Nonprofit · EIN 58-0471193
VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Tax-exempt · VALDOSTA, GA 31601
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $881,052 | $873,535 | $7,517 | $510,510 | $161,471 | $349,039 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,019,377 | $1,002,746 | $16,631 | $635,916 | $199,656 | $436,260 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,280,002 | $894,530 | $385,472 | $625,135 | $212,087 | $413,048 |
| December 31, 2022 | 990 | $738,867 | $671,733 | $67,134 | $341,210 | $324,039 | $17,171 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $375,297
- Membership dues
- $375,297
- Program service revenue
- $505,725
- Investment income
- $30
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $456,386
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $554,763
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $18,231
- Occupancy
- $52,975
- Travel
- $16,221
- Depreciation
- $6,763
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $635,916
- Total assets, end of year
- $510,510
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $161,471
- Net assets, end of year
- $349,039
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $11,194
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- -$42,166
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $391,205
- Gross receipts
- $881,052
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 1912
- State of legal domicile
- GA
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH C MOORE | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $137,490 |
| ANNE SHENTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CELINE GLADWIN | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID DISALVO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ELTON DIXON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| J BRITT MCLANE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOE BROWNLEE | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JONATHAN MILLER | VICE CHAIR OF BUSINESS SUP Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LISA REGISTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY MARGARET WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NICK PERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| RANDALL WALTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RONALD DEAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| WILLIAM KEMP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| TULLIS BEASLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKE WHITE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 19 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH C MOORE | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $142,634 |
| MARY BETH BROWNLEE | ONE VALDOSTA-LOWNDES DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $119,396 |
| ANNE SHENTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| CELINE GLADWIN | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID DISALVO | CHAIR'S CHOICE Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DOYER DELOACH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ELTON DIXON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| J BRITT MCLANE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF HOLTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOE BROWNLEE | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| JONATHAN MILLER | VICE CHAIR OF BUSINESS SUPPORT Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LISA REGISTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY MARGARET WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MICHAEL SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NICK PERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| RANDALL WALTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| RONALD DEAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THRESSEA BOYD | PAST CHAIR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| WILLIAM KEMP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH C MOORE | PRESIDENT Officer | 40 | $125,000 |
| JOE BROWNLEE | CHAIRMAN Officer | 4 | $0 |
| RANDALL WALTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JONATHAN MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MARY MARGARET WILLIAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MICHAEL SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| WILL KEMP | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ELTON DIXON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CELINE GLADWIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BRITT MCLANE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THRESSEA BOYD | PAST CHAIRMA Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ANNE SHENTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF HOLTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NICK PERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| RONALD DEAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DOYER DELOACH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DAVID DESALVO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| LISA REGISTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2022: 15 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARAH C MOORE | PRESIDENT Highest-paid employee | 40 | $128,640 |
| JOE BROWNLEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| RANDALL WALTON | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| JONATHAN MILLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| WILLIAM NIJEM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| LISA REGISTER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF HANSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ELTON DIXON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| CELINE GLADWIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| BRITT MCLANE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| THRESSEA BOYD | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 |
| ANNE SHENTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JEFF HOLTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| NICK PERRY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| JOHN PAGE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 416 N ASHLEY ST, VALDOSTA, GA 31601-4620
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- SARAH C MOORE, 416 N ASHLEY ST, VALDOSTA, GA 31601
- Signed the 990
- SARAH C MOORE, PRESIDENT
- Phone
- (229) 247-8100
- Website
- WWW.VALDOSTACHAMBER.COM
- Return prepared by
- CRI ADVISORS LLC
Mission
THE CHAMBER MISSION IS TO SERVE AS THE UNIFYING FORCE AND FOCAL POINT FOR ENHANCING THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL WELL-BEING OF THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY IT SERVES. THE CHAMBER SEEKS TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION BY BEING THE VOICE FOR BUSINESS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, BY ADDRESSING ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, AND THROUGH A SELECTIVE BUSINESSPLAN TO ACHIEVE ATTAINABLE COMMUNITY GOALS.
Program accomplishments
- PROMOTED BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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 | 990 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
- 58-0471193
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1946
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $510,510
- Income (IRS master file)
- $881,052
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $881,052 | $873,535 | $510,510 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,019,377 | $1,002,746 | $635,916 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,280,002 | $894,530 | $625,135 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $738,867 | $671,733 | $341,210 | XML |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | 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 58-0471193).
Questions about VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
- What is the EIN of VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is 58-0471193.
- Is VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1946.
- Are donations to VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY 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 VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names SARAH C MOORE.
- Who are the officers and directors of VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $137,490 (SARAH C MOORE, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does VALDOSTA-LOWNDES COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $881,052, expenses of $873,535 and total assets of $510,510 at year end.
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