Stand Together

Legal name: Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

14 people listed

MICHAEL LANZARA (SR. VP, MEMBER RELATIONS): $3,792,616 total reported compensation
BRIAN HOOKS (CHAIRMAN & CEO): $2,290,544 total reported compensation
WESTON EDWARDS (SECRETARY): $1,200,461 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Solve America's biggest problems by empowering people.

Educated the public and conducted public communications to inspire others to take action on critical issues.

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

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Limited
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Limited
- May require repayment: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Independent voting board: 28.6%; rating input score 29; 10th 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: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: 15.7%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 2 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $3.8M · 14 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $59.9M reported
Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 22 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 25 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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 29/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.