Yates County Chamber of Commerce Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 160716060
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Penn Yan, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3155363111
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $670,949
- Expenses
- $618,641
- Assets
- $419,930
- Liabilities
- $132,460
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jessica Bacher (President & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Jessica Bacher (President & CEO): $79,535 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Promotes business through programs, services and events; addresses critical community issues and advocates responsible economic growth by bringing community leaders together.
What it reported doing in 2025
Serve as a vital resource for the local business community and the wider region. Through its core program services, the Chamber has achieved significant accomplishments while ensuring that the needs of its membership remain at the heart of its mission. The Chamber provides personalized health insurance advice and placement services to members, helping businesses and individuals navigate options and secure coverage that best fits their needs. As the official Tourism Promotion Agency for the county, the Chamber leads marketing efforts that highlight Yates County as a premier Finger Lakes destination. (Continued on Schedule O.)Campaigns, digital outreach, and collaborative marketing have not only attracted visitors and strengthened the local economy but also created new opportunities for member businesses to thrive by welcoming and serving those visitors. The Chamber has organized and supported a variety of community events that bring people together, celebrate local culture, and enhance quality of life. By prioritizing the success of its membership through these efforts, the Chamber continues to promote economic growth, support local businesses, and build a stronger, more connected Yates County.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 71% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 80
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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 7.8%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.