Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$2,467,266

Total expenses

$2,449,761

Contributions and grants received

$1,937,642

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$492,500

Investment income

$19,255

Other revenue

$17,869

Total assets, end of year

$1,710,509

Total liabilities, end of year

$72,635

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,637,874

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

— not reported

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.

Mission and programs · 2025

• SMALL BUSINESS PRIORITY - NATIONAL ACE WORKS WITH ALL SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITIES THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS THE RESOURCES AND EDUCATION THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. ACE'S GOAL IS TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS DEVELOP EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING, AND SOCIAL MEDIA BY TEACHING AND ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTING TO CHAMBERS, NON-PROFIT GROUPS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO TRANSITION TO DIGITAL PLATFORMS. ACE ALSO SUPPORTS BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE BY INVESTING IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES WHILE WORKING TO IMPROVE THE WELL-BEING, ECONOMIC RESILIENCE, AND MOBILITY OF THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

• CONFERENCES AND SUMMITS - THE NATIONAL ACE ANNUAL CONFERENCE BROUGHT TOGETHER ENTREPRENEURS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, CORPORATE PARTNERS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ENGAGE IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMING AND NETWORK BUILDING. PARTICIPANTS WILL DISCOVER INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAPITAL BUILDING, RECEIVE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, AND HEAR INSPIRING STORIES FROM ENTREPRENEURS IN THE COMMUNITY. NATIONAL ACE ALSO HOSTS OTHER EVENTS AND SUMMITS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FOR ACCESS TO CAPITAL, INVESTING IN SMALL BUSINESSES, AND STAYING COMPETITIVE IN A DIGITAL WORLD.

• POLICY - NATIONAL ACE WORKS TO EMPOWER THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY BY ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT HELP ENTREPRENEURS THRIVE. THE ORGANIZATION BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND POLICYMAKERS THROUGH INITIATIVES LIKE CAPITOL HILL DAY, WHERE ENTREPRENEURS AND CHAMBER PARTNERS MEET DIRECTLY WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS TO ENSURE THEIR VOICES HELP SHAPE FEDERAL POLICY DECISIONS. THIS YEAR, 62 BUSINESS LEADERS FROM NATIONAL ACE AND ITS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS MET WITH 40 CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES. ADDITIONALLY, NATIONAL ACE CONDUCTS POLICY RESEARCH TO ADDRESS CRITICAL DATA GAPS ON ISSUES INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESS CAPITAL SOURCES AND THE OPERATIONAL REALITIES OF MICRO-BUSINESSES. OUR RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY ARE ALSO INFORMED BY SMALL BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES HOSTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE DISCUSSIONS BRING TOGETHER ENTREPRENEURS, CORPORATE PARTNERS, AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ISSUES IMPACTING SMALL BUSINESSES. THESE SESSIONS FOCUS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS TO FUNDING TO THE ADOPTION OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LIKE AI AND MENTAL HEALTH. NATIONAL ACE ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN BROADER COALITION INITIATIVES, ISSUES STRATEGIC POLICY UPDATES TO CORPORATE SPONSORS, AND SUBMITS FORMAL LETTERS OF SUPPORT TO CHAMPION BUSINESS-FRIENDLY LEGISLATION. IN 2025, NATIONAL ACE HOSTED SEVEN IN-PERSON SMALL BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES NATIONWIDE.

• MBDA

• SPECIAL PROJECTS

• ACE NEXTGEN

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

29 July 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202632119349300523

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