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Michigan Chamber of Commerce

501(c)(6) organization Lansing, MI EIN: 38-1626029 Website

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in Michigan.

Michigan Chamber of Commerce at a glance

In short: Michigan Chamber of Commerce gave $551K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $276K), mostly in Michigan. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$551,197
+535.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-33.3% vs 2024
Average grant
$275,599
+852.9% vs 2024
Median grant
$275,599
Total assets
$7,868,901
-0.8% vs 2024
Primary geography
Michigan (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Michigan Chamber of Commerce

Who Michigan Chamber of Commerce funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Michigan Chamber Pac III: $446KMichigan Chamber Pac III$446KJudicial Integrity Project: $105KJudicial Integrity Project$105K

The largest 2025 recipient was Michigan Chamber Pac III ($446K). Together the top 2 received $551K.

Grant Size Distribution

24 grants across all recorded years

14<$50K5$50–100K2$100–250K1$250–500K2$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 14 grants of 24 (58%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

LansingDetroitGrand RapidsOkemosWashington

How Michigan Chamber of Commerce gives

  • Giving grew 173% from 2022 to 2025. 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$500K$1M$1.5M3 grants2020 6 grants2021 6 grants2022 7 grants2023 3 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $87K (2024) to $1.3M (2023). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $551K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Michigan Chamber Pac III Lansing, MIGeneral Contribution to Support the Organization's Mission.$446,197
Judicial Integrity Project Okemos, MIGeneral Contribution to Support the Organization's Mission.$105,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$7,868,901$5,572,053$4,953,894$551,1972$91,148
2024$7,929,440$4,476,129$4,510,243$86,7653$207,343
2023$8,183,114$7,599,809$7,693,312$1,315,5927$120,506
2022$7,908,250$4,561,982$4,210,972$202,1116$28,851
2021$7,753,978$6,472,024$6,089,753$952,1846$29,091
2020$7,312,611$4,672,628$4,454,628$146,8893$41,863

About Michigan Chamber of Commerce

Based on IRS filings

Michigan Chamber of Commerce is a public charity, based in Lansing, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $7.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $551K. Net investment income was $91K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Michigan Chamber of Commerce is led by James Holcomb, President & CEO since 2022 (on filings since 2020); 7 of 87 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • James Holcomb

    President & CEO

    Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel → President & CEO, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    34 hrs/week

    $325K (2020) → $509K (2025)

  • David Lewis

    Chair

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Russell

    Senior Director & Insurance Solutions

    Senior Director & Insurance Services → Senior Director & Insurance Solutions, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $203K (2020) → $193K (2025)

  • Angela McBride

    Director

    Vice Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2023

    Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Arlene Anderson-Vincent

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brad Hantler

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brad Keen

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brett French

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Doyle

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Sowerby

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Denice Levasseur

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dennis McCarthy

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Kirkland

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elena Hesse

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Erin McDonough

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gregoire Michaud

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jake Manthei

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jared Fleisher

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jase Bolger

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeremy Holmes

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Koegel

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Truscott

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Crawley

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Cox

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Holran

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Norton

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sean Hollister

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shaun Johnson

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Simon Whitelocke

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Mitchell

    Director

    Immediate Past Chair → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steven Davis

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tina Benvenuti Sullivan

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tyler Theile

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Wayne Bronner

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Deary

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William Woodbury

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Zachary Martin

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bryan Harrison

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dev Ganguly

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Garvin

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Van Fossen

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joyce Chan Russell

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Ott

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lorri Rishar

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Buckley

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Ackerman

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nick Shelton

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Ruddell

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Thomas Leonard

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tom Kessel

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Stoutenburg

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Dehner

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Arthur Havlicek

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Carrie Chelko

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chad Nyboer

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Marshall

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Courtney Kissel

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eleanor Reece

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Lilly

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maggie Pallone

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martin Manna

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nick Kowalczyk

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pavel Konecny

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Reuben Maxbauer

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Tarrant

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sara Young

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Ellis

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Scott Ryan

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stephanie Haas

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Honeycutt

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tony Reinhart

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trevor Lauer

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Troy Cummings

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gwendolyn Block

    Vice President Business Advocacy & Member Engagement

    Vice President of Business Advocacy → Vice President Business Advocacy & Member Engagement, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $155K (2020) → $241K (2025)

