Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$183,452

Total expenses

$210,354

Contributions and grants received

$122,392

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$61,060

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$26,049

Total liabilities, end of year

$46,362

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$20,313

Program services expenses (Part IX)

— not reported

Management and general expenses

— not reported

Fundraising expenses

— not reported

Program service expenses (Part III)

$210,356

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 · 2024

• EXPONENTIAL GROWTH HAS PLACED EXTRAORDINARY DEMANDS ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. WE MUST DEVELOP COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMITTED TO A GREAT FUTURE FOR OUR REGION. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE CHAMBER IS DOING-AND AT AN ACCELERATING PACE. THE CHAMBER IS THE OLDEST AND STRONGEST PROVIDER OF LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS IN THE REGION. WE HAVE GRADUATED MORE THAN 1000 COMMUNITY LEADERS SINCE 1987. WE ARE BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP THROUGH LEADERSHIP LEE COUNTY AND THE BRAND NEW REGIONAL L.E.A.D. PROGRAM. WE TEACH VETERAN AND UP AND COMING EXECUTIVES ALIKE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WE FACE AS WE COPE WITH UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH AND CHANGE. GRADUATES OF OUR PROGRAMS EMERGE READY TO TACKLE THE OBSTACLES THAT THREATEN THE CREATION OF A HIGH-FUNCTIONING COMMUNITY.SUCCEEDING IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MEANS STAYING ABREAST OF BUSINESS TRENDS, BEST PRACTICES, AND PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES. THE CHAMBER KEEPS OUR MEMBERS AND THE REGIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY CURRENT ON THE TOPICS THAT WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. EACH YEAR THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC OUTLOOK CONFERENCE PROVIDES A UNIQUE OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE HEADED IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, AND LUNCHEONS EXAMINE BOTH BUSINESS AND POLICY ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THE CHAMBER WEBSITE AS WELL AS OUR MONTHLY PRINT AND E-NEWSLETTERS PROVIDE BOTH TIMELY AND TIMELESS INFORMATION TO HELP BUSINESS LEADERS DO A BETTER JOB OF DRIVING GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY.THE REGION'S PREMIUM COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IS LEADERSHIP LEE COUNTY, NOW RECRUITING ITS NEXT CLASS TO BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ACQUIRING VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF LEE COUNTY AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE SKILLS REQUIRED TO BECOME FUTURE TRUSTEES OF THE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTEER LEADERS GUIDING OUR COLLECTIVE FUTURE.THE QUARTERLY ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE EVENTS PROVIDE AN EXPLORATION OF ISSUES FOLLOWED BY OUR TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC AND TECHNOLOGY FORECASTS. WE ARE KNOWN FOR OUR NATIONAL AND LOCAL EXPERTS WHO PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION.

  Expenses $210,356 · Revenue $61,060

As filed on the 2024 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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

11 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

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