Big Lake Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411463655
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Big Lake, MN, USA
Phone
7632637800
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,521
Expenses
$80,593
Assets
$45,942

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE BRANDT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • TIM TRUEBENBACH (CHAIRPERSON)
  • BRENDA GELDERT (VICE CHAIRPERSON)
  • SCOTT DRISCOLL (TREASURER)

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

Promote local business

What it reported doing in 2025

Organized a community fair and block party to promote shopping localhosted various ribbon cutting events at local businesssome profits designated for volunteerism scholarships

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.7%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 52.9%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.7% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.