Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce
The mission of the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce is to connect members with one another and provide resources that foster growth and sustainability.
Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce at a glance
- Total assets
- $496,196
- +7.4% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $361,004
- +11.1% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $9,570
- +14.3% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $336,927
- +10.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated November 2026.
Who Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce funds
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $7K (2021) to $21K (2024). In 2024 it reported $21K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $496,196 | $361,004 | $336,927 | — | — | $9,570 |
| 2024 | $462,178 | $324,917 | $305,747 | $20,911 | Total only | $8,371 |
| 2023 | $450,198 | $298,472 | $299,224 | $10,190 | Total only | $4,058 |
| 2022 | $492,259 | $279,908 | $240,835 | $7,950 | Total only | $505 |
| 2021 | $436,612 | $245,747 | $235,829 | $6,750 | Total only | $684 |
| 2020 | $446,156 | $235,092 | $226,881 | $7,500 | Total only | $930 |
| 2019 | $507,817 | $248,014 | $238,161 | $12,000 | 1 | $578 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce
Based on IRS filings
Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce is a public charity, based in Watertown, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $496K in total assets. Net investment income was $10K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce is led by Bonnie Hertel, Executive Director on every filing since 2019; 2 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Bonnie Hertel
Executive Director
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$25K (2019) → $23K (2025)
Linden Peacy
Executive Director
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$54K (2025)
Cassandra Wagner
Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2021
Vice Chair → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tori Woolley
Director
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bridget Van Ert
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Steve Hunt
Director
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Margaret Brady
Director
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jennifer Johnson
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Lanser
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sharon Heinzelman
Director
On filings since 2023
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Carl Bednark
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jordan Hynum
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Rehm
Director
On filings since 2024
5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ryan Weyenberg
Director
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Al Larson
Vice Chair
Director → Secretary, 2021
Secretary → Vice Chair, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (19)
- Former: Laurie Rehm (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Steven Board (2019–2023) — Chair
- Former: Tom Warriner (2019–2023) — Director
- Former: Tommy Kempfer (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Giles Isham (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kendall Bocher (2019–2022) — Chair
- Former: Judy Kluetzman (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Alex Allon (2022) — Director
- Former: Cassandra Schug (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jacob Maas (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Karrisa Hurtgen (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Sandra Budewitz (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Joe White (2019–2020) — Chair Elect
- Former: John Baumann (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Jim Kumbier (2020) — Director
- Former: Amy Hayden (2019) — Director
- Former: Jacob Schneider (2019) — Director
- Former: Sherry Cira (2019) — Vice Chair
- Former: Susan Dascenzo (2019) — Executive Director
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 $54K, to Linden Peacy (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce
How large is Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce?
Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce reported $496K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $361K.
Where does Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce operate?
Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce has awarded grants in Wisconsin.
What is Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce's EIN?
Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-0689225. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated November 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 4, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 16, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS June 8, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 20, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 17, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS September 22, 2026)
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