What is the EIN of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?

The employer identification number (EIN) of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is 31-0257370.

Is DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1942.

Are donations to DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tax-deductible?

No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.

When is the next return of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.

Who is the principal officer of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names CHRISTOPHER KERSHNER.

Who are the officers and directors of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 56 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $273,001 (CHRISTOPHER KERSHNER, PRESIDENT & CEO).

How much revenue does DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,255,361, expenses of $2,906,473 and total assets of $3,932,831 at year end.

Nonprofit · EIN 31-0257370

DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Tax-exempt · DAYTON, OH 45402

Financials

Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end

Financials of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year ended	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Net income	Total assets	Liabilities	Net assets
December 31, 2024	990	$3,255,361	$2,906,473	$348,888	$3,932,831	$1,224,635	$2,708,196
December 31, 2023	990	$2,904,130	$2,609,883	$294,247	$3,586,660	$1,291,590	$2,295,070

Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants: $953,559
of which government grants: $276,851
Membership dues: $251,070
Program service revenue: $2,020,828
Investment income: $32,206
Net income from fundraising events: $69,848
Other revenue: $248,768

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid: $0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees: $526,573
Other salaries and wages: $973,507
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total): $1,812,100
Professional fundraising fees: $0
Accounting fees: $28,040
Occupancy: $109,366
Travel: $64,449
Depreciation: $78,760

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year: $3,586,660
Total assets, end of year: $3,932,831
Total liabilities, end of year: $1,224,635
Net assets, end of year: $2,708,196
Land, buildings and equipment: $304,930
Net assets without donor restrictions: $2,708,196
Gross unrelated business income: $178,920
Gross receipts: $3,271,698
Employees: 26
Volunteers: 410
Year formed: 1907
State of legal domicile: OH

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
CHRISTOPHER KERSHNER	PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer	1	$273,001	$29,749
LINDA ASHWORTH	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer	1	$194,163	$29,660
BELINDA MATTHEWS STENSON	VP, BUSINESS INCLUSION Highest-paid employee	1	$112,835	$20,588
STEPHANIE KEINATH	VP, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES Highest-paid employee	1	$103,753	$27,100
DOUG ANSPACH	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JEFF BARDONARO	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
CASSIE BARLOW	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JESSICA BARRY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
SHARLET BRIGGS	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JUDY BUDI	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
BILL BURKE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS CLEAVES	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
STEVE CONKLIN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
TOM CRONIN III	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
ERIC DEUTSCH	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0

41 more people on this return

Name	Title	Compensation
KEVIN DEWINE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
DAVID DICKERSON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
RYAN ERNST	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
BRITTANY FARMER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
BENJAMIN GOODSTEIN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
MARTY GRUNDER JR	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
JENNIFER HEAPY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
AMOURY HOLLINS	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
JESSICA JONES	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
ELLEN KAMINSKI	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
TAMI KIRBY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
SUZANNE KLOPFENSTEIN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
AMY LEI	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
PATRICIA MCDONALD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
MONIQUE MCGLINCH	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
SHANDA MCKINNEY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
JEFF MIMS JR	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
DUSTIN RICHARDS	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
JASON PRAETER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
TOM RAGA	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
CHRIS RAMMEL	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
CAROLYN RICE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
EVELYN RITZI	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
RAFI RODRIGUEZ	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
JESSICA SALEM	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
GREGORY SAMPLE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
CHARLYNDA SCALES	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
MATT SCHNELLE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
DAN SRBINOVSKI	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
REGGIE STOVER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
KAREN TOWNSEND	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
DEVON VALENCIA	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
KATIE WARD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
VANESSA WARD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
BETH WHELLEY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
SHANE WILKEN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
JASON WOODARD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	$0
DIANE PLEIMAN	CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	$0
DAVID MCNERNEY	VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	$0
JOHN GARRITY	TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer	$0
JACQUELINE GAMBLIN	IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	$0

