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← CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER.

Totals

Total revenue
$28,114,499
Total expenses
$26,349,561
Contributions and grants received
$1,012,800
Grants paid
$130,000
Program service revenue
$26,519,302
Investment income
$279,391
Other revenue
$303,006
Total assets, end of year
$21,191,885
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,688,344
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,503,541
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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,012,800

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $22,012,599 · related or exempt $22,012,599

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $3,460,656 · related or exempt $3,460,656

  • 2c · Program service revenue: INSURANCE/OTHER BENEFITS

    total $1,046,047 · unrelated business $1,046,047

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $292,477 · excluded $292,477

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $282,837

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $282,837

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $282,837 · related or exempt $282,837

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,082,309

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,095,395

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$13,086

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$13,086 · excluded -$13,086

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $20,169 · related or exempt $20,169

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $20,169

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $130,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,368,735

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,787,865

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $224,314

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $653,714

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $549,550

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $298,523

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $67,574

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,778,762

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,730,470

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,024,452

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $569,656

  • 17 · Travel

    total $144,142

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $108,692

  • 24a · Other expenses: INCOME TAX

    total $156,585

  • 24b · Other expenses: FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

    total $8,559,040

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROGRAMS

    total $1,920,771

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $128,435

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $148,281

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $6,886,464 · end of year $7,118,973

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $629,000 · end of year $540,836

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $846,522 · end of year $729,813

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $246,239 · end of year $236,935

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

    $4,483,011

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

    $3,827,076

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $364,686 · end of year $655,935

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $12,230,563 · end of year $10,351,948

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,557,445

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $3,157,212 · end of year $2,168,304

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,496,468 · end of year $2,609,748

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $184,931 · end of year $152,125

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,758,167

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,761,263 · end of year $14,181,398

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $603,600 · end of year $322,143

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO GROW THE VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF OUR REGION.

  • THE CHAMBER PROVIDES NUMEROUS SERVICES, INCLUDING BUSINESS RETENTION AND ATTRACTION, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, MEMBER BENEFITS TO IMPROVE MEMBERS' BOTTOM LINE, SOLUTIONS TO MEMBERS' WORKFORCE CHALLENGES, GOVERNMENT ADVOCACY, AND MORE TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN A POSITIVE BUSINESS CLIMATE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING DEMONSTRATING A COMMITMENT TO SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION. THESE SERVICES REFLECT OUR FOUR STRATEGIC GOALS: 1. LEAD WITH A BOLD VOICE FOR BUSINESS 2. EXPAND THE REGION'S TALENT BASE3. DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT OUR REGION'S UNIQUE OFFERINGS 4. MODEL INCLUSION AND REGIONAL THINKING IN EVERYTHING WE DO.THE CHAMBER'S TALENTED PROFESSIONAL STAFF WORKS WITH THOUSANDS OF ENGAGED MEMBER COMPANIES, VOLUNTEERS AND PARTNERS IN AN EFFORT TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN A DYNAMIC CINCINNATI USA, A REGION OF FIFTEEN COUNTIES LOCATED IN THREE STATES. THE CHAMBER'S MEMBER BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 2,000 BUSINESSES AND 300,000 EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT SOUTHWESTERN OHIO, NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • MR GREGORY W HARMEYER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR TEDD H FRIEDMAN

    CORPORATE COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR LEIGH R FOX

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS CANDACE S MCGRAW

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS JILL P MEYER

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $618,718
    From this org
    $598,257
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,461
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $417,906
    Bonus
    $165,000
    Other
    $15,351
    Deferred
    $12,534
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,927
    Filer's total
    $618,718
  • MS MOLLY NORTH

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS BARBARA A TURNER

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS NATALIE L AUZENNE-SWAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR DAVID ADAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR JOSEF ALLEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR TROY BRODIE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS MICHELLE GILLIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR LONNIE GRAYSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR KENNETH MCNUTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR ANDREW HAWKING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR KEVIN JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR RICHARD LOFGREN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR WARREN WEBER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR JOHN A MOORE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR BEN PARKS JR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS MAUREEN BICKLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR JAMES W SOWAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR THOMAS WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR JAMES M ZIMMERMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR BRIAN HODGETT

    MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR PATRICK LAFLEY

    MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR JAMES W PRICE II

    MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR GERALD A SPARKMAN

    MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR JAMES A WATKINS

    MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR DERRICK J BRAZIEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS SYLVIA BUXTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS KERRY BYRNE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR ANDREW D CIAFARDINI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR KEITH G DAILEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS WHITNEY M ECKERT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR TIMOTHY A ELSBROCK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS KAREN FORGUS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS DEBORAH HAYES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR GREG HERRIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR STEPHEN L HIGHTOWER II

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS CAROLYN PIONE MICHELI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS NERISSA E MORRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR STEPHEN D MULLINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS MAGGIE NICHOLS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR DAMODAR PADHI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR J SCOTT ROBERTSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS BARBARA SMITH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS AMY B SPILLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS ASHISH K VAIDYA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR JEREMY VAUGHAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR JOHN R WARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MS MELISSA A WASSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR ALEXANDER M YASTREBENETSKY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • MR BRENDON J CULL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $418,550
    From this org
    $394,123
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,427
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,146
    Bonus
    $125,760
    Other
    $1,217
    Deferred
    $11,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,927
    Filer's total
    $418,550
  • MS MICHELLE DOLL-SPEISER

    CFO AND COO

    Total calculated
    $331,467
    From this org
    $315,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,801
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $263,667
    Bonus
    $49,440
    Other
    $2,559
    Deferred
    $12,778
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,023
    Filer's total
    $331,467
  • MR DARRIN REDUS

    CEO, MBA

    Total calculated
    $302,692
    From this org
    $276,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,034
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,734
    Bonus
    $47,070
    Other
    $854
    Deferred
    $12,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,087
    Filer's total
    $302,692
  • MR THOMAS DEERE

    VP OF MEMBERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $180,346
    From this org
    $171,781
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,565
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,125
    Bonus
    $16,875
    Other
    $781
    Deferred
    $8,565
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,346
  • MS KIMBERLY LAUTERBACH

    CEO, REDI

    Total calculated
    $430,918
    From this org
    $408,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,451
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $332,831
    Bonus
    $66,837
    Other
    $8,799
    Deferred
    $11,908
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,543
    Filer's total
    $430,918
  • MS SUSAN ROBERTS

    VP OPERATIONS, REDI

    Total calculated
    $190,424
    From this org
    $178,778
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,646
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,834
    Bonus
    $18,460
    Other
    $2,484
    Deferred
    $6,804
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,842
    Filer's total
    $190,424
  • MS GINA RITTINGER

    VP STRATEGIC GROWTH, REDI

    Total calculated
    $195,441
    From this org
    $177,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,024
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,266
    Bonus
    $18,460
    Other
    $1,691
    Deferred
    $8,537
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,487
    Filer's total
    $195,441

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 4B
LINE 4B:THE CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER PROVIDES TWO NONQUALIFIED DEFERRED BENEFIT PLANS TO SENIOR PERSONNEL. THE FIRST NONQUALIFIED PLAN IS FOR THE CEOS OF THE CHAMBER AND REDI, JILL MEYER AND KIMM LAUTERBACH. THE SECOND PLAN IS OFFERED TO KEY SENIOR EMPLOYEES OF THE CHAMBER AND IS FUNDED BY BOTH EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS.

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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • GROWTHBRIDGE MANAGEMENT LLC

    BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT · OH · income $84 · assets $14,299

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER

  • REDI CINCINNATI LLC

    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT · OH · income $6,028,962 · assets $5,435,764

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER

  • CINCINNATI COMPASS LLC

    IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION · OH · income $412,674 · assets $587,078

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER

  • MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR

    MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT · OH · income $1,808,224 · assets $594,901

    Directly controlled by CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
13 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333189349306013

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