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Kentucky Chamber Advocacy Committee Inc

EIN 82-5223980 Frankfort, KY

Revenue 2023
$483,548
Expenses 2023
$373,822

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
464 Chenault Rd

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

6 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 · 2023

Mission

PROMOTE THE COMMON GOOD AND GENERAL WELFARE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THAT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, BY SUPPORTING, EDUCATING AND ADVOCATING ON POSITIONS AND ISSUES INCLUDING FREE ENTERPRISE, LIMITED GOVERNMENT, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

  • SUPPORTING, EDUCATING, AND ADVOCATING ON POSITIONS AND ISSUES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THAT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, ON FREE ENTERPRISE, LIMITED GOVERNMENT, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH.

    Expenses $373,822

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Ashli Watts

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $551,085
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $523,058
    Other
    $28,027
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $428,746 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $89,775 related
    Other
    $0 + $4,537 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,014 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $11,013 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $551,085 related

  • Katherine Shanks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $256,644
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $234,489
    Other
    $22,155
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $210,534 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $23,715 related
    Other
    $0 + $240 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,492 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,663 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $256,644 related

  • Patrick Merchak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $229,647
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $213,756
    Other
    $15,891
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $173,475 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $20,049 related
    Other
    $0 + $20,232 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,858 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $3,033 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $229,647 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $483,548
    Expenses
    $373,822
    Contributions
    $483,548
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $317,500
    Expenses
    $482,685
    Contributions
    $317,500
    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
    $354,643
    Expenses
    $249,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $293,202

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $305,626
    Expenses
    $256,424
    Assets (EOY)
    $192,772

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $208,319
    Expenses
    $76,995
    Assets (EOY)
    $139,081

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $123,263
    Expenses
    $119,692
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,397

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 2023 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

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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.