New Jersey · Nonprofit
MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,453 to it, the largest being CREAMER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (FKA J FLETCHER CREAMER FOUNDATION) ($15,853). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $351k
What Meadowlands Regional Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
The meadowlands regional chamber (mrc) is a respected business service organization that accelerates economic, community and business development by providing networking and relationship building; destination and tourism marketing; business education and leadership training; legislative and public affairs advocacy, and workforce development to businesses of all sizes all across industry sectors. Mrc assists its member businesses by being a conduit of information and providing real-time business intelligence and referral services as well as cost saving value added member benefits.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The chamber of commerce is a business service organization promoting innovative and sustainable economic growth and exposure to business development opportunities for small to large size companies across all industry sectors. Beyond its creative services and advocacy, meadowlands regional chamber encompasses a nationally accredited convention and visitor's bureau and widely-circulated business publications that will advance chamber and convention and visitor's bureau initiatives.
The meadowlands liberty convention and visitors bureau utilizes the latest technology to market the region to national and international visitors through a virtual network of websites. Whether business or leisure, individual or group travel, or seeking the ideal convention or conference location, the meadowlands liberty convention and visitors bureau helps you determine where to meet, stay, eat, and play for a memorable experience.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $661k to $1.6M (+142%).
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: 2017 10% · 2018 10% · 2019 8% · 2020 11% · 2021 28% · 2022 20% · 2023 22% · 2024 27% · 2025 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. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
James Kirkos
President & CEO
Board chair
Scott Porter
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $9k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $135k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Meadowlands Regional 2040 Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE raised.
From the IRS filings of MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL 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
MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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 MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Meadowlands Regional 2040 Foundation Inc · disregarded
- Meadowlands Regional 2040 Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (New Jersey) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,453 to it, the largest being CREAMER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (FKA J FLETCHER CREAMER FOUNDATION) ($15,853). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $35,453 in grants to MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- CREAMER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC (FKA J FLETCHER CREAMER FOUNDATION) is the largest funder on record, with $15,853 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 3 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