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DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

EIN 84-0186760 DENVER, CO

Largest nonprofits in Colorado

Revenue 2024
$11,148,726
Expenses 2024
$10,433,967

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
06
Classification
3000
Street
1445 MARKET ST STE 400

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 · 2024

Mission

THE DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS THE ARCHITECT OF TOMORROW, IGNITING CHANGE AND DRIVING PROGRESS TO BUILD DYNAMIC ECONOMIES AND COMMUNITIES. WE CHAMPION INNOVATION, FORGE POWERFUL PARTNERSHIPS, AND RELENTLESSLY ADVOCATE FOR OUR MEMBERS AND ALL COLORADANS. WITH MORE THAN 150 YEARS OF TRUST AND IMPACT, WE HELP BUSINESS FLOURISH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT FOR EVERY COLORADAN. SEE FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 FOR FULL MISSION STATEMENT.

  • MDEDC: AS THE NATION'S FIRST REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, WE SERVE AS THE "CENTER OF INFLUENCE" FOR OUR MEMBERS. WE OVERSEE A NETWORK OF 11 COUNTIES THAT COLLECTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO A DYNAMIC ECONOMY AND ENRICHING CULTURAL LANDSCAPE.

    Expenses $2,017,429 · Revenue $1,245,543

  • GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS: THE CHAMBER ADVOCATES ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBER BUSINESSES ON ISSUES CRITICAL TO ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, HOUSING, AND SUSTAINABILITY.

    Expenses $1,119,515 · Revenue $391,000

  • EVENTS: THE DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTS MORE THAN 50 EVENTS ANNUALLY TO HELP OUR MEMBERS MAKE CONNECTIONS, BUILD LEADS, STAY UP TO DATE, AND GROW THEIR BUSINESS AND BRAND RECOGNITION IN THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $937,918 · Revenue $1,210,657

  • COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: COMMUNICATE THE ORGANIZATION'S FOCUS AND POSITIONS ON ISSUES INCLUDING PUBLIC POLICY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EQUALITY TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND GENERAL PUBLIC. BUSINESS SERVICES: THE DENVER METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS A NUMBER OF FREE AND LOW-COST PROGRAMS FOR MEMBERS TO ENGAGE IN AS A BENEFIT OF MEMBERSHIP. FROM MONTHLY ROUNDTABLES TO INTIMATE NETWORKING AND ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES, THE BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT FINDS A WAY FOR EVERYONE TO GET INVOLVED.

    Expenses $2,164,218 · Grants $146,500 · Revenue $243,202

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.

  • Jonathan Ament

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $419,117
    From this org
    $393,330
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,787
    Hours/week
    38.6 + 1.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,630
    Bonus
    $92,700
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $13,158
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,629
    Filer's total
    $419,117
  • Ray Gonzales

    PRESIDENT ED

    Total calculated
    $382,905
    From this org
    $358,899
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,006
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $314,399
    Bonus
    $44,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $12,020
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,986
    Filer's total
    $382,905
  • Jerome Davis

    PRES.DMLF/EV

    Total calculated
    $317,900
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $300,964
    Other
    $16,936
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $260,964 related
    Bonus
    not reported + $40,000 related
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $8,568 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $8,368 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $317,900 related
  • Kristin Blessman

    PRESIDENT DM

    Total calculated
    $60,982
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $55,047
    Other
    $5,935
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related
  • Dave Suss

    SVP FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $236,620
    From this org
    $226,059
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,561
    Hours/week
    38.6 + 1.4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,559
    Bonus
    $32,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,903
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,658
    Filer's total
    $236,620
  • Catherine Stein

    VP SALES & I

    Total calculated
    $343,991
    From this org
    $323,110
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,881
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,610
    Bonus
    $27,500
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $11,629
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,252
    Filer's total
    $343,991
  • Ryan Pedretti

    ENTERPRISE S

    Total calculated
    $263,700
    From this org
    $245,483
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,217
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,483
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,897
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,320
    Filer's total
    $263,700
  • Steve Jorgensen

    ENTERPRISE S

    Total calculated
    $185,240
    From this org
    $169,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,112
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $169,128
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,887
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,225
    Filer's total
    $185,240
  • Carly West

    VP OF GOVERN

    Total calculated
    $187,735
    From this org
    $168,642
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,093
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,392
    Bonus
    $23,250
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,191
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,902
    Filer's total
    $187,735
  • Daniel Ryley

    VP OF ECONOM

    Total calculated
    $178,528
    From this org
    $170,141
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,387
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,141
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,055
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,332
    Filer's total
    $178,528
  • Maureen Tarrant

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 1 related
  • Lori Davis

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Mowa Haile

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Akasha Absher

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 0.1 related
  • Helen Drexler

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Sands

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related
  • Alan Salazar

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Aye

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • April Giles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brad McQueen

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.1 related
  • Brendan McGuire

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carl Koelbel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carla Dore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chad Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christie Lee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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
    $11,148,726
    Expenses
    $10,433,967
    Contributions
    $8,176,152
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $10,754,783
    Expenses
    $10,856,369
    Contributions
    $9,409,922
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $9,671,530
    Expenses
    $10,237,836
    Contributions
    $8,710,360
    Grants paid
    $143,494

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
    $9,796,835
    Expenses
    $8,764,064
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,074,791
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,262,466
    Expenses
    $7,450,334
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,550,452
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,643,843
    Expenses
    $8,319,866
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,390,531
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,339,309
    Expenses
    $8,942,284
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,790,716
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,256,256
    Expenses
    $9,219,931
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,518,448
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,256,256
    Expenses
    $9,219,931
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,518,448
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,597,334
    Expenses
    $8,522,492
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,067,316
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,363,034
    Expenses
    $8,182,334
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,651,713
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,322,242
    Expenses
    $8,340,989
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,237,867
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,086,047
    Expenses
    $8,053,259
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,840,007

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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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

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

  • 1445 MARKET RESTAURANT LLC

    LIQLICENSE · CO

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CHAMBER BUILDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCI

    C CORP · CONDO ASSO · CO · 100% owned

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.