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CINCINNATI USA REGIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION

EIN 23-7089617 CINCINNATI, OH

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Revenue 2024
$10,130,701
Expenses 2024
$10,828,121

Program services were 90.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S41Z
Classification
1200
Street
3 E 4TH STREET

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists 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

TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TALENT INITIATIVES AND THE UNIQUE OFFERINGS IN THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS A WIDE VARIETY OF WORK OF THE CINCINNATI REGIONAL CHAMBER, INCLUDING TALENT INITIATIVES, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION EFFORTS, FUNDRAISING FOR A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING, BLINK, THE WORKFORCE INNOVATION CENTER, AND THE MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION ROUTINELY SERVES AS A FISCAL SPONSOR FOR A WIDE RANGE OF EFFORTS BY AFFILIATIES AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON BUILDING ECONOMIC VIBRANCY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION.

    Expenses $9,749,085 · Grants $9,675,605 · Revenue $801,694

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.

  • James Zimmerman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christopher Che

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brendon Cull

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $506,885
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $467,327
    Other
    $39,558
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $374,581 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $73,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $19,746 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $22,308 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $506,885 related
  • Whitney Eckert

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Warren Weber

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alex Derkson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick Dolle

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barbara Hauser

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carolyn Micheli

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Barb Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Danielle Wilson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Ward

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $292,791
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $260,543
    Other
    $32,248
    Hours/week
    2 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $236,325 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $23,000 related
    Other
    $0 + $1,218 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,853 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,395 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $292,791 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
    $10,130,701
    Expenses
    $10,828,121
    Contributions
    $9,210,573
    Grants paid
    $9,675,605
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,837,028
    Expenses
    $6,517,675
    Contributions
    $6,488,492
    Grants paid
    $6,239,855
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,148,460
    Expenses
    $10,104,104
    Contributions
    $8,832,392
    Grants paid
    $10,083,305

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
    $8,994,630
    Expenses
    $8,038,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,241,564
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,703,410
    Expenses
    $6,506,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,270,215
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,666,081
    Expenses
    $5,771,355
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,563,868
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,164,438
    Expenses
    $2,430,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,361,829
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,437,824
    Expenses
    $3,462,503
    Assets (EOY)
    $913,736
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,118,896
    Expenses
    $2,125,764
    Assets (EOY)
    $762,896
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,005,490
    Expenses
    $1,978,834
    Assets (EOY)
    $623,029
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,456,230
    Expenses
    $1,284,474
    Assets (EOY)
    $540,280
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,698,356
    Expenses
    $2,006,569
    Assets (EOY)
    $535,084
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,002,057
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,219,168

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

  • 2024 TO SUPPORT CINCINNATI FESTIVALS AND EVENTS, REGIONAL WORKFORCE INNITIATIVES, AND GROW THE VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • 2022 TO SUPPORT CINCINNATI FESTIVALS AND EVENTS, REGIONAL WORKFORCE INNITIATIVES, AND GROW THE VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • 2023 TO SUPPORT CINCINNATI FESTIVALS AND EVENTS, REGIONAL WORKFORCE INNITIATIVES, AND GROW THE VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY OF THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR

    $1,411,330

    2022 TO INCREASE ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT IN THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR

    $1,144,878

    2023 TO INCREASE ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT IN THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR

    $893,143

    2024 TO INCREASE ECONOMIC INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT IN THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • REDI CINCINNATI

    $624,000

    2023 TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE 16-COUNTY CINCINNATI REGION.

  • REDI CINCINNATI

    $425,000

    2024 TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN THE 16-COUNTY CINCINNATI REGION.

  • CINCINNATI COMPASS

    $401,206

    2022 TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE CINCINNATI REGION.

  • CINCINNATI COMPASS

    $244,232

    2023 TO ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INCLUSION OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL VIBRANCY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE CINCINNATI REGION.

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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

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.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR FUND MANAGEMENT

    FUND MANAGER OF MINORITY BUSINESS ACCELERATOR FUNDS · OH · income $588,744 · assets $243,308

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 11 November 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 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.