Wisconsin · Nonprofit
GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,092 to it, the largest being Ascendium Education Solutions Inc ($21,592). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $37k
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Inc does
Mission
The greater madison chamber of commerce's mission is to advance the economic, cultural and social welfare of the greater madison area.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy - the chamber amplifies the voice of the business community at all levels of government, advocating for policies that support economic growth and progress. We keep our members informed and engaged in local elections with regular communication and programming. We stand ready to mobilize our members when a united front is needed most.
Brand - the chamber promotes this region as the place to make a career, make a life and make a difference. Greater madison is ground level for the next big thing, and the chamber is amplifying that message to the world.
Economy - by using data to analyze where our economy is heading and driving economic growth with initiatives like accelerate madison, healthtech capitol and programs that build stronger connections between our schools and businesses, the chamber is helping our members find opportunity and prepare for the future.
Agency support - the chamber supports community leadership development and other agencies with common goals through administrative support services.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 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 2021 to 2022, from $3.5M to $3.9M (+11%).
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: 2022 9% · 2023 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Dan Bertler
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $9k.
From the IRS filings of GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 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 INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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
100% 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 MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
72% of GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin 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 MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 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 GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,092 to it, the largest being Ascendium Education Solutions Inc ($21,592). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $37,092 in grants to GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- Ascendium Education Solutions Inc is the largest funder on record, with $21,592 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GREATER MADISON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 3 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