Vermont · Nonprofit
VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Vermont Chamber of Commerce does
Mission
To advance the vermont economy by working and supporting a vibrant business climate with a lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We advocate, build community, and provide resources for businesses statewide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Travel and tourism: the chamber publishes and distributes one tourism guidebook annually, the vermont annual inspiration guide, and manages a statewide tourism business directory. Members and non-members can purchase advertisements and listings in the magazine and directory, which are both print and web-based. Members are provided a discount as a benefit of membership, which furthers the chamber's mission to create an economic climate conducive to business growth. Expenses related to travel and tourism consist primarily of printing and distribution costs, as well as the salaries and benefits for advertising sales and support staff.
Events: the chamber hosts several events throughout the year, generating revenue from sponsorships, exhibition booth sales and general admission. The largest events include the vermont economic conference, the manufacturing summit and the citizen of the year awards. Expenses related to events are related to event management and support personnel, as well as facility rental, catering and promotional costs.
Membership: the chamber's membership base is comprised of roughly 1,000 vermont businesses that pay dues annually in an amount based on the size of the business. Membership program expenses consist primarily of those relating to sales personnel and member recruitment and retention.
Governmental affairs: there are three lobbyists employed by the chamber who advocate on behalf of vermont businesses on issues identified as important to members. This is viewed as a significant benefit of membership in the chamber and does not generate direct revenue. Expenses are primarily personnel-related, and also include any outside consulting fees paid. Vace: the chamber was the administrator for the vace insurance program, a group dental and vision insurance association plan. The vace association plan covered nearly 1,000 small businesses in vermont. All premium billing, enrollments and customer service were handled by the chamber staff. Revenue to the chamber was in the form of monthly administrative contract fees based on the number of subscribers at the end of each month. Expenses relate to salaries, benefits and postage.
The 4 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 2019 to 2020, from $2.4M to $2.1M (−12%).
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: 2020 3% · 2021 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Board chair
Tom Dunn
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $20k.
From the IRS filings of VERMONT 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
VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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 VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 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
100% of VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE's grant income comes from Vermont 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.
Government funding VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.1M on record.
- Grants$640k
- Advertising - Print$574k
- Other Grants$261k
- Sponsorships$177k
- Dues$95k
- Other Contr and 3rd Pty Serv$91k
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 VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Vermont Chamber Foundation · exempt
- Vt Chamber of Commerce Services Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VERMONT 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 VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (Vermont) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
- Who is the largest funder of VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VERMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 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