Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Inc
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What it says it does
THE CORPORATION IS A VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THE PURPOSES OF WHICH ARE TO UPGRADE AND ADVANCE THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA IN POPULATION, COMMERCE AND FINANCE; TO EFFECT CIVIC AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENTS; TO BETTER THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE COMMUNITY; AND TO PROMOTE INTEGRITY AND GOOD FAITH AND JUST AND EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES IN BUSINESS.
- Income
- $19.1 million
- Spending
- $16.1 million
- Employees
- 82
- Volunteers
- 224
- Highest pay
- $815,295, president & ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 December 31, 2024, 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 (1)
- OVERVIEW IN 2024, THE METRO ATLANTA CHAMBER WORKED TO UNLEASH ATLANTA'S AMBITION AND FUEL BUSINESS GROWTH. OUR COLLECTIVE WORK CONTINUES TO POSITION METRO ATLANTA AS A TOP-TIER GLOBAL REGION AND ACCELERATE MOMENTUM AROUND THREE STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES: ECONOMY: WE ASPIRE TO BE THE BEST, MOST PRODUCTIVE, AND MOST INCLUSIVE PLACE TO DO BUSINESS TALENT: WE LEVERAGE AND GROW METRO ATLANTA'S SKILLED AND DIVERSE TALENT ADVANTAGE COMMUNITY: WE CATALYZE METRO ATLANTA'S ECOSYSTEM TO DRIVE TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT THIS YEAR, MAC'S PRIMARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDED: . MAINTAINING OUR POSITION AS THE TOP REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION BY GENERATING AND MANAGING BUSINESS EXPANSION AND RELOCATION PROJECTS . PROMOTING PRO-BUSINESS LEGISLATION, OPPOSING DISCRIMINATORY LEGISLATION, AND PROTECTING GEORGIA'S REPUTATION AS THE #1 STATE FOR BUSINESS . LAUNCHING A LARGE-SCALE DOWNTOWN REIMAGINED INITIATIVE, BRINGING TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN ATLANTA TO ENSURE IT IS A VIBRANT CORE OF OUR REGION . DELIVERING ON MAC'S COMMITMENT TO REGIONAL TALENT EXPANSION, INCLUDING: - LAUNCHED THE ATLANTA - WHERE YOU BELONG BRAND ON BEHALF OF METRO ATLANTA EMPLOYERS AND BRANDS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN IN-DEMAND TALENT - ESTABLISHING TWO NEW TALENT PIPELINES FOR THE ATL TALENT COLLABORATIVE TO CONVENE AROUND, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO FIVE TALENT PIPELINES FOR THE REGION - LAUNCHING CONNECT TO WORK GEORGIA TO MORE DIRECTLY CONNECT METRO ATLANTA'S AVAILABLE WORKFORCE AND THE REGION'S EMPLOYERS - CREATING THE GEORGIA INTERN APP TO EXPAND EARLY CAREER OPTIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE . SECURING $29.75 MILLION IN STATE FUNDING FOR FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS . SECURING ATLANTA'S POSITION TO HOST EIGHT FIFA WORLD CUP 2026 MATCHES, INCLUDING FIVE IN THE GROUP STAGE AND THREE IN THE KNOCKOUT ROUND, INCLUDING A SEMI-FINAL SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS ECONOMY . MAINTAINED MAC'S REPUTATION AS THE TOP REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION BY GENERATING AND MANAGING BUSINESS LOCATIONS AND EXPANSIONS: - HOSTED 113 COMPANY VISITS - HELPED 56 BUSINESSES SELECT METRO ATLANTA FOR NEW OR EXPANDED OPERATIONS, INCLUDING 26 INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES - CREATED 5,361 NEW, HIGHLY SKILLED JOBS . CONTINUED TO POSITION METRO ATLANTA AND GEORGIA AS A LEADING CLEANTECH INNOVATION HUB, FOUNDING THE ATL CLEANTECH COALITION AND ATL CLEANTECH CONNECT, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF THE GA CLEANTECH ECOSYSTEM REPORT . LED AND EXPANDED THE 2024 METRO EXPORT CHALLENGE, EXCEEDING $800,000 IN EXPORT GRANTS . ASSISTED OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IN MAINTAINING GEORGIA'S REPUTATION AS THE #1 STATE FOR BUSINESS FOR 11 YEARS IN A ROW . STOPPED ADVERSE CHANGES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX INCENTIVES AND PREVENTED PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED GEORGIA'S BUSINESS CLIMATE . SUCCESSFULLY SPEARHEADED PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION AND A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO MOVE THE STATE TAX TRIBUNAL TO THE JUDICIAL BRANCH . ACTIVATED ATLANTA GROWTH COLLECTIVE, AN EXCLUSIVE COMMUNITY FOR MID-MARKET, HIGH-GROWTH FOUNDERS, GROWING THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE 15 ENTREPRENEURS, 6 ADVISORS, AND 10 MENTORS REGULARLY PARTICIPATING IN BESPOKE, MONTHLY EVENTS . ACTIVATED INNOVATL2024, COORDINATING MORE THAN 40 EVENTS REPRESENTING ALL PARTS OF THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM AND NEARLY 45,000 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS METRO ATLANTA . LEVERAGED THE ATL UNLOCKED TOUR WITH NEW LOCATIONS AND DISTRICTS TO GROW THE REGION'S INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM . DEVELOPED AND DEPLOYED BUSINESS BRAND MARKETING SERIES BUILT FOR BUSINESS AND GEORGIA BY THE NUMBERS, PRODUCING MORE THAN A DOZEN VIDEOS FOR GEORGIA BY THE NUMBERS . CREATED HIGH-QUALITY COLLATERAL TO DRIVE THE CHAMBER'S ECONOMIC MISSION, INCLUDING PIECES LIKE: - FIFA WORLD CUP ECONOMIC IMPACT FORECAST - 2024 METRO ATLANTA CHAMBER IMPACT REPORT TALENT . EXPANDED THE ATL TALENT COLLABORATIVE TO 33 COMPANIES AND ESTABLISHED TWO NEW JOBS FOCUSED COLLABORATIVE WORKING GROUPS FOR A TOTAL OF FIVE . ELEVATED THE INTERNS AFTER 5 PROGRAM TO HOST 1,290 UNIQUE INTERNS FROM 179 SCHOOLS AND 21 COUNTRIES, GIVING INTERNS FROM 72 OF MAC'S INVESTOR COMPANIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE REGION THROUGH A SERIES OF INTERACTIVE EVENTS HIGHLIGHTING ATLANTA'S UNIQUE BLEND OF CAREERS, COMMUNITY AND CULTURE . SECURED A GRANT FROM THE ARTHUR M. BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH THREE NEW PROGRAMS: - CONNECT TO WORK GEORGIA, A JOB PLACEMENT AND LAST-MILE SUCCESS PROGRAM BETWEEN METRO ATLANTA'S AVAILABLE WORKFORCE AND THE REGION'S EMPLOYERS - GEORGIA INTERN APP, AN EARLY CAREER INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT PROGRAM TO EXPAND EARLY CAREER OPTIONS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE - GEORGIA CREDENTIAL LIBRARY, AN EFFORT TO CATALOG AND ALIGN THE STATE'S DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS . EXPANDED AT LEADERS TO INTRODUCE 235 FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS TO MAC AND GROUND THEM IN COMMUNITY ISSUES . LAUNCHED THE ATLANTA - WHERE YOU BELONG BRAND ON BEHALF OF METRO ATLANTA EMPLOYERS AND BRANDS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN IN-DEMAND TALENT COMMUNITY . SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A LARGE-SCALE DOWNTOWN REIMAGINED INITIATIVE, BRINGING TOGETHER STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE DOWNTOWN ATLANTA TO ENSURE IT IS A VIBRANT CORE OF OUR REGION - COORDINATED PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS FROM HUNDREDS OF STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH A PLAN TO ENGAGE IN THE AREAS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, HOMELESSNESS, DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, SAFETY, BEAUTIFICATION, AND OTHERS - CREATED AND SHARED VITAL MESSAGING ABOUT THE MOMENTUM CREATED BY $8.4 BILLION OF INVESTMENT PLANNED FOR THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD - CONDUCTED MARKET RESEARCH AND A MARKETING AUDIT OF DOWNTOWN ATLANTA PERCEPTION - DEPLOYED PRELIMINARY DOWNTOWN REIMAGINED MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS PLAN - LAUNCHED A NEWSLETTER AND VIDEO SERIES, GENERATING BROAD INTEREST IN THE PROGRESS DOWNTOWN . CONTINUED EFFORTS AROUND ATL ACTION FOR RACIAL EQUITY, ADDING SIX NEW COMMITTED COMPANIES, PUBLISHING RESULTS OF THE 2023 COMPANY ASSESSMENT AND EXECUTING THE 2024 ATL ACTION FOR RACIAL EQUITY ANNUAL SURVEY . EXPANDED AND SCALED T
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 October 13, 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 December 2024.
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 February 1936.
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 October 21, 2026.
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