Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,750 to it, the largest being BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON ($35,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $52k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What South Shore Chamber of Commerce Inc does
Mission
Helping members grow their businesses and improving the business climate in the region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Program events - annual in person and virtual events held, including real estate conference, restaurant and food programs, and presentations on economic forecasting, economic development and transportation.
$352,294 spent$180,166 earned by the program34% of program spendingEconomic development - advanced the south shore 2030 economic competitiveness project with continued education and economic programs on housing, starting the process for a transportation agenda, as well as a study on water/wastewater capacity.
$243,633 spent23% of program spendingMembership services - virtual meetings for peer connections, best practices for businesses, and professional development.
$452,091 spent43% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,048,018.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.1M to $1.6M (−23%).
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 12% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Tim Cahill
President & CEO
Board chair
Bonnie Simmons
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $35k.
From the IRS filings of SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC’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
SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% 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 SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 71% — 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
81% of SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.
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.
Government funding SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $500 on record.
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$500
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- South Shore Economic Development Corporation · exempt
- South Shore Chamber of Commerce Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 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 SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,750 to it, the largest being BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON ($35,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $51,750 in grants to SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTH SHORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing