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GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC

GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,000 to it, the largest being MADISON GAS AND ELECTRIC FOUNDATION INC ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$108k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$101k
Net assets
$244k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 19%
01What it does

What Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc does

Mission

None.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Leadership - community leadership programs, such as leadership greater madison, prepare emerging leaders so that a network of informed, concerned citizens can guide the community's future growth.

    $93,249 spent$3,150 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $93,249.

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 ($170k) Expenses 100 ($135k) Net assets 100 ($123k)2018 Revenue 89 ($152k) Expenses 100 ($135k) Net assets 113 ($138k)2019 Revenue 79 ($134k) Expenses 115 ($155k) Net assets 99 ($122k)2020 Revenue 130 ($220k) Expenses 62 ($83k) Net assets 213 ($261k)2021 Revenue 154 ($261k) Expenses 77 ($104k) Net assets 348 ($427k)2022 Revenue 91 ($154k) Expenses 218 ($294k) Net assets 229 ($281k)2023 Revenue 39 ($66k) Expenses 87 ($118k) Net assets 191 ($234k)2024 Revenue 64 ($108k) Expenses 75 ($102k) Net assets 199 ($244k)
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Revenue (64)Expenses (75)Net assets (199)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 2020 to 2021, from $266k to $433k (+63%).

$134k
$157k
$132k
$266k
$433k
$302k
$242k
$251k
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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
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

97% of GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$34k
’17
$16k
’18
−$21k
’19
$137k
’20
$157k
’21
−$140k
’22
−$51k
’23
$6k
’24
23
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.

Board chair

Dan Bertler

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed66666
Joined·+1+1+0+3
No longer listed·1103
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $20k → $26k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'22
'24*
total
$21k
funders
1
1
2
2
1

From the IRS filings of GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION 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 MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

79%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 60% · 2022 58% — 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

100% of GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.

WI

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

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’18
’19
’22
Wisconsin 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

GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve23.1mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

92% of spending goes to programs.

Program 92%Management 8%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WI

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC?
GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,000 to it, the largest being MADISON GAS AND ELECTRIC FOUNDATION INC ($80,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $101,000 in grants to GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC?
MADISON GAS AND ELECTRIC FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
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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 2 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