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Nonprofit · EIN 75-0101260

ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Tax-exempt · ABILENE, TX 79604

Financials

$6.2M$6M2022$5.8M$5.7M2023$6.3M$6.1M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
September 30, 2025990$6,277,233$6,066,488$210,745$4,742,630$1,439,157$3,303,473
September 30, 2024990$5,841,999$5,677,615$164,384$4,775,922$1,683,194$3,092,728
September 30, 2023990$6,161,492$5,976,329$185,163$4,889,350$1,985,421$2,903,929
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$4,548,800
of which government grants
$3,344,447
Program service revenue
$1,483,852
Investment income
$93,388
Net gain from sales of assets
$20,808
Other revenue
$151,193

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$153,184
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$401,782
Other salaries and wages
$1,508,130
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,379,351
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$10,247
Accounting fees
$29,423
Occupancy
$258,187
Travel
$240,910
Depreciation
$67,310

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$4,775,922
Total assets, end of year
$4,742,630
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,439,157
Net assets, end of year
$3,303,473
Land, buildings and equipment
$217,239
Net assets without donor restrictions
$3,303,473
Gross receipts
$6,279,118
Employees
41
Volunteers
500
Year formed
1912
State of legal domicile
TX

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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
DOUGLAS PETERSPRESIDENT &
Officer
23$300,095$0$52,990
FRANCES WILLIAMSONCHIEF FINANC
Officer
26$71,809$0$7,275
DOUG MCINTYREDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$24,000$0
DAVID BAILEYSECRETARY/TR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0$0
MATT BEARDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
BRAD BENHAMCHAIR-ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0$0
GREG BLAIRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
TIM COOPERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
STEPHANIE DELAGARZADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
GERARDO DUARTEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
WILL DUGGERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
EMILY ELIASDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
TED EVANSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
KYLE FELANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
GARY GRUBBSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
17 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
NATHAN HATHORNDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KEN HOGANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ANDREA JACKSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KELLY JAYPAST CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
STEPHEN M JONESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
DAVID KASSELMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
SHANNA KEVILDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KELSI MANGREMCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0
CRISTAL MURILLODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KIMBERLY NORMAN-PRATERDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
AIDA PANTOJADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MIKE PEREZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TRAV RUIZDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
KEITH WHITEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
NOREEN WHITEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
FRAN STONEDIRECTOR
Institutional trustee
1$0
CLLINT WILSONDIRECTOR
Institutional trustee
1$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 38 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Doug PetersPresident and CEO
Officer
23$284,329$49,057
Lynn BarnettPresident ACAC
Officer
40$142,634$22,432
Roberto LopezVice President ACVB
Officer
40$140,791$22,739
James G BridwellVP Military Affairs
Officer
40$128,344$21,716
Lauren KocurekVice President Operations
Officer
40$111,288$10,059
Frances WilliamsonChief Financial Officer
Officer
25$72,147$7,205
Ricardo GuiterrezDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Alan HartmannDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michael HernandezDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Allison AlvarezDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Donna Long-WolferDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Pam TippenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Keith WhiteDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Mike PerezDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Fran StoneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sabrina WilliamsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kimberly Norman-PraterDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Ken HoganDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Doug McIntyreDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Michael MurphyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rachel LantripDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Amanda OConnorDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Brandon OsborneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Tiffany GutierrezDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Mitch BarnettDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Greg BlairDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Shaun MartinDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rick WaldraffDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Adam LancasterDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Ted EvansDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Shanna KevilDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Will DuggerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David BaileyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Matt BeardDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Brad BenhamDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kelsi MangremChair Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Kelly JayChair
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Laura MoorePast Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 33 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
Doug PetersPresident and CEO
Officer
23$276,813$45,457
Frances WilliamsonVice President Administratio
Officer
40$59,672$6,092
Katie AlfordDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
David BaileyDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Matt BeardDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Amanda OConnorDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Joe MangremDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rick WaldraffDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Brandon OsborneDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Brad BenhamDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Donna Long-WolferDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Pam TippenDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Keith WhiteDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Adam LancasterDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Will DuggerDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Ted EvansDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Shanna KevilDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Rachel LantripDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Shaun MartinDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Travis RuizDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Jennifer Cheung-NavejasDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Mitch BarnettDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Greg BlairDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Albert GutierrezDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Tiffany GutierrezDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Sabrina WilliamsDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Tyler SitzesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Nathan LowryDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Cynthia PearsonDirector
Trustee or director
1$0$0
Kelly JayChair Elect
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Marshall MorrisPast Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
Laura MooreChair
Trustee or director, Officer
5$0$0
Kelsi MangremSecretaryTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
PO BOX 2281, ABILENE, TX 79604-2281
In care of
% COMMERCE
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
DOUGLAS PETERS
Signed the 990
DOUGLAS PETERS, PRESIDENT & CEO
Phone
(325) 677-7241
Return prepared by
ROBERTS & MCGEE CPA PLLC

