Ohio · Nonprofit
VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION
VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,200 to it, the largest being ERIE COUNTY VISITORS & CONVENTION BUREAU ($7,700). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $0
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $130k
What Vermilion Chamber Foundation does
Mission
The mission of the Vermilion Chamber Foundation is to support the Vermilion Chamber through the development of charitable, educational, tourism, culture, community, workforce and economic development for the greater Vermilion, OH area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Fireworks to increase tourism during festival of the fish.
$8,000 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $8,000.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Shawn Kipp
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $3k.
From the IRS filings of VERMILION 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
VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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
75% 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 VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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
75% of VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio 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 VERMILION 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VERMILION 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 VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION?
- VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,200 to it, the largest being ERIE COUNTY VISITORS & CONVENTION BUREAU ($7,700). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,200 in grants to VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION?
- ERIE COUNTY VISITORS & CONVENTION BUREAU is the largest funder on record, with $7,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VERMILION CHAMBER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2025–2025), 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