Emporia Area Chamber Foundation

Analysis

Emporia Area Chamber Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Emporia, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Emporia Area Chamber Foundation reported income of $199k and spending of $102k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.1m to $199k (-82%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 1122%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Emporia Area Chamber Foundation sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Digital Love Inc ($199k), Toy Rescue Mission ($199k) and Ece Foundation Inc ($199k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 6.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $847k against liabilities of $266k, net assets of $582k.