Nevada · Nonprofit
RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Nevada) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $324,967 to it, the largest being WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ($185,967). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $325k
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
We advocate, we inform, and we connect
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Chamber sponsored events held for the benefit of members include our "business after hours and "coffee & commerce" events each month which provide networking opportunities for our members during the morning and after work. These popular events enable afttendees to announce themselves and their business operations/organizations, exchange information and enjoy morning or evening drinks and refreshments. These events are free and open to all members.
"leadership program" accepts up to 30 representatives from applicants to participate in an 8-month program that introduces attendees to critical issues and opportunities in our community. Topics include government, criminal justice and law enforcement, arts curlture and tourism, marketing and the media, and economic development and infrastructure. The class travels to many locations including the state capital, the legislative building and former stewart indian school in carson city.
"alliance" is an annual meeting that demonstrates the full collaboration between reno + sparks chamber of commerce, the reno-tahoe airport authority, economic development authority of northern nevada, and the reno-sparks convention & visitors authority. Guests receive timely and vital informaion regarding policies, programs, and developments that affect the regional economy and our members.
We offer education opportunities to our members through our free "chamber edu" series which provides our members with education and training on several topics including business and financial planning, marketing for brand awareness, a legislative recap, and real estate. We also send out a weekly "chamber briefing" that contains timely information regarding upcoming chamber events and programs, news from our chamber partners and members, and northern nevada business updates. It is send to over 3,000 email addresses every tuesday morning.
The 4 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 2020 to 2021, from $1.0M to $1.5M (+40%).
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: 2021 7% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Ann Silver
CEO & secretary
Board chair
Mike Hix
Chair & treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $21k → $45k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $30k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Nevada Mining Association). These are real filings, and they are not money RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE raised.
From the IRS filings of RENO SPARKS 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
RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 44% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Nevada, across 2 states in all.
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.
Organizations like RENO SPARKS 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 Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RENO SPARKS 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 RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Nevada) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $324,967 to it, the largest being WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION ($185,967). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $324,967 in grants to RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- WESTERN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $185,967 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RENO SPARKS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing