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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by CGLR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,015,588
Total expenses
$727,753
Contributions and grants received
$1,976,289
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$39,299
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,601,780
Total liabilities, end of year
$126,676
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,475,104
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$673,716
Management and general expenses
$54,037
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$673,716

Program services were 92.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,976,289

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME

    total $39,299 · related or exempt $39,299

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $234,059 · program services $234,059

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $656 · program services $597 · management and general $59

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $9,728 · program services $8,852 · management and general $876

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,199 · program services $17,471 · management and general $1,728

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $24,321 · program services $12,061 · management and general $12,260

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $188,007 · program services $163,830 · management and general $24,177

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,674 · program services $17,128 · management and general $6,546

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $83,127 · program services $83,127

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,435 · program services $1,435

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

    total $123,154 · program services $122,729 · management and general $425

  • 24b · Other expenses: TRAVEL AND MEETINGS

    total $20,393 · program services $12,427 · management and general $7,966

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $139,506 · end of year $536,432

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $608,731

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $17,396 · end of year $270

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $539,474

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $83,127

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $456,347

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $126,676

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,486

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $347,266

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $155,416 · end of year $1,127,838

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE CGLR FOUNDATION BRINGS TOGETHER GREAT LAKES LEADERS FROM GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS, ACADEMIA, AND THE NONPROFIT SECTOR TOGETHER TO FIND NEW WAYS OF HARNESSING THE REGION'S ECONOMIC STRENGTHS, IMPROVING THE WELL-BEING OF THE REGION'S CITIZENS, AND PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS THROUGH EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AND PROGRAMS, AND AWARENESS BUILDING ACTIVITIES.

  • CONFERENCES AND MEETINGSAFTER A TWO-YEAR DELAY, THE CGLR FOUNDATION HOSTED THE GREAT LAKES ECONOMIC FORUM IN CHICAGO FROM JUNE 26-28TH. HUNDREDS OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THOUGHT-LEADERS, AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM THE BINATIONAL GREAT LAKES ECONOMIC REGION ATTENDED THE TICKETED EVENT AND DISCUSSED THE MOST PRESSING SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES FACING THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE FORUM, A SERIES OF BUSINESS AND SUSTAINABILITY FREE WEBINARS AND MEETINGS WERE ALSO HOSTED ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS, FROM WATER STEWARDSHIP AND REGIONAL DECARBONIZATION, TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS AND PLASTICS POLLUTION AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY.

    Expenses $139,194 · Revenue $8,119

  • POLICY, RESEARCH AND PROGRAMSDURING FISCAL YEAR 2022-23, THE CGLR FOUNDATION CONTINUED DEVELOPING THE CIRCULAR GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE. THE INITIATIVE BRINGS COMPANIES TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIC, AND NONPROFIT LEADERS TO FORGE A FUTURE WITHOUT MATERIAL WASTE AND POLLUTION, STARTING WITH PLASTIC, BY CLOSING THE LOOP AND CREATING CIRCULAR CITIES, SECTORS AND SUPPLY CHAINS. THE FOCUS OF THIS WORK IN THE 2022-23 TIMEFRAME WAS ON IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR A CIRCULAR ECONOMY FOR CONSUMER PLASTICS IN THE GREAT LAKES RELEASED AT THE JUNE 2022 GREAT LAKES ECONOMIC FORUM. KEY ELEMENTS OF THE ACTION PLAN WILL CONSIDER POLICY CHANGES REQUIRED TO ENABLE A CIRCULAR ECONOMY, INFRASTRUCTURE MODERNIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS, PRODUCT DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS, CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION, AND PLASTIC CLEANUP THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES PLASTIC CLEAN-UP, A JOINT INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE CGLR FOUNDATION AND CGLR CANADA, A RELATED PARTY, AS WELL AS POLLUTION PROBE IN TORONTO, CANADA.

    Expenses $534,522 · Revenue $31,180

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Fisher

    PRESIDENT & C.E.O.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Ames

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Steve Petras

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marie-Helene Sicard

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt McCurdy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey Weiss

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lora K Shrake

    SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $112,736
    From this org
    $108,590
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,146
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • THE COUNCIL OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION (OHIO)

    501(C)(6) · TRADE ASSOCIATION. · OH · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by COUNCIL OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION (CANADA)

  • COUNCIL OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION (CANADA)

    TRADE ASSOCIATION. · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400459349303050

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