Montana · Nonprofit
BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,270 to it, the largest being SCL HEALTH - MONTANA ($75,450). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $118k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Billings Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
Our mission is to develop a strong business climate and vibrant economy by serving the community in a leadership role therapy enhancing the quality of life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Develop and market the billings, montana region as a preferred destination for visitors in order to contribute to the economic and cultural growth of the region.
$979,523 spent$731,113 earned by the program47% of program spendingProvide education and information services to members, recruit new members, and make the chamber available to the community.
$778,480 spent$467,422 earned by the program38% of program spendingService the membership by monitoring the governmental and business arenas.
$315,841 spent$45,082 earned by the program15% of program spendingAll other program services.
$9,492 earned by the program
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,073,844.
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 2020 to 2021, from $890k to $1.3M (+44%).
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: 2017 19% · 2018 14% · 2019 17% · 2020 18% · 2021 38% · 2022 19% · 2023 21% · 2024 17% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
John Brewer
President/CEO
Board chair
Deborah Potter
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $26k → $11k.
From the IRS filings of BILLINGS 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
BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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 BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 74% · 2022 64% · 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 BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Montana 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 BILLINGS 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 Montana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Billings Tbid · exempt
- Visit Southeast Montana · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BILLINGS 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 BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Montana) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $118,270 to it, the largest being SCL HEALTH - MONTANA ($75,450). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $118,270 in grants to BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- SCL HEALTH - MONTANA is the largest funder on record, with $75,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BILLINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Montana. 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