Washington · Nonprofit
Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce
Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $979,951 to it, the largest being THE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER ($856,046). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.2M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $980k
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
The Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, dba Greater Spokane, Incorporated, primary mission is to lead transformative business and community initiatives to build a robust regional economy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Membership & Events: Greater Spokane Inc. strengthens regional business growth by facilitating networking opportunities, providing educational programs, and delivering resources that support informed decision-making. Our events bring together business leaders to foster collaboration, exchange ideas, and build connections that drive economic development. Additionally, we educate businesses through targeted training programs, helping them navigate challenges, enhance their operations, and contribute to the overall economic vitality of the region.
Greater Growth: Greater Spokane Inc. drives economic development by providing comprehensive support to businesses at every stage of their growth. This includes fostering entrepreneurship, assisting startups, enabling expansion for existing companies, retaining businesses in the region, and recruiting new ones. Our targeted efforts focus on high-growth and high-potential industries such as life sciences, aerospace, agriculture, manufacturing, and professional services. Through strategic recruitment and marketing, we promote the region as a competitive and attractive location for businesses to thrive.
Greater Talent: Career Connect Northeast serves as the foundation for providing career-connected learning and STEM experiences in the region. By fostering partnerships between businesses and educators, we help develop a workforce equipped with the skills needed for success. Key programs include Teaching the Teachers, Business After-School, and Greater Minds. Through the Spokane STEM Network, we engage students to increase their pursuit of STEM competencies, preparing them for future careers. Additionally, our Greater Minds initiative focuses on improving educational attainment for adults in Spokane County, supporting the community's goal of raising the percentage of adults with post-secondary degrees.
Greater Voice: Greater Spokane Inc. (GSI) collaborates with the business community to advocate for policies that promote economic growth and strengthen the local business environment. This includes advancing initiatives such as lowering workers' compensation and unemployment insurance costs, supporting workforce development, and improving facilities and infrastructure. Each year, GSI develops comprehensive State and Federal Legislative Agendas that unify and represent the interests of the community. These agendas advocate for key issues in business, transportation, education, healthcare, military affairs, and more, ensuring that the region's needs are addressed at the legislative level.
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 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 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $6.2M (+168%).
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: 2018 20% · 2019 6% · 2020 89% · 2021 30% · 2022 18% · 2023 20% · 2024 24%. 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 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
Alisha Benson
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $103k → $119k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $564k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Spokane Agricultural Exposition). These are real filings, and they are not money Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce raised.
From the IRS filings of Spokane Regional 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
Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 90% — 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
99% of Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce's grant income comes from Washington 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.
Organizations like Spokane Regional 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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Spokane Agricultural Exposition · exempt
- Spokane Area Business Foundation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Spokane Regional 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 Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce?
- Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $979,951 to it, the largest being THE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER ($856,046). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $979,951 in grants to Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce?
- THE WASHINGTON STEM CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $856,046 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 5 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