Colleton County Chamber of Commerce

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
570293773
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Walterboro, SC, USA
Phone
8435499595
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,267
Expenses
$68,948
Assets
$13,590

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTA MASSEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • KRISTA MASSEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARY ANN BLAKE (BOARD CHAIR)
  • ROCKI HOVENGA (SECRETARY)

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

Advance economic growth in colleton county

What it reported doing in 2024

The chamber of commerce advances commercial, industrial, civic, and general interest of the area. It serves over300 business memberships and over 10,000 individuals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 10
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.3%; rating input score 11
  • Program expense ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 9

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -27.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.3% of revenue deployed · 8.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 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 11/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.