About the Award

The Outstanding Chamber of the Year Award recognizes organization excellence in chambers of commerce and provides a unique benchmarking opportunity to assess a chamber’s strengths. The award is based on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce accreditation process for local chambers and highlights accomplishments in the areas of leadership/governance, finance, advocacy and membership development.
Eligibility

Members of IACCE in good standing during the year the award is presented are eligible to apply.
Applications and Deadlines

The Outstanding Chamber of the Year Award application is due no later than 5:00 p.m. September 1st.
• One award will be presented to the highest scoring chamber in each size category. If no entries are received in a membership category or no entries within a category achieve a minimum of 80 points, then no award will be presented in that category

• Entries are judged on innovation, effectiveness and quality of results.

• Finalists will be notified by October 24 and the winners will be announced at the Fall Conference.

• IACCE does not comment on applications; members of other Midwest CCE organizations will judge entries. Comments are the opinions and suggestions of the judges.

• All awards are final.
The $150 application fee must be paid no later than September 15th.

It may be mailed to:

IACCE
PO Box 9436
Springfield IL 62791-9436

or paid for online

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