Cochran Bleckley Chamber of Commerce Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
581317211
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cochran, GA, USA
Phone
4789342965
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$102,967
Expenses
$94,225
Assets
$274,407
Liabilities
$33,603

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELLISSA W BARKER (PRESIDENT/CEO)

People named in this filing

  • MIKE SANFORD (CHAIR)
  • CANDACE WELLS SUMMERALL (VICE CHAIR)
  • QUINCY FLETCHER (SECRETARY/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

The chamber of commerce was established for the purposes of developing, promoting and protecting the commercial, professional, financial, business, agriculture, education and laboring interest of cochran and bleckley county, Georgia, and to extend and promote trade and commerce in the area.

What it reported doing in 2024

The chamber recognized the star student in the high school and presents the individual with a scholarship to the local college. The chamber promoted the local economy by sponsoring dueling pianos, country fest, golf tournament, and other events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.91; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 48%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.