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COLBY THOMAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC

EIN 48-0506511 COLBY, KS

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Revenue 2025
$615,078
Expenses 2025
$603,259

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
3000
Street
350 S RANGE AVE STE 10

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 · 2025

Mission

THE COLBY/THOMAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROMOTES THOMAS COUNTY KANSAS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, SHOP AND VISIT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTES THOMAS COUNTY KANSAS BOTH AS AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, SHOP AND VISIT; AND THE CIVIC AND COMMERCIAL PROGRESS OF THE COMMUNITY.

  • THE PICKIN ON THE PLAINS BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL IS A THREE DAY EVENT HELD THE THIRD WEEKEND OF JULY AT THE THOMAS COUNTY KANSAS FAIRGROUNDS. A FULL SLATE OF LOCAL AND MIDWEST AREA BANDS PERFORM UNDER AN AIR-COOLED CANOPY STARTING FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. YOUTH ACTIVITIES, A CRAFT FAIR AND MUSICAL WORKSHOPS ARE ALSO PART OF THE ACTIVITIES. THE FESTIVAL PROMOTES (a) AN APPRECIATION OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, (b) COORDINATES THE EFFORTS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONS IN MAINTAINING AND STRENGHTENING A SOUND AND HEALTHY BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE AREA; (c) SPONSORSHIP OF AGGRESSIVE PROGRAMS OF WORK AND STIMULATES ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR FULL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF OUR HUMAN AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES; (d) CREATIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE COORDINATION OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND IN INITIATING CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNITY ACTION; (e) CREATING BROAD UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THOMAS COUNTY AND THE ADVANTAGES AND ASSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

  • LET THE COLBY/THOMAS COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DO YOUR SHOPPING FOR YOU. CHAMBER GIFT CERTIFICATES ARE A GREAT WAY TO GIVE, AND CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE GOODS AND SERVICES AT MANY THOMAS COUNTY BUSINESSES. THEY CAN BE SPENT FOR QUALITY MERCHANDISE, FOOD AND SERVICES AT RETAIL SHOPS, SERVICE PROVIDERS AND RESTAURANTS. THE GIFT CERTICICATES PROMOTES (a) AN APPRECIATION OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, (b) COORDINATES THE EFFORTS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONS IN MAINTAINING AND STRENGHTENING A SOUND AND HEALTHY BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE AREA; (c) SPONSORSHIP OF AGGRESSIVE PROGRAMS OF WORK AND STIMULATES ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR FULL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF OUR HUMAN AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES; (d) CREATIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE COORDINATION OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND IN INITIATING CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNITY ACTION; (e) CREATING BROAD UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THOMAS COUNTY AND THE ADVANTAGES AND ASSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITHING THE AREA, THE STATE AND NATION.

  • THE SUNFLOWER FESTIVAL IS A COMMUNITY EVENT HELD DOWNTOWN COLBY KANSAS AND FIKE PARK IN COLBY KANSAS. THE FESTIVAL PROMOTES (a) AN APPRECIATION OF THE FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, (b) COORDINATES THE EFFORTS OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND THE PROFESSIONS IN MAINTAINING AND STRENGHTENING A SOUND AND HEALTHY BUSINESS CLIMATE IN THE AREA; (c) SPONSORSHIP OF AGGRESSIVE PROGRAMS OF WORK AND STIMULATES ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR FULL DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF OUR HUMAN AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES; (d) CREATIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE COORDINATION OF ALL INTERESTED PARTIES IN SOLVING COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND IN INITIATING CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNITY ACTION; (e) CREATING BROAD UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IN THOMAS COUNTY AND THE ADVANTAGES AND ASSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY WITHIN THE AREA, THE STATE AND NATION.

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.

  • Annette Wetter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Max Ellegood

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Dible

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kaylee Hennes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chad Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Rehmer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Carmichael

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Don McKenzie

    CHAIR-PAST

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Melany Wilks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carla Sharp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenny Hernandez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jenny Hurtt

    CHAIR

    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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $615,078
    Expenses
    $603,259
    Contributions
    $441,970
    Grants paid
    $141,640
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $637,333
    Expenses
    $824,435
    Contributions
    $461,530
    Grants paid
    $364,488
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $748,071
    Expenses
    $667,620
    Contributions
    $575,143
    Grants paid
    $112,355
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $782,750
    Expenses
    $563,211
    Contributions
    $576,181
    Grants paid
    $113,058

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
    $761,086
    Expenses
    $630,317
    Assets (EOY)
    $967,118

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $532,049
    Expenses
    $394,137
    Assets (EOY)
    $836,922

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $718,820
    Expenses
    $687,819
    Assets (EOY)
    $699,506

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $528,712
    Expenses
    $452,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $668,009

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $447,083
    Expenses
    $468,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $592,126

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $563,120
    Expenses
    $446,103
    Assets (EOY)
    $612,808

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $437,449
    Expenses
    $411,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $495,902

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $435,116
    Expenses
    $397,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $470,439

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $395,058
    Expenses
    $414,351
    Assets (EOY)
    $433,151

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $413,754
    Assets (EOY)
    $452,642

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.