Chamber of Commerce of Sandusky County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

16 people listed

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

The Mission of the Chamber of Commerce is to provide quality leadership, information and services throughout Sandusky County.

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 25%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
Programs: Filed program service accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 16 people listed
Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules
Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
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.
Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

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

High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.