Indiana · Nonprofit
COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC
COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,250 to it, the largest being Elevate Ventures Inc ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $846k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $128k
- Net assets
- $724k
What Columbus Area Chamber Foundation Inc does
Mission
The columbus area chamber foundation encompasses a diverse array of community programs dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship, driving economic development, and attracting and retaining talent.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The columbus propeller was formed in march 2021 to create a makerspace for the community. Targeted nvestment in minority entrepreneurs (time) was created to build financial bridges and increase the likelihood of success for local minority entrepreneurs. The foundation receives the funding for time and manages the expenses. Columbus catalyst is a program designed to fuel the success of entrepreneurs in the columbus, indiana region. It connects startups, small business owners, and aspiring founders with the resources, mentorship, events, and community they need to thrive. Through personalized coaching, peer learning, and access to local experts, catalyst helps participants move from idea to executionor from early growth to long-term sustainability. The foundation is the fiscal agent for all three programs. In 2024, the proam tournament was created as a funding aid for the columbus propeller program.
$592,718 spentof which $188,400 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $592,718.
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 $240 to $302k (+125860%).
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. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $21k → $13k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $369k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Heritage Fund - the Community Foundation of Bartholomew County Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION 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
COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
51% 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 COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 71% · 2021 76% · 2022 100% — 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
51% of COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Indiana 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 COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $98k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$98k
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 COLUMBUS 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION 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 COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC?
- COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $128,250 to it, the largest being Elevate Ventures Inc ($65,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $128,250 in grants to COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC?
- Elevate Ventures Inc is the largest funder on record, with $65,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 4 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