Grain Valley Chamber of Commerce

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431668778
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Grain Valley, MO, USA
Phone
8168472627
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,425
Expenses
$59,293
Assets
$18,528

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EDDIE SAFFELL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • EDDIE SAFFELL (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES PYCIOR (VICE PRESIDE)
  • JEN MORGAN (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The grain valley chamber of commerce is a non-profit organization dedicated to being the primary advocate for businesses in the grain valley area by promoting economic development, providing educational resources and partnering with our members to improve the business environment and community image.

What it reported doing in 2016

Monthly networking luncheons for chamber members provide additional advertisement for business owners, programs at each luncheon provide members with current information on a variety of subjects from education, community development, yearly tax updates, health, and finances. Other networking opportunities include annual gourmet food tasting celebrations and the farmers market that benefits members and the grain valley community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -30.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 21; 21st 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: -24.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.