Indiana · Nonprofit
GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC
GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $386,380 to it, the largest being AWS FOUNDATION INC ($308,880). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $386k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Greater Fort Wayne Metro Chamber Alliance Inc does
Mission
Greater fort wayne (gfw) inc. Is the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for fort wayne & allen county, indiana. At gfw inc., we focus on supporting local business, attracting new business, and improving our community's quality of place to grow jobs, wages, and the economy. We are building a nationally recognized economy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
For its member/investor businesses and individuals, gfw inc. Provides networking, educational, and promotional opportunities through a variety of events and programs. At the end of 2025, gfw inc. Had 1400 members/investors. Gfw inc.'s signature programs include leadership fort wayne, onboard fort wayne, madebyme, women's network, and inter-city visits. Gfw inc. Advocates for business at all levels of government on behalf of its members/investors. Gfw inc. Also provides professional services to the fort wayne -allen county airport authority in implementing the economic development plan for smith field airport and the fort wayne international airport. Fort wayne-allen county is a community on the rise. Our economic development team assists with businesses that are expanding and/or locating in our area. Results for 2025 include: 17 projects, 550+ new jobs, 44 million in new annual payroll, and 120.3 billion in private investment. We are building a nationally recognized economy, thanks to our business-friendly environment, collaborative leadership, and undeniable momentum.
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2023 to 2024, from $2.4M to $3.6M (+48%).
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 0% · 2021 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. 1 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.
Chief executive
John Urbahns
CEO & presid
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $253k → $10k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $16k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Ivy Tech Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE 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
GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 90% · 2021 90% · 2022 56% · 2023 90% — 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
84% of GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC's grant income comes from Indiana 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 GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Fw-Allen Cty Economic Dev Alliance · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC?
- GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $386,380 to it, the largest being AWS FOUNDATION INC ($308,880). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $386,380 in grants to GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC?
- AWS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $308,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER FORT WAYNE METRO CHAMBER ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 5 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