  • Robert Thomas

    COO

    Chief Operating Officer → COO, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $149K (2020) → $227K (2025)

  • Amanda Toy

    Vice President, Membership & Partnerships

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $122K (2022) → $196K (2025)

  • Sara Wurfel

    Chief Communications & Marketing Officer

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $152K (2024) → $148K (2025)

  • Becky Burtka

    Vice President & Member Engagement

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $142K (2025)

  • Deborah Muchmore

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Herbert Spence

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Melcher

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Roberts

    Treasurer

    Director → Director & Treasurer, 2024

    Director & Treasurer → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kurtis Wilder

    Vice Chair

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2024

    Immediate Past Chair → Vice Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lynn Gandhi

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Lockwood

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Puerner

    Immediate Past Chair

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    Chair → Immediate Past Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Mannes

    Vice Chair

    On filings since 2022

    0.1 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (46)
  • Former: Brenda Rowley (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Daniel Zona (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: David Brownback (2022–2024) — Sales Executive
  • Former: David Klippert (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Donald Lawless (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Doug Bouma (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Eric Eishen (2022–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Gene Pickelman (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Greg McNeilly (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Poet (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jonathan Weatherly (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Matthew Paul (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Michael Orsini (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Nancy Hagan (2022–2024) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Patrick Duerr (2022–2024) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Pedro Figueroa (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Richard Haddad (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Ron Janish (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Stephen Klotz (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Gabby Bruno (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Warren Call (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Robert Lamacchia (2020–2023) — Senior Director & Member Services
  • Former: Colin Seegmiller (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kevin Kolevar (2022–2023) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Matthew Godlewski (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Richard Studley (2020–2022) — President & CEO
  • Former: David Tsai (2022) — Director
  • Former: Edward Harney (2022) — Senior Manager & Member Development
  • Former: Linda Miller (2022) — Director
  • Former: P. Chad Myers (2022) — Director
  • Former: Richard Doherty (2022) — Director
  • Former: Stacie Behler (2022) — Director
  • Former: Stacie Bytwork (2022) — Director
  • Former: Susan Zehnder (2022) — Director
  • Former: Tom Finco (2022) — Director
  • Former: Eishen Eric (2020–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Hagan Nancy (2020–2021) — Vice Chairperson
  • Former: John Zimmerman (2020–2021) — Marketing & Communications Executive
  • Former: Mannes Robert (2020–2021) — Vice Chairperson
  • Former: McBride Angela (2020–2021) — Vice Chairperson
  • Former: Rowley Brenda (2020–2021) — Chairperson of the Board & Vice Chairperson
  • Former: Kolevar Kevin (2021) — Vice Chairperson
  • Former: Lewis David (2021) — Vice Chairperson
  • Former: Puerner Mike (2021) — Vice Chairperson
  • Former: Mitchell Steven (2020) — Chairperson of the Board & Vice Chairperson
  • Former: Rodriguez Arnaldo (2020) — Immediate Past Chairperson & Vice Chairperson

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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

James Holcomb — President & CEO: $509KJames HolcombPresident & CEO$509KGwendolyn Block — VP Business Advocacy/Member Engagement: $241KGwendolyn BlockVP Business Advocacy/Member…$241KRobert Thomas — COO: $227KRobert ThomasCOO$227KAmanda Toy — VP, Membership & Partnerships: $196KAmanda ToyVP, Membership & Partnerships$196KJason Russell — Senior Director, Insurance Solutions: $193KJason RussellSenior Director, Insurance…$193KSara Wurfel — Chief Communications and Marketing Officer: $148KSara WurfelChief Communications and…$148KBecky Burtka — VP, Member Engagement: $142KBecky BurtkaVP, Member Engagement$142K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $509K, to James Holcomb (President & CEO). 7 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Michigan Chamber of Commerce

How much does Michigan Chamber of Commerce give each year?

Michigan Chamber of Commerce gave $551K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $87K across 3 grants.

How large is Michigan Chamber of Commerce?

Michigan Chamber of Commerce reported $7.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $5.6M.

Where does Michigan Chamber of Commerce operate?

Michigan Chamber of Commerce has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Michigan.

What is Michigan Chamber of Commerce's EIN?

Michigan Chamber of Commerce's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-1626029. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 15, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 12, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 14, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 10, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 6, 2024)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 14, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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