MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC (EIN 26-3144467)
Tax period: 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31
Filed: 2017-08-07
IRS object ID: 201722199349300512
Schema version: 2016v3.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2017-08-07T08:20:43-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	640767137	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	PILTZ WILLIAMS LAROSA & CO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 231	AddressLine1Txt
City	BILOXI	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	39533	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	263144467	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHAMBER OF	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	COMMERCE FOUNDATION INC	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MISS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2286040014	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11975 E SEAWAY ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GULFPORT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	39503	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ADELE LYONS	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2286040014	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-07-28	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	DAVID C NEUMANN CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00295663	PTIN
Phone	2283744141	PhoneNum
Preparation	2017-07-28	PreparationDt

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	96.19.109.204	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2017-07-28	IPDt
IP Tm	09:47:35	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	3B595556A02861BBB1AA7C3C960911F44326B6A3	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	9B19B8FC2F1C12AB15E61860CAF594029AD9057E	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ADELE LYONS	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11975 E SEAWAY ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GULFPORT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	39503	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$48,440	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	N/A	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2008	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MS	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO CONDUCT PROFESSIONAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO THOSE SEEKING HIGHER EDUCATION.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	0	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$43,120	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$48,440	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$0	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$0	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$43,120	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$48,440	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$41,350	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$48,250	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$5,468	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$5,470	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$46,818	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$53,720	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$3,698	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$5,280	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$609,796	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$604,516	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$609,796	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$604,516	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO ORGANIZE, FUND AND IMPLEMENT EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS AIMED TO ENHANCE PROFESSIONAL AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR BUSINESSES AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$48,250	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$48,250	GrantAmt
Desc	DISTRIBUTED GRANTS TO ITS AFFILIATE, MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC., WHICH HELP SUPPORT EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$48,250	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (1)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (1)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MS	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RACHEL LEGGITT	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	2286040014	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11975 E SEAWAY ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GULFPORT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	39503	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
JERRY LEVENS
CHAIR	0.30	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JEAN GIPSON
DIRECTOR	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DIRK BARRIENT
DIRECTOR	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LISA BRADLEY
DIRECTOR	0.10	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ADELE LYONS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$40	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$48,400	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$48,440	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$48,440	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$48,250	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$900	TotalAmt
Management And General	$900	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,518	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,518	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
ADMINISTRATION FEE	$3,000	$3,000
TAXES	$52	$52

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$53,720	TotalAmt
Program Services	$48,250	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,470	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$109,796	BOYAmt
EOY	$104,516	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$500,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$500,000	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$609,796	BOYAmt
EOY	$604,516	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$547,985	BOYAmt
EOY	$527,627	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,811	BOYAmt
EOY	$76,889	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$609,796	BOYAmt
EOY	$604,516	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$609,796	BOYAmt
EOY	$604,516	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$5,280	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$74,157	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$42,570	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$42,699	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$43,120	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$48,440	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$250,986	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$74,157	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$42,570	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$42,699	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$43,120	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$48,440	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$250,986	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$250,986	PublicSupportTotal170Amt
Total Support	$250,986	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	1.00000	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	1.00000	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$0	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	INVESTMENT IN 501(C)(25) ENTITY	Desc
Book Value	$500,000	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$500,000	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	0	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Business Name RecipientBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11975E SEAWAY ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	GULFPORT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	39503	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Recipient EIN	263144467	RecipientEIN
Cash Grant	$44,350	CashGrantAmt
Purpose Of Grant	TO SUPPORT EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.	PurposeOfGrantTxt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION REGULARLY CONVERSES, IN REGARDS TO THE DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS, WITH THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC. TO MONITOR THEIR PROGRESS ON THE GRANTS AWARDED TO THE RECIPIENTS. PROGRAM OF WORK REPORTS AS WELL AS FINANCIAL RECORDS ARE AVAILABLE AS NEEDED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ADELE LYONS	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	$3,000	TransactionAmt
Transaction	ADELE LYONS IS THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOUNDATION (FOUNDATION) AND THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CHAMBER (CHAMBER). THE FOUNDATION PAYS AN ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION FEE TO THE CHAMBER.	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	THE ORGANIZATION IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE ENTIRE BOARD DOES NOT REVIEW THE FORM 990 BEFORE FILING. THE RETURN IS REVIEWED BY THE CEO, FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND TREASURER BEFORE SUBMITTED TO CHAIRMAN TO SIGN.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	CEO CIRCULATES POLICY AND CERTIFICATION ANNUALLY TO BOARD MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE BOARD TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THE LOCAL MARKET CONDITION FOR SALARIES AND RELATED INCREASES.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST BY POSTING A MESSAGE ON THEIR WEB SITE THAT THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING IN THE OFFICE DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS.