Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2014.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
16 people listed on the 990; $198K paid to officers and key staff.
Charlie Newton’s $63K as Board Chair Executive Director is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2216 $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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Newton | $63,115 | $55,000 | $43,752 |
| Iantha Newton | $45,600 | — | — |
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 2Yes
Programs and updates
Provides arts classes and gallery experiences for low-income youth and seniors.
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I Made This was an expansive program that actively engaged around 155 students ranging from pre-K to age 16 including 30 seniors who received free art classes.This initiative is the sole ongoing professional art class in three urban low-income neighborhoods in Chattanooga TN: the Westside community South Chattanooga and East Chattanooga.
Made This was an expansive program that actively engaged around 155 students ranging from pre-K to age 16 including 30 seniors who received free art classes. This initiative is the sole ongoing professional art class in three urban low-income neighborhoods in Chattanooga TN the Westside community South Chattanooga and East Chattanooga.
Title
Art is for Everyone The only visual art class in the neighborhood Art is for Everyone reached 117 under-served kids with professional art training discovering and developing young underestimated and underserved mostly African American youth with free art training.
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Art is for Everyone The only visual art class in the neighborhood Art is for Everyone reached 117 under-served kids with professional art training discovering and developing young underestimated and underserved mostly African American youth with free art training.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2023 990, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $229K | $224K | $6K | $223K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $242K | $216K | $26K | $214K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 Viewing | $249K | $208K | $41K | $190K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $222K | $165K | $57K | $142K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $139K | $87K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2023 990 (1 part)
Part VI · Governance 7 of 8 board members independent, 4 to look at
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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