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Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce

501(c)(6) organization Topeka, KS EIN: 48-0451270 Website

The Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce mobilizes the community to speak with a highly influential voice in support of public policies that create economic success. Through a robust advocacy program which includes extensive professional relationships with elected officials, coalition-building across the region, a military relations council and an affiliated but autonomous state and local political action committee, the chamber pursues its vision of topeka and Shawnee county as a community which is vibrant, innovative, fun, diverse and healthy, in part, because its public policies enable it to flourish in the global marketplace.

Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce at a glance

In short: Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce gave $6K across 1 grant in 2024 (avg $6K), mostly in Kansas. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2024)
$5,500
-40.7% vs 2023
Grants made (2024)
1
Average grant
$5,500
Median grant
$5,500
Total assets
$150,275
+17.2% vs 2023
Primary geography
Kansas (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top recipient in 2024

Greater Topeka Partnership Inc: $6KGreater Topeka Partnership Inc$6K

The largest 2024 recipient was Greater Topeka Partnership Inc ($6K).

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of the 2024 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.

States

Cities

Topeka

How Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce gives

  • Giving fell 61% from 2021 to 2024. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$5K$10K$15KTotal only2020 1 grant2021 Total only2022 Total only2023 1 grant2024

From 2020 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2020) to $14K (2021). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $6K.

Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Greater Topeka Partnership Inc Topeka, KSSupport$5,500
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2024$150,275$436,854$440,922$5,5001
2023$128,229$305,700$307,326$9,278Total only
2022$135,016$267,372$222,656$3,500Total only
2021$67,271$363,300$313,668$14,0001
2020$39,859$215,235$216,792$3,250Total only

"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.

About Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce

Based on IRS filings

Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce is a public charity, based in Topeka, KS. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $150K in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 1 grant totaling $6K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce is led by Juliet Abdeljawad, President on every filing since 2023; none of the 35 officers listed in 2024 report compensation.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Juliet Abdeljawad

    President

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Vogelsberg

    Chair

    Director → Chair Elect, 2023

    Chair Elect → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dawna McCabe

    Director

    Appointed At-Large → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Dishman

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leslie Fleuranges

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Rezac

    Director

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2021

    Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Neil Dobler

    Representative Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Roger Brokke

    Director

    Appointed At-Large → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stan Vanostran

    Director

    Appointed At-Large → Director, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Aaron Mays

    Director

    Representative Director → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angela Broxterman

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brooks Pettit

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Federico

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nicole Revenaugh

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rehan Reza

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Veronica Padilla

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cody Vandevelde

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Danielle Norwood

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dave Sandir

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Holmquist

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kent Crane

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Richard Kloos

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tobias Harvey

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Yana Ross

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brad Womack

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Del-Metrius Herron

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeffrey Whitton

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jona Rupnicki

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kaylee Champagne

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Renee Franklin

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sabrina Thompson

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Glasgow

    Immediate Past Chair

    Chair Elect → Chair, 2023

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Easter

    Chair Elect

    Director → Chair Elect, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Angela Ayala

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joshua Patterson

    CFO

    Senior Vice President of Finance → CFO, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (37)
  • Former: Billie Hall (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Curtis Sneden (2020–2023) — President
  • Former: Jolene Piper (2020–2023) — Treasurer
  • Former: Matt All (2020–2023) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: Phelica Glass (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Guellermo Rivera (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Commissioner Kevin Cook (2022–2023) — Representative Director
  • Former: Zac Surritt (2023) — Director
  • Former: Gary Yager (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Juliann Mazachek (2020–2022) — Immediate Past Chair
  • Former: John Staton (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Brian Budden (2022) — Representative Director
  • Former: Fatima Luthi Forge Chair Elect (2022) — Representative Director
  • Former: Kathleen Urbom (2022) — Director
  • Former: Natalie Zeller (2022) — CFO
  • Former: Rep Annie Kuether (2022) — Representative Director
  • Former: Chris McGee (2020–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Col Dan Skoda (2020–2021) — Representative Director
  • Former: Commissioner Bill Riphahn (2020–2021) — Representative Director
  • Former: David Sandir (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Debra Clayton (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Martin (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rep Jim Gartner (2020–2021) — Representative Director
  • Former: Terry Neher (2020–2021) — Representative Director
  • Former: Brent Trout (2021) — Representative Director
  • Former: Delmetrius Miller Forge Chair (2021) — Representative Director
  • Former: Francisco Camargo (2021) — Director
  • Former: Beth Ann Branden (2020) — Vice Chair of Small Business
  • Former: Brett Klausman (2020) — Director
  • Former: Eugene Williams (2020) — Director
  • Former: Jenny Torrence (2020) — Appointed At-Large
  • Former: Jon Haas (2020) — Director
  • Former: Linda Sowards (2020) — Appointed At-Large
  • Former: Martin Stessman (2020) — Representative Director
  • Former: Megan Rohleder Forge Chair (2020) — Representative Director
  • Former: Mike Fox (2020) — Director
  • Former: Scott Griffith (2020) — Appointed At-Large

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce

How much does Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce give each year?

Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce gave $6K across 1 grant in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it reported $9K in grants paid.

How large is Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce?

Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce reported $150K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $437K.

Where does Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce operate?

Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce has awarded grants in Kansas.

What is Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce's EIN?

Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 48-0451270. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS November 15, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS November 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS November 15, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 13, 2025)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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