Greater Wilmington Convention & Visitors Bureau
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510253102
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Wilmington, DE, US
- Phone
- (302) 652-4088
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,349,850
- Expenses
- $1,857,660
- Assets
- $1,736,687
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Jennifer Boes (Exec. Director): $130,808 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To encourage economic development, while preserving quality of life, by systematically attracting visitors to Greater Wilmington for business and leisure, and putting them in touch with the Bureau members who can enhance their visitation experience.
What it reported doing in 2024
As the destination marketing organization, the GWCVB's vision is to be the most comprehensive, convenient and best-known source of information for visitors, meeting planners and people wanting to relocate. We have a state-of-the-art website and produce a Visitor's Guide as part of our marketing tools to attract more visitors and business to the area.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 86% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $131K · 29 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $138K reported
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.