- Revenue 2024
- $2,577,162
- Expenses 2024
- $2,440,965
Program services were 94.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 06
- Classification
- 3000
- Street
- 696 1ST AVE
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).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Promote a strong business environment that enhances the quality of the community. To be the leader in making Gilmer County the best place to visit, live and work.
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Support & promotion of member businesses, as well as promotion of tourism and economic development for Gilmer County.
Expenses $2,296,743
As filed on the 2024 return.
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.
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Jennifer GrimmerJENNIFER GRIMMER
FORMER PRESIDENT/CEO
- Total calculated
- $61,237
- From this org
- $61,237
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Kyle RayKYLE RAY
PRESIDENT/CEO
- Total calculated
- $11,816
- From this org
- $11,816
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Andy AshurstANDY ASHURST
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Zach HendersonZACH HENDERSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Nicole Jones-TinkerNICOLE JONES-TINKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Brett CantrellBRETT CANTRELL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Katherine HyattKATHERINE HYATT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Brad SimmonsBRAD SIMMONS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Mitchell PackMITCHELL PACK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David SimmonsDAVID SIMMONS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Catherine BenitezCATHERINE BENITEZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Katie VaughnKATIE VAUGHN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Terry EllisTERRY ELLIS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rebecca HarrellREBECCA HARRELL
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Tiffany WatsonTIFFANY WATSON
PAST CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Doug ColburnDOUG COLBURN
SECRETARY/TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Julie JohnsonJULIE JOHNSON
CHAIR ELECT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Hubert ParkerHUBERT PARKER
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Brian RidleyBRIAN RIDLEY
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Kent SanfordKENT SANFORD
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Ed LaceyED LACEY
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
-
Larry CallahanLARRY CALLAHAN
EX OFFICIO
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
-
2024
- Revenue
- $2,577,162
- Expenses
- $2,440,965
- Contributions
- $2,303,489
- Grants paid
- $176,078
-
2023
- Revenue
- $2,427,852
- Expenses
- $2,351,075
- Contributions
- $2,198,929
- Grants paid
- $84,928
-
2022
- Revenue
- $2,339,367
- Expenses
- $2,011,422
- Contributions
- $2,096,493
- Grants paid
- $0
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
- $1,818,848
- Expenses
- $1,340,677
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,553,621
-
2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,050,448
- Expenses
- $742,386
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,011,076
-
2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $864,958
- Expenses
- $750,798
- Assets (EOY)
- $689,422
-
2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $817,241
- Expenses
- $783,058
- Assets (EOY)
- $531,252
-
2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $728,356
- Expenses
- $651,006
- Assets (EOY)
- $499,980
-
2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $676,460
- Expenses
- $608,883
- Assets (EOY)
- $429,293
-
2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $571,412
- Expenses
- $536,379
- Assets (EOY)
- $354,774
-
2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $355,931
- Assets (EOY)
- $344,343
-
2010 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $316,673
- Assets (EOY)
- $292,938
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
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$10,000
2024 EVENT ADVERTISING
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FRIENDS OF GILMER ANIMAL SHELTER
$10,000
2024 EVENT ADVERTISING
-
$10,000
2024 EVENT ADVERTISING
-
2024 EVENT ADVERTISING
-
$10,000
2023 EVENT PROMOTION
-
2023 EVENT PROMOTION
-
$9,917
2024 EVENT ADVERTISING
-
$9,550
2023 EVENT PROMOTION
-
2023 EVENT PROMOTION
-
$7,500
2023 EVENT PROMOTION
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
-
$162,000
2024 PROGRAM OPERATIONS
-
$132,500
2023 PROGRAM OPERATIONS
-
2024 PROGRAM SUPPORT
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
Not present in the most recent drop.
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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.