Massachusetts · Nonprofit
AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,540 to it, the largest being AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES ($26,040). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $314k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $113k
What Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
To promote educational, civic, social, commercial, agricultural and economic welfare of the people of amherst, massachusetts & vicinity; to preserve and distribute civic educational information.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025, the chamber strengthened the local business ecosystem through direct support, referrals, visibility, and networking opportunities. The chamber welcomed 57 new members in 2025 and ended the year with over 380 active members. Through programming and events such as a small business resource fair, a+ awards, and business expo, the chamber increased opportunities for members to build relationships, promote their services, and access community connections. Chamber staff supported member businesses through introductions, problem-solving assistance, marketing visibility, and visitor-facing referrals.in 2025, the chamber delivered 21 signature and networking events with over 2,000 attendees, and (continued on schedule o)organized community programming that increased foot traffic, strengthened local identity, and generated support for chamber services. Events such as lighting of the merry maple engaged residents, visitors, local businesses, and institutional partners, creating shared experiences that support local spending, downtown vitality, and community connection. Our amherst area gift card program surpassed $220,000 in total sales with 770 gift cards sold. Looking ahead we…
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $150k to $203k (+35%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Jacob Robinson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of AMHERST AREA 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.
How concentrated its funding is
AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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 AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like AMHERST AREA 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMHERST AREA 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 AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Massachusetts) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,540 to it, the largest being AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES ($26,040). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $31,540 in grants to AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- AMHERST COLLEGE TRUSTEES is the largest funder on record, with $26,040 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMHERST AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 2 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