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UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being EASTMAN CREDIT UNION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$263k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$-126124
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Unicoi County Chamber of Commerce does

Mission

The Unicoi County Chamber of Commerce mission is to provide leadership and advocacy that promotes partnerships with businesses, government and civic leaders to support sustainable growth, and community engagement by planning, promoting, and developing programs, events and outreach efforts that encourage economic stability of the community. Each year the chamber has an annual apple festival in downtown erwin in which there are many different food and craft vendors from surrounding counties attend. An annual nuclear fuel services company picnic is organized by the chamber to assist the local company. Other small events are held in downtown erwin to promote the town of erwin and local businesses. The chamber holds these activities as adopted in the bylaws.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Organize and represent the county in civic and promotional activities in the pursuit of economic development.

    $105,235 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Organize and represent the county in civic and promotional activities in the pursuit of economic development.

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $105,235.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20222022 Revenue 100 ($167k) Expenses 100 ($201k)2023 Revenue 117 ($195k) Expenses 104 ($209k)2024 Revenue 128 ($213k) Expenses 107 ($215k)2025 Revenue 158 ($263k) Expenses 138 ($277k)
2022202320242025
Revenue (158)Expenses (138)Peer revenue range

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 $47k to $42k (−11%).

$47k
$42k
$37k
$33k
2022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2022 15% · 2023 15% · 2024 16% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

77% of UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

−$35k
’22
−$13k
’23
−$1k
’24
−$14k
’25

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.

2022202320242025
Listed13121213
Joined·+3+0+5
No longer listed·404
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of UNICOI 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.

Where its funders are

100% of UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.

TN

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−5% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)16% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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In Tennessee

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

38% of spending goes to programs.

Program 38%Management 53%Fundraising 9%

Governance

12
board members
83%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

TN

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNICOI 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 UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being EASTMAN CREDIT UNION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Who is the largest funder of UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
EASTMAN CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNICOI COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), 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