990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 55 people

Name	Title	Hours / week	Compensation	Other / benefits
CHRISTOPHER KERSHNER	PRESIDENT & CEO Trustee or director, Officer	1	$263,560	$25,605
LINDA ASHWORTH	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Officer	1	$191,000	$26,372
BELINDA MATTHEWS STENSON	DIRECTOR, MBP Highest-paid employee	1	$118,000	$18,358
JACQUELINE GAMBLIN	CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	0	$0	$0
DIANE PLEIMAN	VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	0	$0	$0
JOHN GARRITY	TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer	0	$0	$0
DAN KANE	IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer	0	$0	$0
DOUG ANSPACH	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JEFF BARDONARO	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
CASSIE BARLOW	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
DOUG BARRY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JESSICA BARRY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JUDY BUDI	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
WILLIAM BURKE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
DOUGLAS CLEAVES	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
STEVE CONKLIN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
TOM CRONIN III	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
KEVIN DEWINE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
DAVE DICKERSON	TRUSTEE (JOINED AUG) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
RANDY DOMIGAN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
SUSAN EDWARDS	TRUSTEE (LEFT MAR) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
CINDY GABOURY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
BENJAMIN GOODSTEIN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JENNIFER HEAPY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
STEVE HELMECAMP	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
AMOURY HOLLINS	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
ANDY HORNER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
SUE HULSMEYER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
ELLEN KAMINSKI	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
AMY LEI	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
KRISTINA LUND	TRUSTEE (LEFT JUL) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
STEVE MAGGARD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
MONIQUE MCGLINCH	TRUSTEE (JOINED DEC) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JOHN MCKENZIE	TRUSTEE (LEFT JAN) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
SHANDA MCKINNEY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
DAVE MCNERNEY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
CHRISTOPHER MEEKER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
MICHAEL MEWHIRTER	TRUSTEE (JOINED JAN) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JEFF MIMS JR	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JASON PRAETER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
TOM RAGA	TRUSTEE (JOINED AUG) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
RAJAN RAJENDRAN	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
CHRIS RAMMEL	TRUSTEE (JOINED MAY) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
CAROLYN RICE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JESSICA SALEM	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
GREG SAMPLE	TRUSTEE (JOINED MAR) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
CHARLYNDA SCALES	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
MATT SCHNELLE	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
ANNE MARIE SINGLETON	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
JACK THOMAS PHD	TRUSTEE (LEFT JUN) Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
STEVE TIEBER	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
KAREN TOWNSEND	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
DEVON VALENCIA	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
VANESSA WARD	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0
BETH WHELLEY	TRUSTEE Trustee or director	0	$0	$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file): 8 N MAIN STREET SUITE 100, DAYTON, OH 45402-1904
Principal officer (990 for 2024): CHRISTOPHER KERSHNER, 8 NORTH MAIN STREET 100, DAYTON, OH 45402
Signed the 990: CHRISTOPHER KERSHNER, PRESIDENT & CEO
Phone: (937) 226-1444
Website: HTTPS://DAYTONCHAMBER.ORG/
Return prepared by: CLARK SCHAEFER HACKETT & CO

Mission

THE CHAMBER IS A MEMBER ASSOCIATION DESIGNED TO BE THE LEADING ADVOCATE FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY OF THE GREATER DAYTON REGION. ITS MISSION IS TO WORK SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM SUCCEED.
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ORIENTATION PROGRAM TO DEVELOP CURRENT AND FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS. (PARTICIPANTS: 740)
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS. (PARTICIPANTS: 3,357)
OFFERED PROGRAMMING ON WORKPLACE SAFETY. (PARTICIPANTS: 2421)
LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY PROGRAMMING FOR BUSINESS LEADERS. (PARTICIPANTS: 785)

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax year	Year ended	Due	IRS public records
2025	December 31, 2025	May 15, 2026	Not on file
2024	December 31, 2024	May 15, 2025	990 on file
2023	December 31, 2023	May 15, 2024	990 on file

IRS record

EIN: 31-0257370
Tax-exempt status: 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
Donations deductible: No
Exempt since: 1942
Accounting year ends: December
Files: Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file): $3,932,831
Income (IRS master file): $3,271,698

Filing history

Form	Year ended	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Return
990	December 2024	$3,255,361	$2,906,473	$3,932,831	XML
990	December 2023	$2,904,130	$2,609,883	$3,586,660	XML
990	December 2022	$2,625,413	$2,442,505	$3,250,530	IRS
990	December 2021	–	–	–	IRS
990	December 2020	–	–	–	IRS
990	December 2018	–	–	–	IRS
990	December 2017	–	–	–	IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 31-0257370).

Questions about DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

What is the EIN of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?: The employer identification number (EIN) of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is 31-0257370.
Is DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tax-exempt?: Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1942.
Are donations to DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tax-deductible?: No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
Which annual return does DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE file?: Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE due?: The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE last file with the IRS?: The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?: The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names CHRISTOPHER KERSHNER.
Who are the officers and directors of DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?: The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 56 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $273,001 (CHRISTOPHER KERSHNER, PRESIDENT & CEO).
How much revenue does DAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?: On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,255,361, expenses of $2,906,473 and total assets of $3,932,831 at year end.

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