Alabama · Nonprofit
SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being Harry E Bovay Jr Foundation ($7,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2019
- $114k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $120k
What South Lamar Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
Promoting commercial and civic activities that are aimed at improving the overall well-being of the residents in the southern part of lamar county, alabama. As an unincorporated entity for several years, the chamber has provided historically been involved in various community enhancement events such as street fair festivals, christmas pageants, christmas parades, etc. A few years ago the county government gave a piece of property (an old national guard armory building that had stood vacant for many years) to the chamber to used as the chamber for community enhancement projects. After exploring various possibilities and using it for various communinty events, it became such that the chamber could no longer afford to maintain the property given the very limited receipts that it had each year. Aside from the ongoing maintenance costs that could not be afforded, the need for a new roof system was being faced as well. After consulting with the county government, it was decided that the most
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Community service projects, all with the intent of providing community enhancement and support in keeping the the organization's exempt purpose.
The first program described on its most recent 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 SOUTH LAMAR 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
SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Alabama, across 1 state in all.
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
SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $8k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,357 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2019
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In Alabama
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Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Alabama) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being Harry E Bovay Jr Foundation ($7,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,500 in grants to SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- Harry E Bovay Jr Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH LAMAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2019 (financials across 2019–2019), 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