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Highland Commerce Guild Inc

Highland Commerce Guild Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,500 to it, the largest being Shirley's Way Inc ($5,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$52k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$6k
Net assets
$18k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 11%
01What it does

What Highland Commerce Guild Inc does

Mission

To foster a sense of community cooperation in solving problems of the geographic area and encourage property upkeep and maintenance in the area.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The Guild participates in a Grafitti Abatement program, removing unsightly grafitti from area public structures and community cleanup.

    $17,048 spent$24,594 earned by the program
    69% of program spending
  2. Bardstown Road Aglow, encouraging merchant, church, and community group participation in this annual holiday event.

    $6,651 spent$16,318 earned by the program
    27% of program spending
  3. The Guild sponsors a luncheon series with the Mayor along with a community St Patricks Day Parade

    $937 spent$800 earned by the program
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $24,636.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($28k) Expenses 100 ($35k) Net assets 100 ($42k)2021 Revenue 136 ($38k) Expenses 121 ($43k) Net assets 88 ($37k)2022 Revenue 136 ($38k) Expenses 145 ($51k) Net assets 56 ($23k)2023 Revenue 183 ($51k) Expenses 139 ($49k) Net assets 38 ($16k)2024 Revenue 166 ($46k) Expenses 133 ($47k) Net assets 36 ($15k)2025 Revenue 188 ($52k) Expenses 141 ($50k) Net assets 42 ($18k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (188)Expenses (141)Net assets (42)

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 $37k to $23k (−37%).

$42k
$37k
$23k
$16k
$15k
$18k
202020212022202320242025
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2025 44%. 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 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’20
−$5k
’21
−$14k
’22
$1k
’23
−$939
’24
$2k
’25
4.2
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.

202020212022202320242025
Listed333334
Joined·+1+0+0+0+1
No longer listed·10000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

Funder
'23
total
Shirley's Way Incunclassified
$6k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of Highland Commerce Guild 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.

Where its funders are

100% of Highland Commerce Guild Inc's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.

KY

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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

49% of spending goes to programs.

Program 49%Management 51%Fundraising 0%

Governance

23
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Highland Commerce Guild Inc?
Highland Commerce Guild Inc (Kentucky) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,500 to it, the largest being Shirley's Way Inc ($5,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Highland Commerce Guild Inc have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,500 in grants to Highland Commerce Guild Inc.
Who is the largest funder of Highland Commerce Guild Inc?
Shirley's Way Inc is the largest funder on record, with $5,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Highland Commerce Guild Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 2020–2025), 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