Virginia · Nonprofit
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,550 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SKILLS COALITION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $360k
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc does
Mission
ACCE's mission is to support and develop chamber professionals to lead businesses and their communities. To accomplish this mission, ACCE creates quality professional development-from core competencies, to strategic problem solving, to visionary leadership. The association meets the needs of its members in all stages of growth and from all sizes of chambers. ACCE provides the tools executives need to improve the management and operations of their chambers, including identifying and analyzing the trends affecting our nation's communities, establishing benchmarking studies, and sharing best practices. Through its chamber-crafted benefits plans, career advancement support, salary benchmarking and retirement planning, ACCE also enhances the economic well-being of its members.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Information: ACCE helps members stay ahead of trends and issues, constantly advising chambers about better ways to serve their communities and employers in regions across the U.S. and Canada. Recently, the Organization has increased the flow of information on Policies, issues, economic development opportunities and regulatory compliance. Constantly increasing the quantity, quality and speed of Information delivered to chambers ensures that all those who lead such organizations can improve the quality of life and prosperity of the regions they serve.
Professional development: ACCE's professional development initiatives are designed around an internationally accepted body of Knowledge. Programming is concentrated on senior leadership and those whose positions involve decision-making for departments within their organizations. Curriculum coverage for all chamber disciplines is an essential part of education programs, with new components aimed at economic development, government relations and even management in the future. We are forging new relationships with state and regional associations of chamber leaders in order to expand our reach and ensure viable audiences.
Network: peer-to-peer products and programs which place an emphasis on knowledge transfer through peer groups are key to the ACCE network. Adjustments in the technology, style and duration of peer groups allows national connections to be maintained. Through the growing power of our annual convention, as well as an ongoing shared branding initiative and revamped awards programs, our network provides invaluable knowledge to members. Technology allows for global linkages among members, with new community-building tools available through our expanding web-based resources.
Solutions: creating workable, practical member-oriented solutions to chamber organizational challenges may include choosing the right retirement plan, choosing membership management software, or running an effective board retreat. A cadre of trusted professional partners, carefully selected group purchase options, and industry advice on choices and products for chamber management as well as direct responses to specific needs allows ACCE to enable individual chambers to sustain and improve their operations.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2024 to 2025, from $5.8M to $8.1M (+41%).
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: 2022 12% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Sheree A Kelly
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $14k → $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $140k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Utah Chamber). These are real filings, and they are not money Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc’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
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 83% · 2022 63% · 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
Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 3 states in all.
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.
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In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation · exempt
- Fringe Benefits Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc?
- Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $359,550 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SKILLS COALITION ($200,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $359,550 in grants to Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc?
- NATIONAL SKILLS COALITION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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