Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521022025
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
7039980072
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,778,977
Expenses
$3,251,941
Assets
$8,131,649
Liabilities
$4,200,187

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

73 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sheree A Kelly (President and CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Sheree A Kelly (President and CEO): $513,669 total reported compensation
  • Stacey Breslin (VP Benefits): $167,906 total reported compensation
  • Jacqueline Cook (CFO): $158,866 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

ACCE's mission is to support and develop chamber professionals to lead businesses and their communities. To accomplish this mission, ACCE creates quality professional development-from core competencies, to strategic problem solving, to visionary leadership. The association meets the needs of its members in all stages of growth and from all sizes of chambers. ACCE provides the tools executives need to improve the management and operations of their chambers, including identifying and analyzing the trends affecting our nation's communities, establishing benchmarking studies, and sharing best practices. Through its chamber-crafted benefits plans, career advancement support, salary benchmarking and retirement planning, ACCE also enhances the economic well-being of its members.

What it reported doing in 2024

Professional development: ACCE's professional development initiatives are designed around an internationally accepted body of Knowledge. Programming is concentrated on senior leadership and those whose positions involve decision-making for departments within their organizations. Curriculum coverage for all chamber disciplines is an essential part of education programs, with new components aimed at economic development, government relations and even management in the future. We are forging new relationships with state and regional associations of chamber leaders in order to expand our reach and ensure viable audiences.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 99
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 97.9%; rating input score 98; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 47 of 48 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $514K · 73 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.