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GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Nebraska) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $454,950 to it, the largest being WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY ($215,150). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$3.2M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$455k
Net assets
$1.3M
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

To increase business, employment, and investment in the greater omaha area.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Economic development - provides opportunities to start, expand or relocate a business in greater omaha. To encourage your success and increase business, investment and employment throughout the region-the states of nebraska and iowa have implemented an array of business-friendly incentive programs.

    $192,174 spent
    14% of program spending

  2. Member services - provides opportunities to member companies to develop new relationships, promote their business, increase their visibility, access information, gain expertise and get connected

    $474,347 spent
    35% of program spending

  3. Public policy - works to create a pro-business climate that fosters growth, attracts new businesses and encourages the expansion of existing business.

    $402,118 spent
    29% of program spending

  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $298,133 spent
    22% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,366,772.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($2.8M) Expenses 100 ($3.4M) Net assets 100 ($322k)2020 Revenue 108 ($3.1M) Expenses 96 ($3.3M) Net assets 39 ($127k)2021 Revenue 118 ($3.4M) Expenses 86 ($2.9M) Net assets 172 ($555k)2022 Revenue 99 ($2.8M) Expenses 95 ($3.2M) Net assets 55 ($177k)2023 Revenue 114 ($3.3M) Expenses 83 ($2.8M) Net assets 194 ($627k)2024 Revenue 114 ($3.2M) Expenses 77 ($2.6M) Net assets 397 ($1.3M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (114)Expenses (77)Net assets (397)

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 $2.8M to $5.8M (+107%).

$3.3M
$2.9M
$2.8M
$5.8M
$5.7M
$5.6M
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 40%. 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 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$540k
’19
−$196k
’20
$449k
’21
−$378k
’22
$450k
’23
$653k
’24
1.6
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

Carmen Tapio

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed787673767669
Joined·+31+6+21+5+21
No longer listed·33918528
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $37k → $20k.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
2
3
2
3
2
1
1
2

From the IRS filings of GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’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 OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

91% 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 OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

47%
largest funder
93%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 41% · 2019 55% · 2020 78% · 2021 55% · 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

100% of GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.

NE

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Nebraska 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

Organizations like GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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 Nebraska

Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation87%Grand Island Area Chamber of Commerce Inc86%Hastings Area Chamber of Commerce85%Greater Lincoln Chamber Foundation84%Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry84%Lincoln Chamber of Commerce84%Omaha Economic Development Corporation83%Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty Inc83%

Nationally

Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation87%Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City87%Olathe Chamber of Commerce Inc87%Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce86%Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce Inc86%Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce86%Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce86%Ohio Chamber of Commerce86%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

53% of spending goes to programs.

Program 53%Management 47%Fundraising 0%

Governance

62
board members
98%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation · exempt
  • Omaha Chamber Services Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Nebraska) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $454,950 to it, the largest being WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY ($215,150). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $454,950 in grants to GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with $215,150 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), 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