Davis Chamber of Commerce

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
730714608
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Davis, OK, USA
Phone
5803692402
Rating
26
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$150,715
Expenses
$163,454
Assets
$170,852
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • LAUREN M PAYNE (DIRECTOR): $42,786 total reported compensation
  • Tracey Frost (Employee): $9,583 total reported compensation
  • ABIGAIL SNYDER (DIRECTOR): $4,706 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Davis Chamber of Commerce is a non profit organization of businesses whose mission is to promote business, economic develement, and tourism and to make Davis and the surrounding area a better place to live, work, and to conduct business.

What it reported doing in 2025

To support the population of Davis by encouraging and organizing the local businesses. The Chamber spends approx 50% of ther efforts marketing the community and its businesses by telephone, email, mail and in person. Our lobby is always open and stocked with maps, literature, and brochures on a daily basis responding to requests from tourists and individuals relocation to our area. We constantly work on our website to make sure it is updated with current info on our area and local businesses.Another 30% of our effort spent is toward educating our businesses and community-we have twice a month meeting at noon with guest soeakers fron a variety of ares on various topics of interest that provide avenues for networking with other business owners and a forum to discuss issues vital to the business community. Another 10% of efforts is dedicated to ecomonic developement-which meets twice a month to work together to bring business and promote business in Davis and Murray c The chamber spends another 10% of efforts in festivals and fundraising as we do not bring in enough dues to sustain the services we offer. At the same time we provide activities for our community such as Summerfest, a Forth of July celebration is a yearly event.We offer live music, fireworks, food boothes, childrens games, free watermelon, and luminaries to honor our veterans. We provide entertainment and memories for our local residents as well as tourists visiting Turner Falls Park and the Chickasaw National Recreation Area. We have Christmas activities and county wide garage sale which brings in money for our general operating fund and at the same time brings in people to shop, eat, and stay in our town and surround area.These events are accomplishihed by the executive director, part time secretary, and volunteer chamber members. We futher our tax exempt status by providing events that bring in tourist to Oklahoma and our areas and provide community activies in ou

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - 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: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 58
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.3%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 1
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th 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

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.5%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.3% of revenue deployed · 1.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $43K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.