The South San Francisco Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit corporation solely supported by its membership, the City of South San Francisco and activities that it sponsors. Members include business owners, managers and professionals. Members invest in the organization to support group efforts to make South San Francisco a better place to do business. The Chamber is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors and holds monthly meetings to set policy and direction for the organization. A Chief Executive Officer oversees office operation which includes full-time and part-time staff. The Chamber makes referrals, acts as a resource for community information, provides informational pamphlets and brochures about starting a business, offers free SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives) counseling to business entrepreneurs and has marketing material available to help the sales professionals.