Connecticut · Nonprofit
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,014 to it, the largest being SEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ($132,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $314k
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc does
Mission
The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, Inc. is a collaborative of business and community leaders dedicated to securing and enhancing the economic vitality of eastern Connecticut.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Innovation center- create a hub for small business and entrepreneur resources, physical or otherwise.
$467,256 spent58% of program spendingMarketing/ promotions of chamber member goods and services.
$181,153 spent$309,093 earned by the program22% of program spendingEvents - provide platforms for networkingm skill building, and business education/ awareness.
$158,942 spent$562,541 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $807,351.
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 2021 to 2022, from $829k to $2.4M (+185%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Thomas Sheridan
President & CEO
Board chair
Anthony Joyce
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11k → $95k.
From the IRS filings of Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut 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
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 54% · 2019 44% · 2020 39% · 2021 58% · 2022 75% · 2023 53% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc's grant income comes from Connecticut 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.
Government funding Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $400k on record.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$400k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Ct · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc: 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 Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc?
- Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc (Connecticut) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,014 to it, the largest being SEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ($132,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $314,014 in grants to Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc?
- SEA RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $132,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 7 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