Fairlawn Area Chamber of Commerce
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341403736
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Fairlawn, OH, US
- Phone
- (330) 777-0032
- Rating
- 40
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $103,506
- Expenses
- $130,025
- Assets
- $153,896
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEVIN LAMBES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SANDRA WENTZ (PAST PRESIDE)
- SHAROL SHOWALTER (TREASURER)
- LORI DRUGAN (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
The mission of Fairlawn Area Chamber of Commerce (FACC) is to provide opportunities for our members to grow their business through networking events and active participation in community, government, and business activities.
What it reported doing in 2024
The fairlawn area chamber of commerce provides a forum for local business owners to meet, discuss, promote and achieve the objectives of the chamber. The primary objectives of the chamber are: 1. Increase public awareness of local businesses 2. Strengthen business-to-business relationships 3. Provide a local forum for business owners to meet 4. Provide deserving local students with scholarships
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 7
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.7%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 45.7%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 10.7% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 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 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.