Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 250399620
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4122811890
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Rural Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,759,530
- Expenses
- $1,759,530
- Assets
- $319,007
- Liabilities
- $295,150
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEFANI PASHMAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- STEFANI PASHMAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $723,539 total reported compensation
- MATT SMITH (CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER): $469,408 total reported compensation
- WILLIAM D MCKAIN (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (ENTER 06/24)): $313,674 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The greater pittsburgh chamber of commerce (gpcc) is the advocacy affiliate of the allegheny conference on community development (accd). (continued on sch o) the chamber works to improve the competitiveness of the pittsburgh region for business investment and growth by promoting competitive business taxes and other business costs, as well as streamlined permitting and regulations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Advocating for pro-growth policies: the allegheny conference supports pro-growth legislation, public policy, and regulatory actions to grow the economy by improving competitiveness, creating favorable business conditions, removing policy barriers and securing transformative public sector investment. We work at all levels of government local, state and federal to guide policy and advocacy efforts to increase economic competitiveness, attract and retain jobs, and accelerate growth opportunities regionwide.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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: 65
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.93; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 23 of 24 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $724K · 29 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 50/100.