EIN 74-1046125

Weslaco Chamber of Commerce

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(6)
Num. employees
5
State
Year formed
1935
Most recent tax filings
2022-09-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Weslaco Chamber of Commerce provides leadership to advance a prosperous economy that enhances the quality of life in our community. The WACC focuses on advertising outside of Weslaco by promoting it as a visitors destination through various marketing strategies such as billboards, city promotions, and trade shows. The chamber offers membership services for businesses with programs and opportunities, including celebrating members' achievements and accomplishments through over 36 ribbon cuttings and networking events like job fairs held in 2021-22.
Total revenues
$499,055
2022
Total expenses
$357,635
2022
Total assets
$605,263
2022
Num. employees
5
2022

Program areas at Weslaco Chamber of Commerce

The wacc provides various programs and initiatives to prepare future leaders of our community through various educational programs. These programs support our business alliances in the development of skills necessary to run a successful business. We host an annual leadership mid valley initiative which consists of 8 months of continuing education in various topics. To date the mid valley leadership program has held 17 years of cohorts, with over 150 alumni of leaders serving the community at large. We offer various opportunities for the communitys youth to prepare for the future including two summer camps that serve over 65 Weslaco isd students and a back to school event that serves over 300 mid valley educators.
The wacc focuses on advertising outside of Weslaco to promote Weslaco as a visitors destination. Marketing is done in a variety of ways, including advertising, billboards, city promotions, and trade shows. Each year, the Weslaco visitors center sees many individuals and groups come in for information , events, or special presentations. For the 2021-22 year, we had 11,271 visitors. Community engagement has increased tremendously. In this fiscal year, we had over 25,000 participants in our community events such as the annual christmas parade and the Texas onion festival.we reach over 35,000 winter Texan visitors in order to help them relocate to Weslaco during the winter Texas season. We market to the birding community to encourgage them to visit and stay in Weslaco and visit our 3 nature parks. Our border community marketing efforts to promote Weslaco in mexico reaches over 316,000 impressions. We have 2 billboards that approximately 700,000 people view.
The wacc has grown membership services for businesses through a variety of programs and opportunities. In 2021-22, we held over 36 ribbon cuttings to celebrate members achievements and accomplishments. We held over 36 networking events, including job fairs and community events. We offered advance search engine optimization on our website to support members. We have grown our social media pages dramatically over the past year and have offered members opportunities for greater viewership. We have initiated stronger support local initiatives through our cash mobs to support retailers and lunch mobs to support local restaurants, all while enhancing our connections with peers. Weve held workshops in leadership, customer service, small business financials,small business operations and strategies, as well as seminars on hotel tax law. We have enhanced our leadership program to allow local business and community leaders to refine thier leadership skills.

Personnel at Weslaco Chamber of Commerce

NameTitleCompensation
Barbara GarzaPresident Chief Executive Officer$78,430
Ronda LewisTreasurer$0
Omar Rodriguez1st Vice Chair$0
Robert Donalson2nd Vice Chair$0
Daniel MontezImmediate Past Chair$0
...and 9 more key personnel

Financials for Weslaco Chamber of Commerce

RevenuesFYE 09/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$235,971
Program services$275,185
Investment income and dividends$139
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-12,240
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$499,055

Form 990s for Weslaco Chamber of Commerce

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-092023-08-15990View PDF
2021-092022-08-15990View PDF
2020-092021-08-13990View PDF
2019-092020-10-09990View PDF
2018-092020-07-09990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
September 30, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
September 30, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 2 new personnel
August 10, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
November 23, 2022
Updated personnel
Identified 7 new personnel
August 2, 2022
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
Nonprofit Types
Trade associationsChambers of commerceBusiness and community development organizations
Issues
Business and industry
Characteristics
MembershipsFundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteering
General information
Address
PO Box 8398
Weslaco, TX 78599
Metro area
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
County
Hidalgo County, TX
Website URL
weslaco.com/ 
IRS details
EIN
74-1046125
Fiscal year end
September
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1935
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
No
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
S41: Promotion of Business
NAICS code, primary
813910: Trade Associations
Parent/child status
Independent
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