Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is the architect of tomorrow, igniting change and driving progress to build dynamic economies and communities. We champion innovation, forge powerful partnerships, and relentlessly advocate for our members and all coloradans. With more than 150 years of trust and impact, we help business flourish.
Key facts about Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
- EIN
- 84-0186760
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025
- Total assets
- $24,618,390
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Financial Overview
From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing
Total Assets
$24.6M
+4.1% YoY
Revenue
$11.1M
+3.7% YoY
Net Investment Income
$-135,928
-499.9% YoY
Expenses
$10.4M
-3.9% YoY
How Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce gives
- Giving grew 378% from 2020 to 2023. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
About Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Based on IRS filings
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is a public charity, based in Denver, CO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $24.6M in total assets.
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Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $30K (2020) to $275K (2021). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $143K.
Grant Insights
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
4 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 2 grants of 4 (50%).
Giving History
Grant recipients and amounts by year
No grants recorded for 2025.
Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | $24,618,390 | $23,638,147 | $23,045,015 |
| Revenue | $11,148,726 | $10,754,783 | $9,671,530 |
| Expenses | $10,433,967 | $10,856,369 | $10,237,836 |
| Net Investment Income | $-135,928 | $33,987 | $-108,342 |
Data update history
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 10, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 9, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 8, 2024)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce is led by Jonathan Ament, President since 2022 (on filings since 2019); 8 of 68 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Jonathan Ament
President
CEO Edc → President, 2022
On filings since 2019
38.6 hrs/week
$315K (2019) → $393K (2025)
Ray Gonzales
President Executive Director
Edc President & Executive Vice President → President Executive Director, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$25K (2022) → $359K (2025)
Kristin Blessman
President Dm
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Maureen Tarrant
Chair
Past Chair → Chair - Elect, 2024
Chair - Elect → Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
4 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Dave Suss
Senior Vice President Finance
Vice President of Financ → Vice President & Finance, 2023
Vice President & Finance → Senior Vice President Finance, 2025
On filings since 2019
38.6 hrs/week
$144K (2019) → $226K (2025)
Mizraim Cordero
Board Member
Vice President Public Affairs → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
$149K (2019) → $0 (2025)
Catherine Stein
Vice President Sales & I
Director of Investor Relations → Vice President Sales & I, 2024
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$102K (2020) → $323K (2025)
Ryan Pedretti
Enterprise S
Senior Account Representative → Enterprise S, 2025
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$111K (2020) → $245K (2025)
Steve Jorgensen
Enterprise S
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$231K (2023) → $169K (2025)
Carly West
Vice President of Governor
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$169K (2025)
Daniel Ryley
Vice President of Econom
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$170K (2025)
Carl Koelbel
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carla Dore
Board Member
Edc Co-Chair → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Helen Drexler
Secretary
Member → Board Member, 2020
Board Member → Secretary, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jena Hausmann
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Evans
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Keith Lobis
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kirk Mielenz
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Leo Tokar
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lori Davis
Past Chair
Chair Elect → Chair, 2024
Chair → Past Chair, 2025
On filings since 2019
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Marc Neely
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Cordova
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mowa Haile
Chair-Elect
Secretary → Board Member, 2022
Board Member → Chair-Elect, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Noel Ginsburg
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Lauener
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rebecca Weiss
Board Member
Member → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Freyer Jr.
