Illinois · Nonprofit
GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC
GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $401,538 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($401,538). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $402k
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest Inc does
Mission
To further, promote, improve and expand trade between germany and the united states of america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Informational services - provides establishment of contact between us and german import/exporters, referral of supply sources & information on tariff, rates & customs
Meetings - various events with german & us speakers on international trade, provides environment for business contact and information exchange.
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2018 to 2019, from $5.4M to $10.0M (+84%).
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: 2017 9% · 2018 6% · 2019 9% · 2020 41% · 2021 15% · 2022 12% · 2023 9% · 2024 12% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Matthias Amberg
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $192k → $44k.
From the IRS filings of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST 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.
Where its funders are
100% of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC's grant income comes from Illinois 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.
Organizations like GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- German American Events · disregarded
- German American Services Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST 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 GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC?
- GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $401,538 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($401,538). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $401,538 in grants to GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC?
- ILLINOIS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION EDUCATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $401,538 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE MIDWEST INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 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