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← LAKE GASTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAKE GASTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Totals

Total revenue
$155,427
Total expenses
$129,566
Contributions and grants received
$0
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$125,287
Investment income
$77
Other revenue
$30,063
Total assets, end of year
$206,332
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,092
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$204,240
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$129,566
Management and general expenses
$0
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$129,566

Program services were 100.0% 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.

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Membership services

    total $112,764 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Annual Meeting

    total $3,132 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue: Village Post Office

    total $3,486 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue: Business afer hours

    total $117 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue: Community Christmas

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $5,788 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $77 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $77

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $6,185

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $6,929

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$744 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$744

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $54,357

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $23,550

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $30,807 · excluded $30,807

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $53,946 · program services $53,946 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $22,641 · program services $22,641 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,438 · program services $1,438 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $5,859 · program services $5,859 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,084 · program services $13,084 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $20,385 · program services $20,385 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,902 · program services $2,902 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $558 · program services $558 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Member Meeting Expenses

    total $5,009 · program services $5,009 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expenses

    total $3,516 · program services $3,516 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Member Mailings

    total $228 · program services $228 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $93,055 · end of year $123,524

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000

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

    $102,250

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

    $24,442

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $80,710 · end of year $77,808

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $386 · end of year $2,092

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $178,379 · end of year $204,240

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

To promote and advance the industrial, commercial, civic and general business interest in the lake gaston community and it's surrounding area

  • Member services are primarily designed to help local small businesses prosper which includes promotion of members and their small businesses via a very active website, smart phone application, business expos, promotional materials, networking events, educational seminars, and email advertising. Services are provided by 1 full time and 2 parttime employees. We also promote and assist municipalities, civic clubs, non-profits, churches, health care entities, schools, utilities, and industries as well, but especially in this are, small businesses are the driving force of a healty economy.

    Expenses $105,697 · Revenue $95,947

  • The organization purchased it's building with extra office space to be able to offer the many small businesses and non-profit organizations in our rural area with a low-cost rent solution. The office space offered is currently fully rented to four small businesses and one non-profit. In addition to providing much-needed, low cost office space soluitons, we also maintain three different meeting space options for use by the Chamber, Chamber members, and public officials. Meeting space in rural Lake Gaston rgions is also limited

    Expenses $13,342 · Revenue $29,176

  • The Lake Gaston Regional Chamber of Commerce also operates the only non-state, non-county affiliated or funded Visitors Center, offering crucial information for the entire two-stat, five county Lake Gaston region. We assist those seeking information on relocation, vacation, local goods and services, and general service questions regarding permits, directions, etc. We also offer our guest free WiFi service, which is bery limited in this region, a Little Free Library for free books, a Village Post Office for reliable and quick mail services (as our post offices are located quite a distance apart and have varying hours of operation), and other needed and limited services, such as copying, faxing, and notary services.

    Expenses $10,527

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Watson

    Interim President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Owens

    Past Board President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mary Lou Kellogg

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Julia Allsbrook

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Angie Acree

    Board Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Sarah Evans

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gene St Clair

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tammy Diacont

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dave Blodgett

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bob Liddle

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heather Abbott

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Betsy Morris

    Board Director

    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.

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
2023
Filed
25 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202411179349300911

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