Washington · Nonprofit
THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,169,938 to it, the largest being PACIFIC MOUNTAIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ($5,077,438). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Thurston County Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
Growing a prosperous economy and vibrant community by connecting people, ideas and resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The thurston county chamber's workforce solutions team serves any business within the five-county region that needs help hiring quality employees, improving their hiring practices, retaining quality employees and developing training programs. In some cases, we will assist businesses who need assistance laying off employees. We always begin with what we call a "business needs assessment". When we meet, we will assess what the business needs are and will develop customized solutions to meet those needs. Benefits 4,000 people.
Monthly forums: speakers events intended to keep members informed of current events affecting the business community with networking and spotlight opportunities. Morning mixer and business after hours are hosted at member's location to highlight that business.
Hired wf solutions: increase knowledge of digital literacy through assessment and training in computer hardware, computer software and the application of those technologies.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 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 2020 to 2021, from $461k to $1.4M (+196%).
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 44% · 2023 34% · 2024 52% · 2025 49%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
David Schaffert
President/CEO
Board chair
Tessa Bradley
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $11k → $850k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $99k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Thurston County Economic Development Cou). These are real filings, and they are not money THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE raised.
From the IRS filings of THURSTON COUNTY 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
THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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 THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of THURSTON COUNTY 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 THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Thurston Chamber Foundation · exempt
- Thurston Chamber Benefits Trust · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THURSTON COUNTY 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 THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,169,938 to it, the largest being PACIFIC MOUNTAIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ($5,077,438). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $5,169,938 in grants to THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THURSTON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- PACIFIC MOUNTAIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $5,077,438 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THURSTON COUNTY 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.
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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