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← CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,837,028
Total expenses
$6,517,675
Contributions and grants received
$6,488,492
Grants paid
$6,239,855
Program service revenue
$383,501
Investment income
$51,795
Other revenue
-$86,760
Total assets, end of year
$5,640,491
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,218,949
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,421,542
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,264,514
Management and general expenses
$253,161
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,264,514

Program services were 96.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $192,500

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,056,232

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,239,760

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MANAGEMENT FEE REVENUE

    total $211,901 · related or exempt $211,901

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM TUITION & REGI

    total $171,600 · related or exempt $171,600

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $73,470 · excluded $73,470

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $21,675

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$21,675

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$21,675 · excluded -$21,675

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $167,750

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $192,500

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $254,510

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$86,760 · excluded -$86,760

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,239,855 · program services $6,239,855

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $211,901 · management and general $211,901

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,542 · management and general $2,542

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $21,940 · management and general $21,940

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $13,245 · management and general $13,245

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $24,659 · program services $24,659

  • 24b · Other expenses: BANK FEES

    total $2,833 · management and general $2,833

  • 24c · Other expenses: MEALS AND ENTERTAINMENT

    total $500 · management and general $500

  • 24d · Other expenses: OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL F

    total $200 · management and general $200

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,724,954 · end of year $1,304,650

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $857,879 · end of year $1,156,508

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $342,425

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,294,526 · end of year $2,619,065

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $244,285 · end of year $217,843

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,192,065 · end of year $1,218,949

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $909,953 · end of year $633,181

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,015,626 · end of year $3,788,361

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO RECEIVE AND DISTRIBUTE CHARITABLE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF THE CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER, ITS SUBSIDIARIES, PARTNERS, AND OTHER EFFORTS FOCUSED ON, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH INITIATIVES, INCLUSION AND EQUITY, AND REGIONAL GROWTH, INCLUDING EFFORTS TO LESSEN THE BURDEN ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TO CREATE JOBS TO COMBAT COMMUNITY DETERIORATION AND REDUCE RACIAL TENSION AND PREJUDICE.

  • THE FOUNDATION IS OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR PUBLIC, CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES INCLUDING LESSENING THE BURDEN ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TO CREATE JOBS.

    Expenses $6,264,514 · Grants $6,239,855 · Revenue $383,501

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Zimmerman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michelle Doll-Speiser

    ASSISTANT TREASURER (JANUARY-AUGUST 4TH)

    Total calculated
    $439,327
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $425,001
    Other
    $14,326
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $167,641 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $135,224 related
    Other
    $0 + $122,136 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $8,641 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $5,685 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $439,327 related
  • Christopher Che

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brendon Cull

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $495,058
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $457,328
    Other
    $37,730
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $340,625 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $103,913 related
    Other
    $0 + $12,790 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,270 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,460 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $495,058 related
  • Jill Meyer

    PRESIDENT (JAN-MAY 15TH)

    Total calculated
    $352,590
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $328,359
    Other
    $24,231
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $161,250 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $159,713 related
    Other
    $0 + $7,396 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $14,873 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,358 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $352,590 related
  • Whitney Eckert

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Warren Weber

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Stevens

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related
  • Alex Derkson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick Dolle

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Hauser

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carolyn Micheli

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barb Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Danielle Wilson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 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, LINES 4A-B
THE CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER PROVIDES TWO NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED BENEFIT PLANS TO SENIOR PERSONNEL. THE FIRST NONQUALIFIED PLAN IS FOR THE CEOS OF THE CHAMBER AND REDI. DISCRETIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MADE TO A SEPARATE ACCOUNT AND EXPENSED AS INCURRED. THE SECOND PLAN IS OFFERED TO KEY SENIOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CHAMBER AND IS FUNDED BY BOTH EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS. THESE FUNDS ARE NOT MAINTAINED IN SEPARATE TRUSTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO THE CLAIMS OF THE CHAMBER'S GENERAL CREDITORS. THE CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER PROVIDED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT TO MICHELLE DOLL-SPEISER, WHO WAS THE ORGANIZATION'S CFO AND COO AND SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT TREASURER FOR THE CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION. THE AMOUNT OF THE SEVERANCE PAYMENT FOR 2023 WAS $116,667.

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

  • TO SUPPORT CINCINNATI FESTIVALS AND EVENTS, REGIONAL WORKFORCE INNITIATIVES, AND GROW THE VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR

    $1,144,878

    TO INCREASE ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT IN THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • REDI CINCINNATI

    $624,000

    TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE 16-COUNTY CINCINNATI REGION.

  • CINCINNATI COMPASS

    $244,232

    TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE CINCINNATI REGION.

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR FUND MANAGEMENT

    FUND MANAGER OF MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR FUNDS · OH · income $211,901 · assets $344,220

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413189349302176

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