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MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,200 to it, the largest being THE WINTHROP H SMITH JR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($10,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$172k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$52k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

To improve the economic well-being for mad river valleybusinesses by creating a unified, engaged culture that fosters the development of the mad rriver valleys's brand.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Business support & advocacy with networking events, business promotion, support for entrepreneurs, advocacy with local and state governments and infrastructure projects. Community engagement & development with community events, collaboration with other non profits and volunteer initiatives.

    $180,344 spent
    83% of program spending
  2. Tourism promotion through marketing campaigns and a visitor information center and website

    $35,937 spent
    17% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $216,281.

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 ($152k) Expenses 100 ($154k) Net assets 100 ($62k)2018 Revenue 88 ($133k) Expenses 107 ($165k) Net assets 50 ($31k)2019 Revenue 97 ($147k) Expenses 101 ($155k) Net assets 37 ($23k)2020 Revenue 101 ($154k) Expenses 94 ($144k) Net assets 52 ($32k)2021 Revenue 162 ($246k) Expenses 91 ($140k) Net assets 223 ($139k)2022 Revenue 127 ($194k) Expenses 137 ($211k) Net assets 197 ($122k)2023 Revenue 122 ($186k) Expenses 125 ($193k) Net assets 185 ($115k)2024 Revenue 128 ($195k) Expenses 138 ($213k) Net assets 156 ($97k)2025 Revenue 113 ($172k) Expenses 140 ($216k) Net assets 84 ($52k)
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Revenue (113)Expenses (140)Net assets (84)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $66k to $119k (+80%).

$66k
$119k
$102k
$117k
$144k
$129k
$125k
$107k
$64k
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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: 2021 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2k
’17
−$31k
’18
−$8k
’19
$10k
’20
$107k
’21
−$17k
’22
−$7k
’23
−$18k
’24
−$45k
’25
7.3
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.

Chief executive

Eric Friedman

Executive director

Board chair

Sean Kramer

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

20172021
Listed1012
Joined··
No longer listed··
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

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

From the IRS filings of MAD RIVER VALLEY 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

MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Vermont, across 1 state in all.

CT

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

Government funding MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.

State$20k
13
20
Top programs
  • Grants$10k
  • Grants to Municipalities$10k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

VT

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Questions and answers

Who funds MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Vermont) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,200 to it, the largest being THE WINTHROP H SMITH JR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($10,200). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,200 in grants to MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
THE WINTHROP H SMITH JR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MAD RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
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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