- Revenue 2025
- $581,080
- Expenses 2025
- $593,825
Program services were 99.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- PO BOX 1390
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.
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COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
EIN 35-0240270
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
THE COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER FOUNDATION ENCOMPASSES A DIVERSE ARRAY OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, DRIVING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENT.
Activities or mission (Part I)
TO ORGANIZE ECONOMIC PROGRAMS TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF COLUMBUS/BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY.
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THE COLUMBUS PROPELLER WAS FORMED IN MARCH 2021 TO CREATE A MAKERSPACE FOR THE COMMUNITY. TARGETED NVESTMENT IN MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS (TIME) WAS CREATED TO BUILD FINANCIAL BRIDGES AND INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS FOR LOCAL MINORITY ENTREPRENEURS. THE FOUNDATION RECEIVES THE FUNDING FOR TIME AND MANAGES THE EXPENSES. COLUMBUS CATALYST IS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO FUEL THE SUCCESS OF ENTREPRENEURS IN THE COLUMBUS, INDIANA REGION. IT CONNECTS STARTUPS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS, AND ASPIRING FOUNDERS WITH THE RESOURCES, MENTORSHIP, EVENTS, AND COMMUNITY THEY NEED TO THRIVE. THROUGH PERSONALIZED COACHING, PEER LEARNING, AND ACCESS TO LOCAL EXPERTS, CATALYST HELPS PARTICIPANTS MOVE FROM IDEA TO EXECUTIONOR FROM EARLY GROWTH TO LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY. THE FOUNDATION IS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR ALL THREE PROGRAMS. IN 2024, THE PROAM TOURNAMENT WAS CREATED AS A FUNDING AID FOR THE COLUMBUS PROPELLER PROGRAM.
Expenses $592,718 · Grants $188,400
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Officers and directors · 2025
As listed in Part VII of the 2025 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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Matthew CarothersMATTHEW CAROTHERS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mandy WyantMANDY WYANT
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Kelsey DeclueKELSEY DECLUE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cindy FreyCINDY FREY
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonas HowellJONAS HOWELL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Nick SpragueNICK SPRAGUE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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
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2025
- Revenue
- $581,080
- Expenses
- $593,825
- Contributions
- $581,080
- Grants paid
- $188,400
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2024
- Revenue
- $845,908
- Expenses
- $601,514
- Contributions
- $845,908
- Grants paid
- $231,857
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2023
- Revenue
- $971,323
- Expenses
- $828,460
- Contributions
- $971,323
- Grants paid
- $579,425
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2022
- Revenue
- $236,523
- Expenses
- $163,885
- Contributions
- $223,234
- Grants paid
- $32,986
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $613,136
- Expenses
- $334,878
- Assets (EOY)
- $302,305
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2020 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $93,387
- Expenses
- $159,891
- Assets (EOY)
- $240
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2019 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $197,621
- Expenses
- $199,853
- Assets (EOY)
- $58,353
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2018 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $68,045
- Expenses
- $34,857
- Assets (EOY)
- $96,392
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2017 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $62,823
- Expenses
- $32,499
- Assets (EOY)
- $63,204
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2016 · 990-EZ
- Revenue
- $22,501
- Expenses
- $22,075
- Assets (EOY)
- $34,334
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $449,294
- Expenses
- $464,363
- Assets (EOY)
- $939,194
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $347,079
- Expenses
- $530,573
- Assets (EOY)
- $871,990
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2011 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $560,365
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,037,558
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2010 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $662,636
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,553,283
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
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COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
$406,435
2023 COMMISSION FUNDS FOR NEW BUILDING
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GREATER COLUMBUS INDIANA EDC
$52,000
2023 FUNDS TO ASSIST MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.
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2025 FUNDS TO ASSIST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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$16,000
2025 FUNDS TO ASSIST LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
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ALVAREZ PAINTING LLC
$15,000
2024 FUNDS TO ASSIST MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
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SHALOM PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICES LLC
$15,000
2024 FUNDS TO ASSIST MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
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CISCO BARBERSHOP
$10,000
2024 FUNDS TO ASSIST MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.
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CLEANING SOLUTIONS AND SERVICES LLC
$10,000
2024 FUNDS TO ASSIST MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
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COACH'S CUTZ
$10,000
2024 FUNDS TO ASSIST MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
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COLUMBUS HEALTHY ZONE
$10,000
2024 FUNDS TO ASSIST MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Grants received
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2024 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
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2022 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
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2023 TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
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 2025 return
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COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
501(C)(3) · FUNDING THE CITY OF COLUMBUS · IN
Declared as related by
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COLUMBUS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
On its 2024 return
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 SOUNK.
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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.