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tasha Jones
Board Member
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
April Giles
Board Member
Mdedc Chair → Board Member, 2023
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Derek Schoonover
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Katie Kramer
Board Member
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Akasha Absher
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2022
1.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Aye
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Henry Sobanet
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ivette Dominguez Drawe
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Richard Benenson
Board Member
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brendan McGuire
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Hanna Skandera
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerome Davis
Pres.dmlf
President Dm → Pres.dmlf, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John O'Donnell
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lori Taylor
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Kenney
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Todd Saliman
Board Member
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brad McQueen
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Chad Williams
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christie Lee
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth B. Concordia
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Heather Dumas
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Janine Davidson
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Hanley
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Min
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Justin Cooper
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Ramseier
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tim Aragon
Board Member
On filings since 2024
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Adam Sands
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alan Salazar
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Colin Wheeler
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Peetz
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jandel Allen Davis
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Sheets
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jon Lehmann
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Julie Mensing
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kayla Garcia
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kittie Hook
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Lisa Ali
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mark Williams
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Paul Lhevine
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Phillip A. Washington
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (101)
- Former: Dean Sanpei (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: George Sparks (2019–2024) — Past Chair
- Former: Greg Schmidt (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Jandel Allen-Davis (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Matt Most (2019–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Joe Bertsch (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Vivek Choudhury (2020–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Kevin Classen (2021–2024) — Treasurer
- Former: Andrea Fulton (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: China Califf (2023–2024) — Executive Director
- Former: Craig Hodges (2023–2024) — Board Mmbr T
- Former: Mark Korth (2023–2024) — Board Mbmr T
- Former: Andrea Zediker (2024) — Vice President of Market
- Former: Matt Sheehy (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Phil Washington (2024) — Board Member
- Former: Rachel Beck (2024) — Executive Director & C3
- Former: Cristal Deherrera (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Jeff Dolan (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Mark Spiecker (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Paul Washington (2020–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Heidi Messer (2021–2023) — Director of
- Former: Jim Lochhead (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Adam Burg (2023) — Vice President & Governmen
- Former: Todd Cameron (2023) — Enterprise S
- Former: Chad Jones (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: David Shapiro (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Kelly Brough (2019–2022) — President & CEO
- Former: Lydia Jumonville (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Roberta Robinette (2019–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Trey Rogers (2019–2022) — Past Chair
- Former: Jim Kilroy (2020–2022) — Brd Mbr- Lef
- Former: Laura Meagher (2020–2022) — Brd Mbr- Lef
- Former: Lee Reichert (2020–2022) — Brd Mbr- Lef
- Former: Lorena Zimmer (2020–2022) — Director Program
- Former: Monica Skok (2020–2022) — Brd Mbr- Lef
- Former: Alice Jackson (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Robert Kross (2021–2022) — Senior Membersh
- Former: Tatiana Arguello (2021–2022) — Board Member
- Former: Amy Guttman (2022) — Director Mar
- Former: Anthony Frank (2022) — Brd Mbr- Lef
- Former: Katherine Rizzuto (2022) — Vice President of Sales
- Former: Laura English (2022) — Brd Mbr- Lef
- Former: Laura Rizzo (2022) — Vice President of Policy
- Former: Philip Kalin (2022) — Brd Mbr- Lef
- Former: Shannon Stevenson (2022) — Board Member
- Former: Chrissy Eisenhard (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: David Eves (2019–2021) — Past Chair
- Former: Gina Rodriguez (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Ivette Dominguez (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: James Lochhead (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Javier Rodriguez (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Kevin Kelley (2019–2021) — Chair
- Former: Lance Enders (2019–2021) — Vice President Membership
- Former: Phil Kalin (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Rob Smith (2019–2021) — Board Member & Sbdc Advisor
- Former: Ron Tilton (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Samuel Bailey (2019–2021) — Vice President Economic Development
- Former: Tony Frank (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Laura Giacomo-Rizzo (2020–2021) — Senior Vice President of External Affairs
- Former: Rich Benenson (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Troy Stalter (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Andy Aye (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Anthony Graves (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Beverly Razon (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Jim Chrisman (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Paul Hansen (2021) — Facilities Director
- Former: Sarah Mercer (2021) — C3 Chair
- Former: Tim Padilla (2021) — Board Member
- Former: Toti Cadavid (2021) — Sbdc Chair
- Former: Ann Trakimas (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Dorothy Horrell (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Jarrett Wendt (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Linda Childears (2019–2020) — Past Chair
- Former: Rick Wagner (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Chris Jensen (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Chris Piper (2020) — Board Member & C3 Chair
- Former: Jeremy Haefner (2020) — Board Member
- Former: John Moore (2020) — Board Member & Edc Senior Co-Chair
- Former: Lorii Rabinowitz (2020) — Dmclf Chair
- Former: Nick LeMasters (2020) — Board Member
- Former: Beth Ganz (2019) — Member
- Former: Brent Chrite (2019) — Member
- Former: Bruce Alexander (2019) — Member
- Former: Charles Chip Rimer (2019) — Member
- Former: Denise Burgess (2019) — Chair
- Former: Drew Elder (2019) — Member
- Former: Edie Sonn (2019) — Member
- Former: Guy Gunther (2019) — Member
- Former: Holli Riebel (2019) — COO
- Former: Jason Dunn (2019) — Member
- Former: Jodi Rolland (2019) — Member
- Former: Kim Day (2019) — Member
- Former: Laura Giacomo (2019) — Vice President Membership
- Former: Mike Harms (2019) — Member
- Former: Monica Lang (2019) — Member
- Former: Patrick Cowan (2019) — Member
- Former: Ray Bellucci (2019) — Member
- Former: Ruth Rohs (2019) — Member
- Former: Scott Ingvoldstad (2019) — Member
- Former: Steve Carter (2019) — Member
- Former: Wy Livingston (2019) — Member
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $393K, to Jonathan Ament (President &). 8 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
How large is Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce?
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce reported $24.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.1M.
Where does Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce operate?
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has awarded grants in Colorado.
What is Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce's EIN?
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 84-0186760. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
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