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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WORCESTER AREA BUSINESS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,707,001
Total expenses
$1,144,205
Contributions and grants received
$4,782,804
Grants paid
$9,500
Program service revenue
$595,194
Investment income
$20,524
Other revenue
$308,479
Total assets, end of year
$7,973,096
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,268,964
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,704,132
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,096,134
Management and general expenses
$48,071
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,096,134

Program services were 95.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,091,486

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,691,318

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SPONSORSHIPS

    total $441,000 · related or exempt $441,000

  • 2b · Program service revenue: KITCHEN AND STORAGE RENTAL INCOME

    total $127,909 · related or exempt $127,909

  • 2c · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $26,285 · related or exempt $26,285

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $20,524 · excluded $20,524

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,467,898

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,163,187

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $304,711 · related or exempt $304,711

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $3,768 · related or exempt $3,768

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,768

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $9,500 · program services $9,500

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $377,382 · program services $338,137 · management and general $39,245

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,104 · program services $48,104

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,708 · program services $40,708

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $29,155 · program services $29,155

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,929 · program services $1,929

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,751 · program services $1,751

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $160,288 · program services $160,288

  • 17 · Travel

    total $98,290 · program services $98,290

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $47,623 · program services $47,623

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,004 · program services $20,004

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAMS AND EVENTS

    total $140,200 · program services $140,200

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $78,453 · program services $69,627 · management and general $8,826

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION

    total $52,625 · program services $52,625

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS

    total $20,597 · program services $20,597

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,596 · program services $17,596

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $323,482 · end of year $672,717

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $25,004 · end of year $31,251

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $742,939 · end of year $1,302,833

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $172,853 · end of year $107,080

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $4,130,037

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $92,561

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $712,522 · end of year $4,037,476

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $476,755 · end of year $1,405,327

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $486,866 · end of year $416,412

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $217,960 · end of year $657,885

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $43,750

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $570,475 · end of year $611,079

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,310 · end of year $452,886

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,084,926 · end of year $6,251,246

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE WORCESTER REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (THE CHAMBER) BY: 1) DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING RELEVANT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO THE CHAMBER, ITS AFFILIATES, LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC; AND 2) LESSENING THE BURDENS OF GOVERNMENT BY COMBATTING COMMUNITY DETERIORATION AND ENABLING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY SUPPORTING DISTRESSED AREAS WITHIN THE SERVICE AREAS OF THE CHAMBER.

  • WORCESTER REGIONAL STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FOUNDATION (THE FOUNDATION) PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CHAMBER AND THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $84,440 · Grants $5,000

  • THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE, FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL SERVICES TO ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PURPOSES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE FOUNDATION'S UNDER FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENTS.

    Expenses $1,011,694 · Grants $4,500 · Revenue $903,673

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Timothy P Murray

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $321,840
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $319,939
    Other
    $1,901
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $319,939 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,901 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $321,840 related
  • Demitrios M Moschos

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katherine Bagdis

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Torkornoo

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Satya B Mitra

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Kola Akindele

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Craig L Blais

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Eric A Busenburg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Christine Cassidy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert D Cox Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diane M Giampa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Carolyn Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jamie Salois

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Michael Crawford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Goodwine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila King-Goodwin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jackson Restrepo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Karen Pelletier

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $175,423
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $161,550
    Other
    $13,873
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $161,550 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,873 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $175,423 related
  • Linda Salem-Pervier

    VP MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT & FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $107,151
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $104,672
    Other
    $2,479
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
ALL EMPLOYEES ARE EMPLOYEES OF THE CHAMBER, AN ENTITY RELATED THROUGH COMMON BOARD MEMBERSHIP. ALL COMPENSATION IS PAID ENTIRELY BY WRCC AND RECORDED IN THE CONSOLIDATING AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CHAMBER AND THE FOUNDATION.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
17 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349319717

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