessler Cuffman’s $80K as Executive Director
is at the 75th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2213 $100K–1M arts & culture 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
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.
Individual Kessler Cuffman · Reported title EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR · Highest reported compensation $98K · Total expenses $490K
20%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $280K · Total expenses $490K
57%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
81%
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—
Overhead ratio
12%
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Fundraising cost ratio
8%
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Revenue growth
-19%
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Legal fee ratio
1%
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Accounting fee ratio
3%
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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