North Dakota · Nonprofit
THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION
THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION (North Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,225 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($130,225). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $870k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $180k
- Net assets
- $289k
What The Chamber Foundation does
Mission
The Chamber Foundation is a catalyst for strengthening the regional workforce ecosystem. We activate community partners to engage in innovative approaches to solving the region's pressing issues. Our focus lies in acclimation, development, and retention.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The Chamber Foundation's ignite initiative is our region's driving force in building a resilient and inclusive workforce. Attracting exceptional talent, fostering seamless acclimation, nurturing continuous development and ensuring steadfast retention are the pillars that lead to workforce growth and prosperity. Our workforce approach involves collaboration and partnership while working on various critical initiatives with a diverse set of organizations and communities. The ignite initiative has a variety of innovative programs that address important workforce challenges, promote economic growth and enhance the community's well-being.the community concierge program fosters stronger connections within the vibrant communities of fargo, moorhead and west fargo. This initiative is designed to create a supportive network that transcends geographical boundaries, allowing individuals to share experiences, build meaningful friendships, and cultivate valuable connections that last a lifetime. The program also provides invaluable support to employers during their recruitment and onboarding process. Ignitefmwf is an online platform that integrates job recruitment, skill building and career…
$798,427 spentof which $123,402 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $798,427.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $307k to $639k (+108%).
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: 2023 56% · 2024 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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.
Board chair
Tiffany Lawrence
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $105k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION’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
THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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 THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 52% — 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
72% of THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $50k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside North Dakota, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $130k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,971 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,971 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION
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 North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Chamber Fargo Moorhead West Fargo · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION: 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 THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION?
- THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION (North Dakota) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $180,225 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($130,225). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $180,225 in grants to THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $130,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CHAMBER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 2 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