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CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$392k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$500
Net assets
$228k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

To provide servcies that advance commerce to establish and maintain chelsea as a premier community in which to live, work and recreate.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Community development - the organization is a point of contact for business owners, residents and visitors of chelsea. They welcome phone calls with questions, or you can stop by their office to pick up local area maps, brochures, and other printed information

  2. Business networking and development - the organization holds regular activities for members, awards business leaders and co-sponsors the citizens of the year and lifetime achievement awards. Throughout the year it is also involved in many community events. The organization served approximately 300 members.

  3. Other accomplishments - this area is other related program services of the Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce that does not fit the classifications of the other program services.

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($98k) Expenses 100 ($114k) Net assets 100 ($52k)2020 Revenue 107 ($105k) Expenses 93 ($106k) Net assets 84 ($44k)2021 Revenue 181 ($178k) Expenses 113 ($129k) Net assets 172 ($90k)2022 Revenue 324 ($318k) Expenses 209 ($239k) Net assets 336 ($175k)2023 Revenue 380 ($372k) Expenses 306 ($349k) Net assets 381 ($198k)2024 Revenue 379 ($372k) Expenses 310 ($353k) Net assets 416 ($217k)2025 Revenue 399 ($392k) Expenses 333 ($380k) Net assets 438 ($228k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (399)Expenses (333)Net assets (438)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 $90k to $176k (+95%).

$59k
$58k
$90k
$176k
$199k
$217k
$229k
2019202020212022202320242025
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 10% · 2020 0% · 2021 3% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

0% of CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$16k
’19
−$1k
’20
$48k
’21
$79k
’22
$23k
’23
$19k
’24
$12k
’25
6.4
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.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed14131414141213
Joined·+6+3+1+0+6+2
No longer listed·721081
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

From the IRS filings of CHELSEA AREA 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.

Where its funders are

100% of CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Michigan funders.

MI

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve6.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 5%Fundraising 8%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $500 to it, the largest being THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION ($500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $500 in grants to CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Who is the largest funder of CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
THE CHELSEA HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CHELSEA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 1 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