Blount County Chamber of Commerce

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

31 people listed

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

The blount county chamber of commerce is the leading catalyst for creating a cooperative, productive, and prosperous community.

Chamber of commerce programs, including membership development, business development, community and economic development and tourism development.

Revenue model: Membership-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $317K · 31 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

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