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GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC

GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $517,188 to it, the largest being THE HALLE FOUNDATION ($517,188). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.6M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$517k
Net assets
$1.7M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States Inc does

Mission

To support, promote, and maximize trade and investment relationships between the federal republic of germany and the southern united states.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The german american chamber of commerce ("gacc", the organization) promotes trade and business between companies and organizations in germany and the southern united states (u.s.). Gacc's service portfolio is comprised of member services, including events and consulting, as well as human resources career services. The consulting area offers the following services: general advice on how to do business in the u.s., market research, business partner search, trade show support, and business representation. Gacc also supports political and business delegation trips from and to germany. Our services aim to secure long-term success between the u.s. And germany.

  2. GACC provides online and print advertising opportunities, highly targeted advertising options that provide businesses with a measurable return on their marketing investment. GACC emphasizes that a strong corporate brand resonates with other business partners and industry representatives.

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.1M) Expenses 100 ($3.0M) Net assets 100 ($850k)2020 Revenue 87 ($2.7M) Expenses 83 ($2.5M) Net assets 157 ($1.3M)2021 Revenue 87 ($2.7M) Expenses 86 ($2.6M) Net assets 166 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 106 ($3.3M) Expenses 106 ($3.2M) Net assets 182 ($1.5M)2023 Revenue 124 ($3.9M) Expenses 124 ($3.8M) Net assets 197 ($1.7M)2024 Revenue 115 ($3.6M) Expenses 115 ($3.5M) Net assets 204 ($1.7M)
201720202021202220232024
Revenue (115)Expenses (115)Net assets (204)Peer revenue range

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 $2.4M to $3.5M (+46%).

$1.8M
$2.3M
$2.4M
$3.5M
$3.6M
$3.7M
201720202021202220232024
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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (61% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,434 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$92k
’17
$206k
’20
$113k
’21
$127k
’22
$103k
’23
$94k
’24
9.1
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

Matthias Alexander Hoffmann

President & CEO

Board chair

Gerrit Zwergel

chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

201720202021202220232024
Listed354141402926
Joined··+11+6+5+6
No longer listed··117169
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $13k.

Funder
'17
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
$517k
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES 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 SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

GA

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

’17
’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
Georgia 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

Against its field

GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve9.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Governance

26
board members
96%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Gacc South Services LLC · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC?
GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $517,188 to it, the largest being THE HALLE FOUNDATION ($517,188). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $517,188 in grants to GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES 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 SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC?
THE HALLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $517,188 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GERMAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES INC find more funders?
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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 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