The Chamber Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593183973
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Kissimmee, FL, USA
Phone
4078474535
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Day Care

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$348,280
Expenses
$322,221
Assets
$138,472
Liabilities
$5,450

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN NEWSTREET (PRESIDENT/CE)

People named in this filing

  • DR MICHAEL ALLEN (DIRECTOR)
  • NILDA BLANCO (CHAIR ELECT)
  • MARY COOPER (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To bring people and resources together for the betterment of business and community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Build back better - the chamber foundation is a sub awardee of osceola county with funds from the us department of commerce's economic development administration funded osceola county's build back better regional challenge governance project to accomplish the central Florida semiconductor coalition's goal of community engagement and outreach. The chamber foundation leads the coalition's community engagement efforts with community stakeholders, in the form of workshops and targeted community outreach appeals, to ensure the community's voice is heard. Activities include the planning, development, and execution of educational workshops, participation in community events, resource referrals and navigation, and coordination and direction of marketing & communication efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 30
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.5%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.5%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $322K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.