Colorado · Nonprofit
DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,586 to it, the largest being CAREERWISE COLORADO ($39,266). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $162k
- Net assets
- $21M
What Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is the architect of tomorrow, igniting change and driving progress to build dynamic economies and communities. We champion innovation, forge powerful partnerships, and relentlessly advocate for our members and all coloradans. With more than 150 years of trust and impact, we help business flourish.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mdedc: as the nation's first regional economic development organization, we serve as the "center of influence" for our members. We oversee a network of 11 counties that collectively contribute to a dynamic economy and enriching cultural landscape.
$2,017,429 spent$1,245,543 earned by the program32% of program spendingGovernment affairs: the chamber advocates on behalf of its member businesses on issues critical to economic competitiveness, housing, and sustainability.
$1,119,515 spent$391,000 earned by the program18% of program spendingEvents: the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce hosts more than 50 events annually to help our members make connections, build leads, stay up to date, and grow their business and brand recognition in the community.
$937,918 spent$1,210,657 earned by the program15% of program spendingCommunications and community development: communicate the organization's focus and positions on issues including public policy and economic growth and equality to the business community and general public. Business services: the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has a number of free and low-cost programs for members to engage in as a benefit of membership. From monthly roundtables to intimate networking and access opportunities, the business services department finds a way for everyone to get involved.
$2,164,218 spentof which $146,500 as grants$243,202 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,239,080.
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 $23M to $24M (+7%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Maureen Tarrant
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $13k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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: $2.6M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE raised.
From the IRS filings of DENVER METRO 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.
How concentrated its funding is
DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
99% 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 DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 100% · 2019 66% · 2020 40% · 2021 98% · 2023 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
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
100% of DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- 1445 Market Restaurant LLC · disregarded
- Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Fou · exempt
- 1445 Market Street Inc · exempt
- Coloradans for Coloradans · exempt
- Co-Sweep · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 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 DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Colorado) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $161,586 to it, the largest being CAREERWISE COLORADO ($39,266). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $161,586 in grants to DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- CAREERWISE COLORADO is the largest funder on record, with $39,266 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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