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MISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION

EIN 43-6051487 JEFFERSON CITY, MO

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Revenue 2024
$3,579,339
Expenses 2024
$3,669,885

Program services were 95.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
428 E CAPITOL AVENUE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES A LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE MISSOURIANS THE INFORMATION, SKILLS, AND CONTACTS TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFECTIVE LEADERS IN THEIR BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY. THE FOUNDATION ALSO PROVIDES PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE STUDENTS ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL WITH LEADERSHIP SKILLS ALONG WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLETING RIGOROUS, DEFINED COURSES OF STUDY. THE FOUNDATION ALSO FACILITATES A DOL GRANT, AND A HEALTHCARE APPRENTICESHIP GRANT THAT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES, AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THAT ARE CREATING OR EXPANDING REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS.

  • GRANTS - DOL GRANT - THROUGH THE INDUSTRY-DRIVEN IT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, THE MISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO IT COMPANIES THAT ARE CREATING OR EXPANDING REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS. THE MISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION PROVIDES AN 800 - 1,200 REIMBURSEMENT PER APPRENTICE TRAINED BY PARTICIPATING COMPANIES, WHILE THE COMPANIES IN THE GRANT SERVE AS MENTORS TO EACH OTHER AND SHARE BEST PRACTICES TO IMPROVE THEIR TRAINING AND RECRUITING SYSTEMS. OVER THE FOUR YEARS OF THE GRANT, THE MISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION WILL HELP TRAIN MORE THAN 5,300 APPRENTICES. HEALTHCARE ARPA GRANT - THROUGH THE INDUSTRY-DRIVEN HEALTH CARE APPRENTICESHIPS PROGRAM, THE MISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO HEALTHCARE COMPANIES THAT ARE CREATING OR EXPANDING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS RELATED TO HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE TRAINING. DOL HEALTHCARE GRANT - THROUGH THE INDUSTRY-DRIVEN HEALTH CARE APPRENTICESHIPS PROGRAM, THE MISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO HEALTHCARE COMPANIES THAT ARE CREATING OR EXPANDING APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS RELATED TO HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE TRAINING.

    Expenses $2,134,541

  • THE MISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION RESEARCH CENTER WILL PROVIDE TRUSTED, NON- PARTISAN ECONOMIC DATA AND RESOURCES TO POLICY MAKERS AND THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT MISSOURI IS A STATE WHERE BUSINESSES THRIVE, COMMUNITIES ARE STRONG AND SAFE, AND PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORTS ECONOMIC FREEDOM.

    Expenses $502,494

  • THE MISSOURI CHAMBER FOUNDATION FOSTERS COLLABORATION THROUGH CUTTING EDGE TRAINING, EVENTS AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THAT ADVANCE MISSOURI EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES, AND COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $620,950 · Grants $210,750

  • SEMINARS-TRAINING SEMINARS TO DEVELOP BUSINESS IN ALL ASPECTS OF TOPICS. THESE TOPICS RANGE FROM WORKFORCE, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, HEALTH CARE, TAX, ENERGY, AND MORE.

    Expenses $257,080

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kara Corches

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $324,556
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $299,834
    Other
    $24,722
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $221,739 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $63,000 related
    Other
    not reported + $15,095 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $19,128 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $5,594 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $324,556 related
  • Becky Wekenborg

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $254,327
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $204,507
    Other
    $49,820
    Hours/week
    8 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $167,642 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $35,281 related
    Other
    not reported + $1,584 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $16,370 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $33,450 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $254,327 related
  • Karen Buschmann

    EXEC. DIR. &

    Total calculated
    $210,083
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $182,657
    Other
    $27,426
    Hours/week
    32 + 8 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $153,323 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $28,560 related
    Other
    not reported + $774 related
    Deferred
    not reported + $14,127 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $13,299 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $210,083 related
  • Roger Archibald

    CO-VICE-CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Don Chenevert

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Teresa Coyan

    CO-VICE-CHAI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Tim Drury

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Al Koller III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sterett Schanze

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Richard Svindland

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Brad Thomas

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,579,339
    Expenses
    $3,669,885
    Contributions
    $3,443,226
    Grants paid
    $210,750
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,237,102
    Expenses
    $3,340,954
    Contributions
    $3,069,006
    Grants paid
    $196,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,935,389
    Expenses
    $2,923,000
    Contributions
    $2,744,028
    Grants paid
    $184,250

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,358,657
    Expenses
    $2,167,217
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,061,220
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,135,604
    Expenses
    $1,825,832
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,802,311
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,069,432
    Expenses
    $1,080,306
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,861,758
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $856,160
    Expenses
    $1,069,993
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,762,505
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $797,147
    Expenses
    $1,041,420
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,901,835
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,075,300
    Expenses
    $969,664
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,093,605

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

  • MO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

    501C6 · BUSINESS L · MO

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • MO CHAMBER ADVANTAGE

    C CORP · BUSINESS S · MO

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.