The Greater Berkley Chamber of Commerce
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 382561920
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Berkley, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2484149157
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $162,149
- Expenses
- $212,617
- Assets
- $17,947
- Liabilities
- $10,731
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREW CREAL (PRESIDENT)
- NICOLE HUDSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DARLENE ROTHMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- ANDREW CREAL (PRESIDENT)
- NICOLE HUDSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- STEVE KOCH (TREASURER)
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
The greater berkley chamber of commerce is organized to advance the welfare and prosperity of the greater berkley area so that all areas of its business community shall prosper. All necessary means of promotion shall be provided and particular attention and emphasis shall be given to economic, civic, commercial, cultural, industrial and educational interests of the area.
What it reported doing in 2025
State of the cities: this annual event celebrated the best of berkley business honorees, and the accomplishments of the berkley chamber, berkley dda, berkley school district and the cities of berkley, huntington woods, and oak park. It gives another chance to spotlight why people should do business in berkley. Support of other local berkley events: chamber participates in other berkley community events that are not organized by the chamber either through sponsorship or participation with a booth. This included cruisefest, berkley holiday lights parade, berkley pride, berkley education foundation and huntington woods mens club. Purpose of support is these events bring attention to the businesses and organizations in the community.berk perk discount card: several locations sell the card, especially woodward corner market. Also, online in partnership with berkley public schools, in addition to some pta groups, who receive 50% of the card sales. Over 30 member businesses offer a discount / offer for those showing their card.offered promotional opportunities at discounted rate or free for members to promote their business including our berkley / huntington woods / oak park city guide and welcome to the neighborhood packets recovery bags. All of these targeted pieces encouraged berkley and huntington woods residents to shop, dine and do business locally. Also promote members through the chambers social media channels. Organized ribbon cuttings for new businesses in berkley and then posted pictures on social media to promote and bring attention to the new businesses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 64% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 41
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.7%; rating input score 45
- Program expense ratio: 34.1%; rating input score 34
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -31.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 31%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13.7% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.7% of revenue deployed · 34.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $72K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.