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COMMERCE CHENANGO INC

COMMERCE CHENANGO INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,500 to it, the largest being THE CHAMBER ALLIANCE OF NYS INC ($35,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$782k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$48k
Net assets
$-142597
1/3 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Commerce Chenango Inc does

Mission

To serve our members and the people of chenango county through partnership with businesses and all levels of government,to leverage resources for sustainable economic growth.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Special events - member programs designed to promote community andnetworking opportunities for members.

    $202,944 spent$107,479 earned by the program
    34% of program spending
  2. Economic development - programs to provide administrative services to not-for-profit organizations which have a similar mission to commerce chenango. The services may include, but are not limited to, personnel management, fiscal management, and use of office facilities.

    $195,867 spent$393,849 earned by the program
    33% of program spending
  3. Tourism - membership programs designed to promote member organizations,the economic well-being of the community, and the natural beauty ofchenango county, administration of "I love new york" grant and new yorktourism grants.

    $194,598 spent$316,344 earned by the program
    33% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $593,409.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($529k) Expenses 100 ($530k) Net assets 100 ($108k)2018 Revenue 95 ($502k) Expenses 95 ($504k) Net assets 98 ($105k)2019 Revenue 95 ($505k) Expenses 95 ($506k) Net assets 97 ($104k)2020 Revenue 82 ($434k) Expenses 89 ($472k) Net assets 61 ($66k)2021 Revenue 96 ($509k) Expenses 102 ($543k) Net assets 30 ($32k)2022 Revenue 139 ($734k) Expenses 140 ($743k) Net assets 21 ($23k)2023 Revenue 131 ($691k) Expenses 141 ($750k) Net assets -33 ($-35524)2024 Revenue 143 ($759k) Expenses 152 ($804k) Net assets -71 ($-76822)2025 Revenue 148 ($782k) Expenses 160 ($848k) Net assets -132 ($-142597)
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Revenue (148)Expenses (160)Net assets (-132)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $264k to $130k (−51%).

$264k
$264k
$130k
$238k
$223k
$196k
$200k
$116k
$135k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 8% · 2018 12% · 2019 10% · 2020 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 9 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1k
’17
−$2k
’18
−$1k
’19
−$38k
’20
−$34k
’21
−$10k
’22
−$58k
’23
−$45k
’24
−$66k
’25
1.2
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.

Chief executive

Salvatore Testani

President & CEO

Board chair

Luke Murphy

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed151516141719181817
Joined·+3+3+3+6+6+3+7+0
No longer listed·32534471
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.

From the IRS filings of COMMERCE CHENANGO 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

COMMERCE CHENANGO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% 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

74% 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 COMMERCE CHENANGO INC.

74%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 86% · 2022 92% · 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 COMMERCE CHENANGO INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

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

Organizations like COMMERCE CHENANGO 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 New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 30%Fundraising 0%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • The Chenango Foundation · exempt
  • Development Chenango Corporation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMERCE CHENANGO INC?
COMMERCE CHENANGO INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,500 to it, the largest being THE CHAMBER ALLIANCE OF NYS INC ($35,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMMERCE CHENANGO INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $47,500 in grants to COMMERCE CHENANGO INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMERCE CHENANGO INC?
THE CHAMBER ALLIANCE OF NYS INC is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMERCE CHENANGO INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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