2025-07-03T10:22:37-04:00 2024-12-31 351939627 BADEN GAGE & SCHROEDER LLC 6920 POINTE INVERNESS WAY 300 FORT WAYNE IN 468047926 990 2024-01-01 311222476 THE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF NORTHEAST INDIANA INC REGI 2602342287 200 EAST MAIN STREET SUITE 910 FORT WAYNE IN 46802 JEFF HARDING SECRETARY 2602342287 2025-04-23 true false MELISSA J WOLF CPA P01224592 2604222551 2025-07-02 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z WILLIAM S KONYHA 200 EAST MAIN STREET SUITE 910 FORT WAYNE IN 46802 522525 false X WWW.NEINADVOCATES.COM X 1987 IN THE MISSION OF THE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF NE INDIANA, INC. IS TO PROMOTE AN ENVIRONMENT IN NE INDIANA IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES THRIVE IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY. 25 25 2 25 0 0 447450 514797 4736 7728 0 452186 522525 0 0 243789 261874 0 47385 219162 232532 462951 494406 -10765 28119 331594 347860 136890 125037 194704 222823 X THE MISSION OF THE REGIONAL CHAMBER OF NE INDIANA, INC. 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ITS MEMBERS ARE BUSINESSES, ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN ADAMS, ALLEN, DEKALB, HUNTINGTON, KOSCIUSKO, LAGRANGE, NOBLE, STEUBEN, WABASH, WELLS, AND WHITLEY COUNTIES. false false true true false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 1 0 2 true false false false false false false false false X 25 25 false false false false true true false true true false false true true true true true true true true false IN X WILLIAM S KONYHA 2602342287 200 EAST MAIN STREET SUITE 910 FORT WAYNE IN 46802 WILLIAM S KONYHA PRESIDENT AN 40.00 0.00 X 170658 0 5099 PAT SULLIVAN CHAIRMAN 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 TODD HOLLMAN VICE CHAIR 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ERIC OTTINGER TREASURER 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JEFF HARDING SECRETARY 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 CHRIS GRAHAM PAST CHAIRMA 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 ANDY BROOKS DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 KIM BARNETT-JOHNSON DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SHERILYN EMBERTON DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE VANOVER DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CASEY COX DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SCOTT GLAZE DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RON TURPIN DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RENEA BOOTS DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ISAAC LEE DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL CONNELL DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROGER CROMER DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROB PARKER DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEPHANE FRIJIA DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVE DYER DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PERRY GAY DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHAD MORROW DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 GEARY BUCHANAN DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE BAKER DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ERIN WHITEHEAD DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RONALD ELSENBAUM DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 170658 5099 1 false true false MEMBERSHIP DUES 900099 462700 462700 EVENT SPONSORSHIP 900099 32072 32072 LOCAL CHAMBER DUES 900099 20025 20025 514797 7728 7728 522525 514797 7728 X 175757 123030 35151 17576 67365 47155 13473 6737 184 129 37 18 18568 14326 3714 528 6000 6000 113 113 35912 35912 12600 12600 69821 69821 9531 6363 3168 10658 5554 3269 1835 5352 2944 1873 535 10800 5940 3780 1080 7062 5830 1232 16064 156 15908 733 733 3620 1810 1810 POLLING EXPENSES 31500 31500 CHAMBER DUES 7900 7900 CHAMBER FUNCTIONS 4612 4612 MISCELLANEOUS 254 127 127 494406 340530 106491 47385 323929 319851 11000 2471 12546 733 4461 4463 331594 347860 15204 14469 117225 106105 4461 4463 136890 125037 X 194704 222823 194704 222823 331594 347860 28119 X false true X true false false false false false 482725 76736 76736 92900 -16164 SCHEDULE C, PART I-A, LINE 1 POLITICAL AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES NORTHEAST INDIANA ADVOCATES, LLC, WHICH IS A SINGLE MEMBER LLC OWNED BY THE REGIONAL CHAMBER, SUPPORTS POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS RUNNING FOR OFFICE WHO SUPPORT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. 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