Uptown Chamber of Commerce
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362063494
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7738781184
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $281,101
- Expenses
- $279,155
- Assets
- $434,038
- Liabilities
- $21,525
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LIZ DEBONI (PRESIDENT)
- JACKIE TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- EMMANUEL ABIDEMI (BOARD MEMBER)
- MOHAMMAD ABUHASHISH (BOARD MEMBER)
- JENSEN ALLEN (BOARD MEMBER)
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
Business partners - the chamber for uptown, along with our sister agency uptown united, is committed to leading efforts to build a strong, unified business environment, facilitate economic development.
What it reported doing in 2025
Below are the other events held during the year: 1. Casino night - casino uptown features a variety of casino games, food from uptown restaurants, libations, prizes, and live jazz performances-all at the historic byline bank aragon ballroom. This annual fundraiser benefits the organization. 2. Toast of uptown - this wine walk takes place on a tour through the many businesses in buena park. All stops along the route are local businesses and donations were given to the lakeview pantry as part of this event. 3. Annual/event sponsorship - the chamber obtained annual sponsorships from businesses and community partners to support economic development initiatives, business promotion, networking events, and community programs benefiting the uptown business community. 4. Taste of uptown - community event to participate in a walking food tour of uptown. Various restaurants feature their food for tasting. Approx 10-12 stops on the walking food tour route. 5. Monthly mixers - the uptown chamber of commerce hosts monthly member mixers to build community among uptown businesses, nonprofits, and neighborhood groups. Attendees share referrals, learn from each other, and help strengthen uptown's local economy by facilitating the development of strategic partnerships.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.96 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.55; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $231K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.