Will County Chamber of Commerce
To diversify and strengthen the local economy, to stimulate the creation of new jobs, to generate spendable income, to induce capital investment and broaden the tax base.
Will County Chamber of Commerce at a glance
In short: Will County Chamber of Commerce gave $71K across 1 grant in 2024 (avg $71K), mostly in Illinois. Source: 2024 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2024)
- $71,352
- +0.0% vs 2023
- Grants made (2024)
- 1
- +0.0% vs 2023
- Average grant
- $71,352
- +0.0% vs 2023
- Median grant
- $71,352
- Total assets
- $5,632,967
- +5.5% vs 2023
- Primary geography
- Illinois (100% of itemized 2024 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2024 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.
Who Will County Chamber of Commerce funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top recipient in 2024
The largest 2024 recipient was World Business Chicago ($71K).
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 2 grants of 2 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of the 2024 grant dollars on its one itemized grant.
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2023 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $71K (2023) to $71K (2024). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $71K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| World Business Chicago Chicago, IL | Regional Business Development | $71,352 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5,632,967 | $1,711,870 | $1,772,167 | $71,352 | 1 | $213,941 |
| 2023 | $5,341,354 | $1,891,701 | $1,630,579 | $71,352 | 1 | $76,134 |
| 2022 | $1,709,159 | $1,482,146 | $1,476,473 | — | — | $373 |
| 2021 | $1,625,523 | $1,685,225 | $1,423,696 | — | — | $428 |
| 2020 | $1,366,705 | $930,552 | $1,314,588 | — | — | $8,392 |
About Will County Chamber of Commerce
Based on IRS filings
Will County Chamber of Commerce is a public charity, based in Joliet, IL. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $5.6M in total assets. In 2024, it awarded 1 grant totaling $71K. Net investment income was $214K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Will County Chamber of Commerce is led by Doug Pryor, President since 2022 (on filings since 2020); 2 of 68 officers listed in 2024 are compensated.
Officers on the 2024 filing
Doug Pryor
President
Vice President Economic De → Vice President of Economic Development, 2021
Vice President of Economic Development → President, 2022
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$150K (2020) → $223K (2024)
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant
Chair
Director → Chair, 2024
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Adam Roth
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Arvid C. Johnson
Director
Vice Chair → Chair, 2023
Chair → Director, 2024
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Carmine Bottigliero
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Caroline Portlock
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cheryl Green
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christine Uram
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Doc Gregory
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Edward J. Dollinger
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Howard J. Hamilton
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Bennett
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerry Sullivan
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Testin
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John J. McCann
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Nolan
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ragan Freitag Pattison
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rocky Caylor
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Marchio
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steve Vanisko
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Steven Streit
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Thomas Kentner
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Zachary Pucel
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Cesar Cardenas
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Daniel Malinowski Pe
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Debbie Lucas Cep
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
George F. Mahoney III
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jerry Bell Jr.
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter March
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Rachael Bartolini
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Taivo E. Tammaru
Director
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Aaron Fundich
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Clarence 'cc' Debold
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Clyne Namuo
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Anthony
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick Weis
Director
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ben J. Riser
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Donald Thompson
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
James Mark
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Cristman
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
John Karabis
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jon Gallagher
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Judy Ogalla
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Donahue
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mary Person
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Mutterer
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mike Mahoney
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Nick Moran
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Sam Balark
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Terry D'arcy
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Adam Schuerman
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anne Erthal
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Art Zahkarov
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Barbara Martin
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brandon Daly
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Brian Hopkins
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jim Rink
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joseph Hammer
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Rose
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Marie Laporte
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Michael Houston
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert Diedrich
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Ruben Warren
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Scott Carlos
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Evenson
Director
New on the 2024 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Peter Kelly
Vice President of Economic Development
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$116K (2023) → $120K (2024)
David Livingston
Past Chair
Past Chair → Director, 2022
Director → Past Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Robert F. Filotto
Treasurer & Secretary
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (70)
- Former: David Surina (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Eric Pitcher (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jeff Adducci (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Mark G. Thompson (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Jason Markowicz (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Kyle J. Schuhmacher (2021–2023) — Director
- Former: Bart Hill (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Chris Shride (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Greg Gugle (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kyle Deguilio (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Mike Scudder (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Yvette Saba (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: David Pietryla (2023) — Director
- Former: Herb Buchanan (2023) — Director
- Former: Kim Fladhammer (2023) — Director
- Former: Michael Thoma (2023) — Director
- Former: Nate Baguio (2023) — Director
- Former: Sharon Jean-Baptiste (2023) — Director
- Former: Charles J. Gallagher (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Dennis Willig (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: John E. Greuling (2020–2022) — President
- Former: Mimi Cowan (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Patrick Brosnan (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Robert O'Dekirk (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Ruth Colby (2020–2022) — Chair
- Former: Sean McCarthy (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Dan Roebke (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Jeff Lanaghan (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Marco Loureiro (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Nick Palmer (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Rodney Tonelli Aicp (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Tanya Bryja (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Lindsay Pelletier (2022) — Director
- Former: Lindsey Douglas (2022) — Director
- Former: Tonya Berg (2022) — Director
- Former: Beth Gonzalez (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Brian S. McDaniel (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Bruce Christian (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Diane Nowaczyk (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Herbert Buchanan (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: James M. Roolf (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: John D. Noak (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Judy Mitchell (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Lydia Garvey (2020–2021) — Chair of the Board
- Former: Mark Schneidewind (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Rick Kwasneski (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Russ Prekwas (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Ryan Wilson (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Shawn Walsh (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Jeff Pierson (2021) — Director
- Former: John Keenan (2021) — Director
- Former: Kamala L. Martinez (2021) — Director
- Former: Missey Moorman Schumacher (2021) — Director
- Former: Neil Malone (2021) — Director
- Former: Nicholas Crite (2021) — Director
- Former: Scott A. Hullinger Lcsw Mshsa Cphq (2021) — Director
- Former: Thomas A. White (2021) — Director
- Former: Trish Fairbanks (2021) — Director
- Former: Craig Herr (2020) — Director
- Former: Dan Malinowski (2020) — Director
- Former: David L. McClintock (2020) — Director
- Former: Denise Winfrey (2020) — Director
- Former: Eric Loula (2020) — Director
- Former: Erik Varela (2020) — Director
- Former: Michael F. Rittof (2020) — Director
- Former: Monica Mainland (2020) — Director
- Former: Norris Hamilton (2020) — Director
- Former: Rodney Tonelli (2020) — Director
- Former: Sarah Oprzedek (2020) — Director
- Former: Tom White (2020) — Director
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.
Compensation Overview
From 2024 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $223K, to Doug Pryor (President). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Will County Chamber of Commerce
How much does Will County Chamber of Commerce give each year?
Will County Chamber of Commerce gave $71K across 1 grant in 2024, according to its 2024 IRS Form 990. In 2023 it gave $71K across 1 grant.
How large is Will County Chamber of Commerce?
Will County Chamber of Commerce reported $5.6M in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.7M.
Where does Will County Chamber of Commerce operate?
Will County Chamber of Commerce has awarded grants in Illinois.
What is Will County Chamber of Commerce's EIN?
Will County Chamber of Commerce's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-3772737. 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
(3)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS October 11, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS November 12, 2025)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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