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PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $209,900 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($74,900). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $769k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $210k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Educational Foundation does
Mission
The pa chamber foundation is a 501(c)(3) pa chamber affiliated entity that exists to support the chamber's mission. The foundation works in partnership with the pa chamber to accelerate the priorities of the business community and supports research and education programs that positively impact pennsylvania's competitiveness, infrastructure, workforce development and equality of opportunity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The pennsylvania chamber educational foundation is engaged in a bold, collaborative economic resurgence initiative that will create a framework to foster long-term economic growth and equality of opportunity in the commonwealth. We're blazing a bold approach that emphasizes a competitive pennsylvania, a solid infrastructure and a stronger workforce through strategies that will lead to a robust economy and expanded opportunities. In 2023, the pa chamber educational foundation hosted an annual economic summit forecast. This event was designed for company presidents, executive officers, business owners, financial officers, treasurers, board members and investors. This event presented some of the nation's most respected economic forecasters, analysts and innovation futurists who provided insights to help business leaders understand the details of the current economy and prepare for what is expected in the future.civil discourse and civics education play a critical role in maintaining a functional democracy, and it's increasingly important to encourage student engagement in civics so young people can become future engaged citizens. In 2023, the pennsylvania chamber educational…
$150,160 spent$4,160 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $150,160.
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 2020 to 2021, from $262k to $1.1M (+313%).
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 3% · 2024 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (73% 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.
Board chair
Mr Richard Ehst
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $0.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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: $20k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry). These are real filings, and they are not money PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 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
PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 70% · 2021 57% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
90% of PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $105k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states 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
PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,356 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,356 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 8 related entities
- Pa Chamber of Business & Industry · exempt
- Pennsylvania Chamber of Business & Industry Political Action Committee · exempt
- Citizens to Protect Pennsylvania Jobs · exempt
- Pci Insurance Inc · corp_trust
- Pci Services Inc · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $209,900 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($74,900). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $209,900 in grants to PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $74,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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