Georgia · Nonprofit
THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $85k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $394k
What The Greater Augusta Black Chamber of Commerce Inc does
Mission
To serve as an advocate for the creation and growth of competitive, profitable, and sustainable black-owned entities. We are committed to providing quality education and training programs that emphasize economic development, ownership, and wealth-building practices. This is executed through education, technical assistance and collaborations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The city of augusta business equity fund consisted of 10 classes for business owners taught in the evenings for business sustainability and growth. Business was trained introduction to entrepreneurship, business planning basics, business structure 101, bookkeeping recordkeeping, business insurance 101, business marketing, branding 101, growing your business and obtaining your first customer, credit essentials, reporting and tracking cash flow, and running a successful business. For weeks for training and an additional six months of coaching and mentorship for new and existing minority owned business owners and entrepreneurs. Program issued guaranteed loans and grants at the end of program. Awarded 60 grants ranging from 2,500 to 5,000 to attendees
$56,900 spentof which $174,500 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $56,900.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $316k to $1.0M (+218%).
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: 2022 92% · 2023 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Ronic West
President/exec dir
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
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
THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC's revenue fell 84% between 2022 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Government funding THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $250k on record.
- Small Business Administration$250k
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 THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $12,500 to it, the largest being WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $12,500 in grants to THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC?
- WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE GREATER AUGUSTA BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2022–2024), 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