Northeast Georgia Black Chamber of Commerce
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 854374493
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Athens, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7853754005
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $59,980
- Expenses
- $50,181
- Assets
- $14,007
- Liabilities
- $4,008
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHANE BLACKWELL (CEO)
People named in this filing
- SHANE BLACKWELL (CEO)
- OPHELIA BLACKWELL (SECRETARY)
- VERNA BAKER (CFO)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the common business interests of Black-owned businesses and professionals throughout Northeast Georgia by providing education, advocacy, networking, business-development resources, and strategic partnerships that improve business conditions and expand economic opportunity. This language aligns with NEGABCC's published mission and programs and its status as a 501(c)(6) business league.
What it reported doing in 2025
NEGABCC received a restricted grant of $58,040 from the Georgia Coalition of Black Chambers to administer a Small Business Revitalization Grant Program. The program was designed to assist small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with stabilizing operations, supporting recovery, preserving jobs, and strengthening the local economy. During 2025, NEGABCC coordinated with the Georgia Coalition of Black Chambers, which screened and approved the participating businesses, and prepared for distribution of the grant funds. No revitalization grants were disbursed by NEGABCC during 2025; payments to the approved businesses began in 2026.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.1%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.1% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.