Benton City Chamber of Commerce
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911660262
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Benton City, WA, USA
- Phone
- 5095884984
- Rating
- 57
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $50,541
- Expenses
- $43,518
- Assets
- $92,557
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shara Morgan (President)
- Bill Crowe (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Shara Morgan (President)
- Bill Crowe (Vice President)
- Amanda Patnode (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
(1) Preserve the competitive enterprise system of business by creating a better understanding and appreciation of the importance of businesses, advocate on behalf of the interests of local businesses, and address or assist in addressing all concerns and initiatives related to business development and/or recruitment; (2) Assist in the development of a more informed local community and positive public opinion of the City of Benton City and its entities by actively promoting Benton City businesses, organizations and activities while actively addressing concerns and preventing controversies deemed detrimental to existing and recruitment of new businesses; (3) Actively promote civic, social and cultural programs by regular planning of community events and activities that are designed to increase the functional and aesthetic value of Benton City and the surrounding community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Facilitated each major community event in partnership with the city of Benton City and business members of the Chamber of Commerce (Benton City Daze, city-wide yard sale, Fourth of July, Movies in the Park nights, and more). Helped to market sponsor businesses via website, social media, newsletters, and opening ribbon cuttings. Over 100 business members, thousands in cumulative attendance at events. Also distributed annual scholarship for new local college attendant.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 42
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 39.6%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 46%; rating input score 46
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 62%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 39.6% of revenue deployed · 46% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.