Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce Inc
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What it says it does
TO ADVANCE THE BALANCED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CENTRAL DELAWARE BY PROMOTING CIVIC, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL, AGRI-BUSINESS AND SOCIAL INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND BY STRENGTHENING THE FREEDOM OF PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO OPERATE COMPETITIVELY FOR PROFIT WITH MINIMAL AND EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS.
- Income
- $742,738
- Spending
- $864,807
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 100
- Highest pay
- $102,192, president
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This return does not answer enough of the governance questions to score.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $138,276 spent. EVENTS - THE ORGANIZATION HOLDS MANY EVENTS DURING THE YEAR ATTENDED BY MEMBERS AND OTHER GUESTS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE BUSINESSES AND GOODWILL IN THE CENTRAL DELAWARE COMMUNITY. EVENT PARTICIPATION RANGES FROM 20 TO 350 ATTENDEES. DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025, THERE WERE 14 ANNUAL EVENTS AND SEVERAL SMALLER ONES HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
- $11,213 spent. LCD PROGRAM - THE ORGANIZATION RUNS THE LEADERSHIP CENTRAL DELAWARE (LCD) PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. THESE INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE IN CLASS TIME AND COMMUNITY PROJECTS, BOTH OF WHICH PROVIDE THEM THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME EFFECTIVE LEADERS. THERE WERE 28 PARTICIPANTS IN FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025.
- $37,470 spent. THE ORGANIZATION OFFERS PUBLICATIONS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION ON BUSINESSES, CHAMBER EVENTS, AND HAPPENINGS IN CENTRAL DELAWARE. THE LARGEST PUBLICATION IS THE CENTRAL DELAWARE RESOURCE GUIDE, WHICH PROVIDES NEW RESIDENTS WITH INFORMATION ON CENTRAL DELAWARE BUSINESSES, SOCIAL EVENTS,TOURISM ATTRACTIONS, AND EVERYTHING CENTRAL DELAWARE HAS TO OFFER.
- $261,295 spent. OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE AND EXPENSES INCLUDE ALL OTHER SOURCES OF PROGRAM REVENUE AND FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES NECESSARY TO MEET THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO THE THREE MAJOR PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PART III. SEE PART IV FOR ALL PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES.
- OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE AND EXPENSES INCLUDE ALL OTHER SOURCES OF PROGRAM REVENUE AND FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES NECESSARY TO MEET THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATED TO THE THREE MAJOR PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PART III. SEE PART IV FOR ALL PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(6) business league.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Caution.
The IRS master file records contributions to this 501(c)(6) business league as not deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 1959.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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