West Branch Area Chamber of Commerce
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 381440509
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- West Branch, MI, USA
- Phone
- 9893452821
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $143,182
- Expenses
- $155,352
- Assets
- $387,875
- Liabilities
- $115,439
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEATHER NEUHAUS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- SAMANTHA FABBRI (PRESIDENT)
- CYNTHIA SCOTT (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- HEATHER NEUHAUS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $56,440 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The west branch area chamber of commerce attracts, promotes and grows businesses and organizations in the west branch area. It is an investment in your business/ organization. At the chamber, we don't just talk about the future, we shape it. Together we can blend our talents to ensure better community for all.
What it reported doing in 2024
To promote the west branch area by responding to phone, mail and internet requests for information; sponsoring tourism activities
Operating model
- 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 verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- 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: -8.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.3%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.