Clarion Chamber and Development

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680596699
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Clarion, IA, USA
Phone
5155322256
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,315
Expenses
$197,708
Assets
$409,016
Liabilities
$286,120

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Brittany Howieson (President)
  • Dakota VanHauen (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Brittany Howieson (President)
  • Dakota VanHauen (Vice President)
  • Mark Skogerboe (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Develop and support business community

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual community celebrations to bring people to town and promote local businesses

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 25
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.4%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 21.7%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.07; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.7; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.4% of revenue deployed · 21.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 27/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.