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OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,415 to it, the largest being The Westfield Insurance Foundation ($47,400). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $610k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $137k
- Net assets
- $487k
What Ohio Chamber of Commerce Research Foundation Inc does
Mission
In order to envision ohio as a place where businesses thrive, communities are safe and strong, and public policy supports economic freedom, the ohio chamber research foundation does its part by promoting a healthy economy in ohio by exploring strategies and delivering comprehensive, objective research and information.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Blueprint for ohio's economic future - this program began in 2023 and is continually reviewed and updated. It represents a comprehensive benchmarking study of ohio's competitiveness across key areas such as workforce development, taxation, infrastructure and innovation with policy recommendations to strengthen long-term growth. The results and updates are shared with policymakers, the business community and other stakeholders to inform law-making, state economic development planning and business strategy.
$245,345 spent61% of program spendingCommunity engagement program - enables the ohio chamber of commerce research foundation to support ohio communities at the intersection of community needs and private sector operations. Through targeted funding, research-based initiatives, and strategic partnerships. The foundation responds to emerging challenges that impact both businesses and the communities they serve, including natural disaster relief, workforce development, and programs that strengthen ohio's economic and social fabric. In 2024, the research foundation assisted 50+ ohio small businesses impacted by a major tornado, demonstrating its capacity to respond rapidly to crises while maintaining its broader commitment to community-business collaboration.
$154,700 spentof which $154,700 as grants39% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $400,045.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2022 to 2023, from $200k to $456k (+128%).
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.
107% of OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC’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. 2 of the last 6 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
Demetrius Thomas
Executive director
Board chair
Stacy Rastauskas Bretherton
Chairman/president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $15k → $25k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $642k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Ohio Chamber of Commerce). These are real filings, and they are not money OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 funders by total. 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
OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
25% 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 OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 73% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 60% — 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
98% of OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15 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
OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Ohioans for a Healthy Economy Inc · exempt
- Ohio Chamber of Commerce · exempt
- Ohio Chamber Insurance Agency Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: 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 OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC?
- OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,415 to it, the largest being The Westfield Insurance Foundation ($47,400). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $137,415 in grants to OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC?
- The Westfield Insurance Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $47,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 8 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