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South Metro Denver Chamber

South Metro Denver Chamber (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being CANVAS CREDIT UNION ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$955k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$6k
Net assets
$319k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What South Metro Denver Chamber does

Mission

We are committed to improving the strength and stability of our business community. We help our members maximize the value of their membership to increase success.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Membership Activities - Provides chamber members opportunities to work in education and community involvement to promote business and learn about other businesses in the community.

    $34,753 spent
    5% of program spending
  2. Economic Development - To enhance economic opportunity in the South Denver Metro area through retention and expansion of exsisting business and the recruitment of new businesses.

    $637,888 spent$242,149 earned by the program
    95% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $672,641.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($998k) Expenses 100 ($979k) Net assets -363 ($-381467)2018 Revenue 102 ($1.0M) Expenses 100 ($982k) Net assets -352 ($-369382)2019 Revenue 105 ($1.1M) Expenses 111 ($1.1M) Net assets -391 ($-410291)2020 Revenue 90 ($900k) Expenses 69 ($677k) Net assets -178 ($-186450)2021 Revenue 77 ($769k) Expenses 49 ($476k) Net assets 100 ($105k)2022 Revenue 91 ($909k) Expenses 74 ($727k) Net assets 272 ($285k)2023 Revenue 85 ($853k) Expenses 90 ($879k) Net assets 247 ($259k)2024 Revenue 96 ($955k) Expenses 91 ($895k) Net assets 304 ($319k)
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Revenue (96)Expenses (91)Net assets (304)

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 $69k to $488k (+606%).

$41k
$35k
$48k
$69k
$488k
$571k
$603k
$578k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 12% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’17
$34k
’18
−$41k
’19
$224k
’20
$293k
’21
$182k
’22
−$26k
’23
$60k
’24
7.6
months of
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

Jeff Keener

CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.

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Listed2631313937373437
Joined·+14+1+20+0+0+21+11
No longer listed·911220248
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'19
total
$6k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of South Metro Denver Chamber’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 South Metro Denver Chamber's grant income comes from Colorado funders.

CO

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like South Metro Denver Chamber

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 Colorado

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

75% of spending goes to programs.

Program 75%Management 25%Fundraising 0%

Governance

36
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CO

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for South Metro Denver Chamber: 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 South Metro Denver Chamber?
South Metro Denver Chamber (Colorado) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $6,000 to it, the largest being CANVAS CREDIT UNION ($6,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does South Metro Denver Chamber have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $6,000 in grants to South Metro Denver Chamber.
Who is the largest funder of South Metro Denver Chamber?
CANVAS CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like South Metro Denver Chamber find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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