Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← ASHEVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ASHEVILLE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,188,885
Total expenses
$4,260,694
Contributions and grants received
$1,617,274
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$2,125,104
Investment income
$51,190
Other revenue
$395,317
Total assets, end of year
$4,350,715
Total liabilities, end of year
$731,857
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,618,858
Program services expenses (Part IX)
not reported
Management and general expenses
not reported
Fundraising expenses
not reported
Program service expenses (Part III)
$0

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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $1,011,839

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $605,435

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Member Services Revenue

    total $723,275 · related or exempt $723,275

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE

    total $1,055,967 · related or exempt $1,055,967

  • 2c · Program service revenue: VISITOR CENTER REVENUE

    total $246,864 · related or exempt $246,864

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PUBLIC POLICY REVENUE

    total $89,891 · related or exempt $89,891

  • 2e · Program service revenue: AFFINITY PROGRAM

    total $9,107 · unrelated business $9,107

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $51,190 · excluded $51,190

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $88,957

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $88,957 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $88,957 · related or exempt $88,957

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $144,225

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $69,702

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $74,523 · excluded $74,523

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $136,840

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $136,840 · excluded $136,840

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $94,997 · excluded $94,997

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $94,997

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $362,573

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,890,236

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $108,872

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $194,951

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $152,959

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,911

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,106

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,408

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $60,592

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $120,546

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,439

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,801

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,957

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $89,729

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,037

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBER SERVICES

    total $541,350

  • 24b · Other expenses: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

    total $338,746

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $144,249

  • 24d · Other expenses: PUBLIC POLICY

    total $120,719

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,513

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $224,004 · end of year $78,955

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,208,081 · end of year $1,222,974

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,730 · end of year $5,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $226,229 · end of year $258,797

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $129,947 · end of year $96,093

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $710 · end of year $14,082

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

    $4,543,204

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

    $1,868,390

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,757,943 · end of year $2,674,814

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $59,630 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $201,144 · end of year $24,314

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $250,698 · end of year $289,280

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $465,593 · end of year $418,263

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,690,839 · end of year $3,618,858

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH BUSINESS

Activities or mission (Part I)

ADVANCE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND CIVIC DEVELOPMENT

  • See Schedule O

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Austin Walker

    Immediate Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jared Kay

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer Robinson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathryn Cramer

    President

    Total calculated
    $362,573
    From this org
    $335,570
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,003
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,500
    Bonus
    $44,070
    Other
    $6,000
    Deferred
    $18,857
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,146
    Filer's total
    $362,573
  • Kevin Hefner

    1st Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sabrina Rockoff

    2nd Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Terri King

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ann Patton Hornthal

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ben Teague

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brandon Bryant

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brandy Mills

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chad Patrick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dan Field

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Graham Fields

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Greg Burnette

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Heather Johnson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • J Hackett

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathy Hensley

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lauren Rash

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Loren Finnerty

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lucious Wilson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meghan Noel

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Noel Swartz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rachel Sossoman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Russ Towers

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rusty Edwards

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ryan Coffield

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Bugg

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vanessa Salomo

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Hathaway

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Adam Hower

    VP of Finance and Operations

    Total calculated
    $120,107
    From this org
    $102,878
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,229
    Hours/week
    40
  • Clark Duncan

    Sr VP of Economic Development

    Total calculated
    $187,299
    From this org
    $169,364
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,935
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,256
    Bonus
    $108
    Other
    $5,000
    Deferred
    $10,732
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,203
    Filer's total
    $187,299
  • Leeanne Briggs

    VP of Member Services

    Total calculated
    $144,929
    From this org
    $135,361
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,568
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
The performance review of the President/CEO was conducted by 3 independent board members. These board members, through their business activity, understand executive compensation levels in our region.

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.

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
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511349349313331

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.