Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,367,163

Total expenses

$1,353,089

Contributions and grants received

$712,326

Grants paid

$176,546

Program service revenue

$638,704

Investment income

$16,133

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,031,116

Total liabilities, end of year

$247,907

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$783,209

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 · 2024

• BEND CHAMBER 2024 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:UPWARD TRAJECTORY OF 6.6% OF BEND CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP. EASIER TO BUILD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF BEND, THE BEND CHAMBER'S ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADU) WEBSITE HOSTS PRE-APPROVED BUILDING PLANS FOR BEND RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN ADDING A DWELLING TO THEIR PROPERTY. THE BEND CHAMBER'S WEBSITE HAS INFORMATION ON HOW TO FINANCE, BUILD, AND MANAGE ADUS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS AVAILABLE TO THE WORKFORCE. THE "I AM BEND" SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN CONTINUES, WITH MORE INFORMATION ON WHY SO MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE PRICED OUT OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND EVEN LOCAL RENTAL RATES. WE SHARE DATA ON HOUSING PRODUCTION, GREAT IDEAS, AND INFORMATION ON HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCREASE PRODUCTION.IN 2024, THE BEND CHAMBER CONDUCTED A "THREE-HORIZON" SURVEY OF MORE THAN 160 BUSINESS LEADERS IN THE BEND AREA. THE SURVEY ASKED WHAT IS INFLUENCING BUSINESS TODAY, WHAT ASSUMPTIONS THEY ARE PREDICTING FOR 10 YEARS OUT, AND HOW THEY WILL TRACK PROGRESS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. THROUGH CONTINUED AND DEDICATED ADVOCACY EFFORTS, WE FOSTER AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS THAT AMPLIFY THE COLLECTIVE VOICES OF CENTRAL OREGON BUSINESSES, DRIVING IMPACTFUL CHANGE AND GROWTH IN THE REGION. THROUGHOUT THE SHORT SESSION, THE BEND CHAMBER TRACKED 41 BILLS AND ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN 12+ BUDGET REQUESTS.THE BEND CHAMBER HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING LOCAL INITIATIVES WITH THE BEND CITY COUNCIL AND THE DESCHUTES COUNTY COMMISSION. CHAMBER LEADERS ADVISE THE CITY AS PART OF THE BEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD (BEDAB), CORE AREA ADVISORY BOARD (CAAB), AND PARTICIPATE AS A STAKEHOLDER IN ISSUES IMPACTING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THE BEND CHAMBER HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY ACTIVE IN ADVOCATING POLICY CHANGES TO INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF WORKFORCE HOUSING, ADDRESS THE COST OF CHILDCARE, IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MAKE IT EASIER TO DO BUSINESS IN BEND.THE BEND CHAMBER WAS SELECTED A FINALIST IN ACCE'S 2024 CHAMBER OF THE YEAR. THE BEND CHAMBER HELD DOZENS OF DIVERSE BUSINESS EVENTS, INCLUDING: O BIZ & BEVS O COMMERCE & COFFEE O IMPACT CONFERENCE O MEMBERSHIP 101 O RIBBON CUTTINGS O WHAT'S BREWING

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. 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

• BENDNEXT

  $169,311

  OPERATIONS

• DEFEAT THE COSTLY TAX ON SALES

  $5,000

  NO ON MEASURE 118 CONTRIBUTION

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.

• BENDNEXT

  501(C)(3) · COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP · OR

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

20 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202532939349300928

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