Michigan · Nonprofit
HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION
HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($14,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $199k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $413k
What Howell Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation does
Mission
The Howell Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation receives and administers funds for educational, cultural, scientific, and charitable purposes for the public welfare of the livingston county community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fantasy of lights parade - the fantasy of lights parade highlights the history and culture of downtown howell, michigan via a year-end holiday season parade and activities.
$32,357 spent$57,309 earned by the program69% of program spendingStarkey scholarship - scholarships are awarded to non-traditional students who are advancing their education while working. The number of scholarships awarded depends upon the number of applicants and funds available.
$4,012 spent9% of program spendingEducational programs - the foundation presents various educational programs for the public at large. Several programs provide annual updates of legal or business requirements and others are of a current issues/cultural affairs message enhancement of the livingston county veterans memorial and establishment of the zemp memorial.
$10,418 spent$759 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $46,787.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $337k to $425k (+26%).
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: 2023 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $14k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION’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
HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 74% — 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 HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Howell Area Chamber of Commerce · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION?
- HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION (Michigan) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,000 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($14,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $34,000 in grants to HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION?
- DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOWELL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 4 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