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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $280,750 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$399k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$281k
Net assets
$2.9M
0/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia Regional Foundation does

Mission

The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia Regional Foundation ("ccgprf") was created to support the educational, cultural and economic development of the greater philadelphia region.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Paradigm scholarship for working womenawarded annually to women who wish to complete their undergraduate degrees while working full time.

    $65,503 spentof which $65,503 as grants
    16% of program spending

  2. Select greater philadelphia grant the purpose of the program is to support educational, outreach and maketing activities of select greater philadelphia (select) in connection with its regional business marketing campaign. These activities are designed to contribute to the revitalization of the greater philadelphia region, thereby combating community deterioration, lessening the burdens of government and creating job opportunities for low income, unemployed and under employed residents.

    $200,000 spentof which $200,000 as grants
    50% of program spending

  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $132,122 spentof which $132,122 as grants
    33% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $397,625.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($954k) Expenses 100 ($701k) Net assets 100 ($3.9M)2022 Revenue 83 ($790k) Expenses 192 ($1.3M) Net assets 72 ($2.8M)2023 Revenue 116 ($1.1M) Expenses 183 ($1.3M) Net assets 68 ($2.6M)2024 Revenue 48 ($456k) Expenses 72 ($502k) Net assets 71 ($2.7M)2025 Revenue 42 ($399k) Expenses 59 ($415k) Net assets 75 ($2.9M)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (42)Expenses (59)Net assets (75)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $3.9M to $3.0M (−24%).

$3.9M
$3.0M
$2.7M
$2.8M
$2.9M
20212022202320242025
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

65% of CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$253k
’21
−$557k
’22
−$175k
’23
−$47k
’24
−$17k
’25
2.6
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.

20212022202320242025
Listed55657
Joined·+0+1+1+2
No longer listed·0020
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $25k → $18k.

Funder
'18
'19
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
2
1
2
1
2

2 of 9 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: $295k from 6 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Philadelphia Foundation); $10k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia Regional Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION raised.

From the IRS filings of CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION’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

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

53%
largest funder
80%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 57% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

0% of CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 0% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 6 states in all.

ME
MN
NY
PA
DC
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION's revenue fell 58% between 2021 and 2025.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve2.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−20% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION

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 Pennsylvania

African American Chamber Foundation of Western Pa84%Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce81%Graduate Philadelphia81%Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry81%Chester County Community Foundation81%The Catholic Foundation of Greater Phila81%Central Philadelphia Development Corporation C/O Center City District80%Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce80%

Nationally

African American Chamber Foundation of Western Pa84%Greater Providence Chamber Foundation83%Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc82%Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce82%The Chamber Foundation82%Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Foundation82%Capital Region Chamber Foundation Inc82%Princeton Midjersey Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc82%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

96% of spending goes to programs.

Program 96%Management 4%Fundraising 0%

Governance

3
board members
67%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • Chamber of Commerce for Gr Philadelphia · exempt
  • Gpcc Resources Inc · exempt
  • Gpcc Benefit Services Inc · corp_trust
  • Gpcc Enterprises Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION?
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $280,750 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($150,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $280,750 in grants to CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION.
Who is the largest funder of CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION?
The Pew Charitable Trusts is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR GREATER PHILADELPHIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 9 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