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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CGLR FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$908,548
Total expenses
$1,547,623
Contributions and grants received
$901,723
Grants paid
$333,699
Program service revenue
$6,825
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,005,541
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,951
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$948,590
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,364,871
Management and general expenses
$182,752
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,364,871

Program services were 88.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $896,723

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE INCOME

    total $6,825 · related or exempt $6,825

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $303,539 · program services $303,539

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $30,160 · program services $30,160

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $136,521 · program services $127,285 · management and general $9,236

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $221,032 · program services $206,079 · management and general $14,953

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $778 · program services $726 · management and general $52

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,334 · program services $1,244 · management and general $90

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,107 · program services $25,273 · management and general $1,834

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,831 · management and general $25,831

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $430,876 · program services $345,990 · management and general $84,886

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,718 · program services $6,959 · management and general $13,759

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,131 · management and general $12,131

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $129,217 · program services $129,217

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $137,479 · program services $137,479

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,886 · management and general $10,886

  • 24a · Other expenses: TRAVEL AND MEETINGS

    total $47,848 · program services $41,331 · management and general $6,517

  • 24b · Other expenses: STORAGE AND SUPPLIES

    total $8,747 · program services $8,747

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND COMMUNICA

    total $2,577 · management and general $2,577

  • 24d · Other expenses: CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

    total $842 · program services $842

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,006,603 · end of year $490,303

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $75,000 · end of year $21,100

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,484 · end of year $7,238

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

    $816,893

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

    $333,789

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $612,888 · end of year $483,104

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $3,796

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $108,310 · end of year $56,951

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $290,325 · end of year $32,349

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,297,340 · end of year $916,241

Mission and programs · 2024

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 MEETINGSTHE CGLR FOUNDATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CGLR CANADA FOUNDATION, HOSTED THE GREAT LAKES SUSTAINABLE GROWTH FORUM IN TORONTO FROM JUNE 26-28, 2024. HUNDREDS OF BUSINESS LEADERS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, THOUGHT-LEADERS AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM THE BI-NATIONAL GREAT LAKES ECONOMIC REGION ATTENDED THE TICKETED EVENT AND DISCUSSED COSIO-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 HOSTED ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS, FROM WATER STEWARDSHIP AND REGIONAL DECARBONIZATION, TO SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS AND PLASTIC POLLUTION AND THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY.

    Expenses $92,115 · Revenue $6,825

  • POLICY, RESEARCH AND PROGRAMSDURING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-25, THE CGLR FOUNDATION CONTINUED DEVELOPING THE CIRCULAR GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE, WHICH BRINGS COMPANIES TOGETHER WITH GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIC, AND NONPROFIT LEADERS TO FORGE A FUTURE WITHOUT MATERIAL WASTE AND POLLUTION, STARTING WITH PLASTIC. THE INITIATIVE CONTINUED IMPLEMENTING ITS STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN, LAUNCHING PILOT PROJECTS AND DEVELOPING OUTREACH MATERIALS. IT ALSO WORKED TO EXPAND ITS GREAT LAKES PLASTIC CLEANUP THAT WORKS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS TO REMOVE LITTER AND WASTE USING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. DURING THE YEAR, THE CGLR FOUNDATION ALSO LAUNCHED ITS GREAT LAKES WATER INNOVATION AND STEWARDSHIP EXCHANGE, AN INITIATIVE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER MULTI-STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO ADVANCE RESPONSIBLE WATER USE AND SUPPORT OPERATIONAL WATER EFFICIENCIES.

    Expenses $1,272,756 · Grants $333,699

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brian Ames

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marie Helene Sicard

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Petras

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Matt McCurdy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Drummond

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lora Shrake

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $131,743
    From this org
    $120,533
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,210
    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

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
2024
Filed
17 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610499349300101

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