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GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Alaska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $23,627 to it, the largest being Alaska State Chamber of Commerce ($23,627). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$319k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$24k
Net assets
$265k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Greater Palmer Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

To promote business, commercial manufacturing, and civic interest, which will stimulate commerce to make the greater palmer community a more prosperous, and beautiful place to live and conduct business.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual colony christmas celebration and parade. Chamber event which recreates an old-time family chirstmas celebration with local artisan featured craft fair, sleigh rides, parade and fireworks. About 4,500 participants/attendees.

    $33,936 spent$33,778 earned by the program
    20% of program spending

  2. Annual colony days celebration and parade. Chamber event which honors the formation of the original matanuska valley colony and the founding of the city of palmer and features our history. About 4,000 participants.

    $31,287 spent$36,724 earned by the program
    19% of program spending

  3. Weekly business luncheon meetings: provides a forum for about 40 attending members, guests and other area presidents to hear about and discuss important local business, municipal, state and national topics and issues through guest speakers.

    $23,954 spent$13,170 earned by the program
    14% of program spending

  4. Friday flings

    $34,358 spent$61,052 earned by the program
    21% of program spending

  5. Auction

    $16,421 spent$15,588 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

  6. Golf tournament

    $12,494 spent$15,483 earned by the program
    8% of program spending

  7. Shop palmer

    $7,045 spent$870 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

  8. Trick or treat

    $3,254 spent$2,747 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

  9. Clean up day

    $2,349 spent
    1% of program spending

  10. Palmer midsummer garden and art faire

    $1,302 spent$250 earned by the program
    1% of program spending

The 10 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $166,400.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($203k) Expenses 100 ($209k) Net assets 100 ($142k)2018 Revenue 104 ($211k) Expenses 102 ($214k) Net assets 97 ($138k)2019 Revenue 133 ($269k) Expenses 102 ($214k) Net assets 139 ($197k)2020 Revenue 123 ($248k) Expenses 106 ($221k) Net assets 160 ($226k)2021 Revenue 167 ($339k) Expenses 127 ($266k) Net assets 211 ($299k)2022 Revenue 127 ($258k) Expenses 144 ($301k) Net assets 180 ($256k)2023 Revenue 160 ($324k) Expenses 136 ($284k) Net assets 217 ($307k)2024 Revenue 151 ($307k) Expenses 170 ($355k) Net assets 183 ($259k)2025 Revenue 157 ($319k) Expenses 150 ($313k) Net assets 187 ($265k)
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Revenue (157)Expenses (150)Net assets (187)

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 $228k to $306k (+34%).

$145k
$140k
$199k
$228k
$306k
$284k
$312k
$262k
$268k
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$7k
’17
−$4k
’18
$55k
’19
$27k
’20
$73k
’21
−$43k
’22
$40k
’23
−$48k
’24
$6k
’25
5.9
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed1010766611109
Joined·+3+2+2+2+4+6+3+5
No longer listed·35324146
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'21
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of GREATER PALMER 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.

Where its funders are

100% of GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Alaska funders.

AK

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 PALMER 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 Alaska

Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Inc80%Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce77%Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce76%Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce76%Bristol Bay Chamber of Commerce75%Seward Chamber of Commerce Conference and Visitors Bureau Inc74%Chugiak-Eagle River Chamber of Commerce74%Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce74%

Nationally

Polk City Chamber & Economic Development Corporation80%Princeton Chamber of Commerce80%Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Inc80%Corvallis Chamber of Commerce79%Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce Inc79%Grand Blanc Chamber of Commerce79%Campbell Chamber of Commerce79%Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce Inc79%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

44% of spending goes to programs.

Program 44%Management 56%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Alaska) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $23,627 to it, the largest being Alaska State Chamber of Commerce ($23,627). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $23,627 in grants to GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Who is the largest funder of GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
Alaska State Chamber of Commerce is the largest funder on record, with $23,627 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GREATER PALMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alaska. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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