Mission

THE MISSION OF ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN ABILENE, TEXAS BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO LOCAL BUSINESSES, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROMOTING ABILENE AS A TRAVEL DESTINATION, AND PROMOTING CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.

990 for the year ended September 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • CONVENTION AND VISITORS SALES AND SERVICES-PROGRAMS WHICH CONTRACT WITH ASSOCIATIONS TO BRING CONVENTIONS TO ABILENE AND WHICH PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH BROCHURES AND VARIOUS ADVERTISING MEDIA TO PROMOTE TOURISM. THE PROGRAMS' GOALS INCLUDE GENERATING OVERNIGHT STAYS IN ABILENE, THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO THE OVERALL ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.
    Expenses $1,634,714
  • CULTURAL AFFAIRS - PROGRAMS WHICH ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS BY MAKING GRANTS TO VARIOUS ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, SPONSORING PERFORMING ARTS SERIES, SPONSORING AN OUTDOOR SCULPTURE PROJECT, TAKING PERFORMING ARTISTS INTO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS AND SPONSORING A CHILDREN'S ART AND LITERACY FESTIVAL.
    Expenses $2,066,803 · grants $153,184 · revenue $122,290
  • MILITARY AFFAIRS-A PROGRAM TO PROMOTE GOODWILL BETWEEN THE CITY AND PERSONNEL AT DYESS AIR FORCE BASE. THE PROGRAM SPONSORS AN ANNUAL BARBECUE FOR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPARTMENT OF WAR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM ALSO SEEKS TO RETAIN AND EXPAND THE MISSION OF THE BASE, THEREBY CREATING LOCAL JOBS AND A STABLE ECONOMY.
    Expenses $682,584 · revenue $92,223

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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025September 30, 2026February 16, 2027Not due yet
2024September 30, 2025February 17, 2026990 on file
2023September 30, 2024February 18, 2025990 on file

IRS record

EIN
75-0101260
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
Donations deductible
No
Exempt since
1941
Accounting year ends
September
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$4,742,630
Income (IRS master file)
$6,279,118

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990September 2025$6,277,233$6,066,488$4,742,630XML
990September 2024$5,841,999$5,677,615$4,775,922XML
990September 2023$6,161,492$5,976,329$4,889,350XML
990September 2022$5,393,108$5,692,137$3,685,650IRS
990September 2021–––IRS
990September 2020–––IRS
990September 2019–––IRS
990September 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 75-0101260).

Questions about ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

What is the EIN of ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
The employer identification number (EIN) of ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is 75-0101260.
Is ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1941.
Are donations to ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE tax-deductible?
No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
Which annual return does ABILENE 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 ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
Who is the principal officer of ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names DOUGLAS PETERS.
Who are the officers and directors of ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?
The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 32 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $300,095 (DOUGLAS PETERS, PRESIDENT &).
How much revenue does ABILENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE have?
On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $6,277,233, expenses of $6,066,488 and total assets of $4,742,630 at year end.

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