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Albany Black Chamber of Commerce

Albany Black Chamber of Commerce (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $72,740 to it, the largest being THE MITZEN FOUNDATION INC ($72,740). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$429k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$73k
Net assets
$-15021
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 36%
01What it does

What Albany Black Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

Encourage the development, promotion, and growth of black and minority-owned businesses in the greater capital region.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Albany Black Chamber of Commerce hosted multiple professional development events for local business leaders. These events include empire, which is a speaker series that is hosted once per quarter and features global industry experts, and upstream, a monthly panel that highlights both local industry experts and chamber members.

  2. The Albany Black Chamber of Commerce hosted numerous networking and community engagement events during the year, including monthly dinner socials for local business leaders, and both a golf league and bowling league for members.

  3. The Albany Black Chamber of Commerce partnered with its member companies to host an annual awards gala, which commemorated the accomplishments of both the organization itself and its members.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($200k) Expenses 100 ($109k) Net assets 100 ($91k)2023 Revenue 122 ($245k) Expenses 290 ($316k) Net assets 22 ($20k)2024 Revenue 214 ($429k) Expenses 427 ($464k) Net assets -16 ($-15021)
202220232024
Revenue (214)Expenses (427)Net assets (-16)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $91k to $39k (−57%).

$91k
$39k
$29k
202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$91k
’22
−$71k
’23
−$35k
’24
0.6
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Deshanna Wiggins

Executive Director

Board chair

Walter Porter

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

202220232024
Listed3312
Joined·+0+10
No longer listed·01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'22
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Albany Black Chamber of Commerce’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of Albany Black Chamber of Commerce's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Albany Black Chamber of Commerce

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

0% of spending goes to programs.

Program 0%Management 100%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Albany Black Chamber of Commerce: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Albany Black Chamber of Commerce?
Albany Black Chamber of Commerce (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $72,740 to it, the largest being THE MITZEN FOUNDATION INC ($72,740). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Albany Black Chamber of Commerce have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $72,740 in grants to Albany Black Chamber of Commerce.
Who is the largest funder of Albany Black Chamber of Commerce?
THE MITZEN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $72,740 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Albany Black Chamber of Commerce find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing