Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by IOWA LEADERS IN EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $112,650
- Total expenses
- $22,500
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $112,650
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $145,163
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $0
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $145,163
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $22,500
- Management and general expenses
- $0
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $22,500
Program services were 100.0% 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.
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2a · Program service revenue: ISSUE ADVOCACY SUPPORT
total $112,650 · related or exempt $112,650
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $22,500 · program services $22,500
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $55,013 · end of year $144,163
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4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $1,000
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29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds
beginning of year $0 · end of year $90,150
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30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds
beginning of year $55,013 · end of year $55,013
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF IOWA LEADERS IN EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY, INC. "I-LEAD" IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE IRC BY EDUCATING THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE ROLE IOWA'S FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PLAY IN IOWA AND THE NATION'S ECONOMY.
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I-LEAD WAS FORMED ON APRIL 24,2014 AND FUNDING FOR I-LEAD IS USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES OF PROMOTING THE BANKING INDUSTRY ACROSS THE STATE OF IOWA. MOST NOTABLY FUNDING FOR I-LEAD HAS BEEN USED FOR INDUSTRY ISSUE ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS TAX REFORM AND TAX FAIRNESS, AS WELL AS PUBLIC IMAGE CAMPAIGNS USING VARIOUS FORMS OF MEDIA COMMUNICATION.
Expenses $22,500 · Revenue $112,650
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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John SorensenJOHN SORENSEN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $827,407
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $541,515
- Other
- $285,892
- Hours/week
- 1 + 39 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $419,088 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $105,370 related
- Other
- $0 + $17,057 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $264,621 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $21,271 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $827,407 related
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Abram Tubbs Start 924ABRAM TUBBS START 924
CHAIR ELECT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Jim PlaggeJIM PLAGGE
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Mary Kay BatesMARY KAY BATES
PAST CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 2 related
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Matt Lujano End 924MATT LUJANO END 924
PAST CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.25 + 2 related
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Melissa SpurginMELISSA SPURGIN
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 2 related
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Sharon PresnallSHARON PRESNALL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $317,454
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $285,896
- Other
- $31,558
- Hours/week
- 1 + 40 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $238,211 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $34,562 related
- Other
- $0 + $13,123 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $7,715 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $23,843 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $317,454 related
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- PART I, LINE 1A:
- CLUB DUES AND TRAVEL FOR SPOUSE WERE PROVIDED TO JOHN SORENSEN AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION BY A RELATED ORGANIZATION.
- PART I, LINE 3:
- THE ORGANIZATION RELIES UPON THE METHODS USED BY THE RELATED ORGANIZATION TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION.
- PART I, LINE 4B:
- JOHN SORENSEN PARTICIPATED IN A NON-QUALIFIED PENSION RESTORATION PLAN AND RECEIVED NO PAYMENTS FROM THE PLAN DURING THE YEAR.
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
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.
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501(C)(9) · VEBA TRUST · IA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by IOWA BANKERS ASSOCIATION
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BUILD - STATE FUND
527 · QSLPO · IA
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BUILD - FEDERAL FUND
527 · PAC · IA
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501(C)(6) · PROMOTE BANKS · IA
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Related corporations and trusts
Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.
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IOWA BANKERS INSURANCE & SERVICES INC
C · SALES-INSURANCE & MARKETING · IA · controlled entity
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MID AMERICA BANKERS INSURANCE SERVICES
C · INSURANCE · IA · controlled entity
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IOWA BANKERS MORTGAGE CORPORATION
C · MORTGAGE BANKING · IA · controlled entity
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 3 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202532799349300003
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