Florida · Nonprofit
BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC
BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,673 to it, the largest being Foundation for a Healthy St Petersburg Inc ($73,073). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $185k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Bay Area Chamber Foundation Inc does
Mission
Helping leaders grow and businesses start by allowing the chamber to reach into the community first-hand and provide resources necessary to conduct research, scholarships and host educational events focused on the areas of equity, entrepreneurial and workforce development, housing, transportation and community needs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership st. Pete class community project is a civic-engagement, community service project that is completed during the term of the program. The 2023 community project converted former preschool classrooms into collaborative spaces for nonprofit leaders and change-makers. The rooms were transformed into a flexible and technology-supported spaces that nonprofits can use to host meetings, workshops, and events.
$30,661 spent14% of program spendingLeadership alliance brings together community leaders to ensure alignment with the city of st. Pete's pillars of progress. This initiative succeeding the grow smarter initiative implemented in 2015 that partnership between the chamber and local leaders led to the st. Petersburg economic development council's (edc) creation, the innovation district's formation and the st. Pete greenhouse's development.
$54,251 spent24% of program spendingThinking outside the burg trip brought businesses, government, and civic leaders together to learn from another market that is leading the world in inclusive economic growth by welcoming all, empowering talent and igniting innovation. Attendees learned more about our current local policy issues and benchmarked the community austin, tx that has seen rapid growth and development against ours.
$108,537 spent$98,905 earned by the program49% of program spendingOther program services included support toward dei lunch & learn, support toward online platform one pinellas - a county online platform for entrepreneurs to find their next steps to grow and southwest florida hurricane resiliency tour "where we heard from chamber representatives, elected officials, economic development and city zoning professionals and brought back "lessons learned" for our community.
$27,985 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $221,434.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $25k to $336k (+1268%).
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: 2019 5% · 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Chris Steinocher
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $11k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $37k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 funders by total. 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
BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 100% · 2019 91% · 2020 77% · 2021 50% · 2022 91% — growing more concentrated.
“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
79% of BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- St Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC?
- BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,673 to it, the largest being Foundation for a Healthy St Petersburg Inc ($73,073). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $116,673 in grants to BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC?
- Foundation for a Healthy St Petersburg Inc is the largest funder on record, with $73,073 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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