Illinois · Nonprofit
Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce
Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM GROUP ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $137k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $44k
What Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
Improve business conditions for minorty businesses
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
BLACK BUSINESS EXPO - Showcase local minority businnesses by inviting them to set up in Central Park to display and sell their products or services. 25 vendors and 450 customers participated in the event.
$3,345 spent13% of program spendingBLACK BUSINESS AWARDS - Minority businesses were recognized in 6 diiferent categories for their outstanding achievements and leadership. Speaker emphasized the importance of minority businesses and why minorities should support. 225 attended the even
$8,550 spent33% of program spendingMARTIN LUTHER KING GALA - Recognize the advancements made by African Americans and Black businesses in the Decatur community with a speaker to highlight the national and local economic climate along with the political and legislative impacts on our economy and livelihoods. 330 in attendance.
$14,300 spent55% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $26,195.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $66k to $44k (−33%).
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.
100% of Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Melverta Wilkins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 Metro Decatur Black 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 Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
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.
Against its field
Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Metro Decatur Black 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Metro Decatur Black 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 Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce?
- Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM GROUP ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5,000 in grants to Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce.
- Who is the largest funder of Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce?
- MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM GROUP is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Metro Decatur Black Chamber of Commerce find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), 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