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BAY AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC

EIN 76-0848045 ST PETERSBURG, FL

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Revenue 2024
$185,200
Expenses 2024
$227,104

Program services were 67.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
100 2ND AVE N STE 150

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

This address is a suite or unit (STE 150). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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

HELPING LEADERS GROW AND BUSINESSES START BY ALLOWING THE CHAMBER TO REACH INTO THE COMMUNITY FIRST-HAND AND PROVIDE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIPS AND HOST EDUCATIONAL EVENTS FOCUSED ON THE AREAS OF EQUITY, ENTREPRENEURIAL AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CONDUCT AND SUPPORT THE ST. PETERSBURG AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'SEDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PROGRAMS FOCUSING ON BUSINESS AND COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT.

  • LEADERSHIP ST. PETE CLASS COMMUNITY PROJECT IS A CIVIC-ENGAGEMENT, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TERM OF THE PROGRAM. THE 2024 COMMUNITY PROJECT ENHANCED THE ST. PETE YOUTH FARM'S MULTI-USE AREAS BY ADDING SHADE AND RAIN PROTECTION, IMPROVING THE MAIN GATHERING SPACE WITH COMFORTABLE, PERMANENT SEATING, AND UPGRADING THE OUTDOOR KITCHEN AND FOOD PREPARATION AREAS TO BETTER SERVE LOCAL RESIDENTS. THIS PROJECT NOT ONLY PROVIDED THE YOUTH FARM WITH MUCH-NEEDED PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS BUT ALSO BUILT AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO OFFER HANDS-ON LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND PROGRAMMING TO TEENS.

    Expenses $70,283 · Grants $9,000 · Revenue $23,000

  • LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE BRINGS TOGETHER COMMUNITY LEADERS TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY OF ST. PETE'S PILLARS OF PROGRESS. THIS INITIATIVE SUCCEEDING THE GROW SMARTER INITIATIVE IMPLEMENTED IN 2015 THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CHAMBER AND LOCAL LEADERS LED TO THE ST. PETERSBURG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL'S (EDC) CREATION, THE INNOVATION DISTRICT'S FORMATION AND THE ST. PETE GREENHOUSE'S DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $42,114

  • HIRE THE ST. PETE WAY IS A ROBUST COMMUNITY INITIATIVE. HIRE (HIRING, INTERNING, RESKILLING, EMPOWERING.) - THE ST. PETE WAY IDENTIFIES GAPS AND BARRIERS THAT MAY BE HINDERING BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS FROM REACHING THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. IN 2024 THE INITIATIVE BEGAN A COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MAPPING STUDY TO IDENTIFY KEY INSTITUTIONS, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES ENGAGED IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE A COHESIVE AND ACTIONABLE ROADMAP FOR OUR CITY'S GROWTH.

    Expenses $39,808 · Grants $4,400

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.

  • Jason Spears

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Owen Lafave

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 3 related
  • Jason Jensen

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Patrick Causey

    VICE CHAIR - ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Ryan Quinty

    VICE CHAIR - MEMBER CONNECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Christian Hardigree

    VICE CHAIR - FUTURE OF WORK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Patricia Clynes

    VICE CHAIR - SECT/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Roy Binger

    VICE CHAIR - GREENHOUSE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Dr Shameka Jones

    VICE CHAIR - DEI

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Chris Steinocher

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $291,853
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $256,564
    Other
    $35,289
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $191,164 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $58,500 related
    Other
    $0 + $6,900 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,605 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $27,684 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $291,853 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
    $185,200
    Expenses
    $227,104
    Contributions
    $162,200
    Grants paid
    $13,400
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $320,652
    Expenses
    $226,409
    Contributions
    $221,747
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $208,988
    Expenses
    $217,631
    Contributions
    $208,988
    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
    $317,898
    Expenses
    $337,660
    Assets (EOY)
    $208,803
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $497,702
    Expenses
    $481,651
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,619
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $521,390
    Expenses
    $517,108
    Assets (EOY)
    $210,865
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $315,842
    Expenses
    $262,864
    Assets (EOY)
    $336,404
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $73,293
    Expenses
    $79,549
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,588
  • 2011 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $29,381
    Expenses
    $22,485
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,452
  • 2010 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $45,357
    Expenses
    $76,567
    Assets (EOY)
    $561

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016
Principal officer
Chris Steinocher
Mailing address
100 2ND AVENUE N SUITE 150ST PETERSBURG FL 33701

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

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

Declared as related by

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 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.