Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC
DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,374 to it, the largest being GILMORE-HOERNER ENDOWMENT ($12,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $166k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $625k
What Downtown Chambersburg Inc does
Mission
Downtown chambersburg, inc is engaged in the development, promotion, and marketing of the central business district of chambersburg, pennsylvania. It's primary purpose is the revitalization of the community and the restoration and preservation of the downtown chambersburg area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The organization assisted merchants and business district property owners to improve their buildings with facade grants.
$68,262 spent$2,400 earned by the program51% of program spendingFoundry - the foundry art market is a cooperative for local artists to grow their entrepreneurial skills and a place for art to be sold to the community and celebrated.
$64,969 spent$44,996 earned by the program49% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $133,231.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $301k to $774k (+157%).
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: 2020 17% · 2021 13% · 2022 18% · 2023 77% · 2024 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Jenna Kaczmarek
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG 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
DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 70% · 2023 55% — 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
52% of DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania 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.
Against its field
DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG 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 DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC?
- DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,374 to it, the largest being GILMORE-HOERNER ENDOWMENT ($12,500). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $44,374 in grants to DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC?
- GILMORE-HOERNER ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN CHAMBERSBURG INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 6 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