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GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC

EIN 93-4335239 PEORIA, IL

Largest nonprofits in Illinois

Revenue 2025
$1,548,375
Expenses 2025
$1,928,267

Program services were 97.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S30
Classification
1280
Street
5823 N FOREST PARK DRIVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

4 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION WAS CREATED TO PROMOTE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN AREAS SUCH AS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND REGIONAL CIVIC PROMOTION IN THE GREATER PEORIA REGION.

  • THE CHOOSE GREATER PEORIA MARKETING CAMPAIGN, A REGIONAL TALENT ATTRACTION INITIATIVE MARKETING THE GREATER PEORIA REGION TO PROSPECTIVE WORKERS TO ADDRESSES STRATEGIC WORKFORCE SHORTAGES AND NEEDS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $880,000 · Grants $880,000

  • THE TWO-TIERED GRANT PROGRAM AWARDED GRANTS TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL NONPROFITS THAT ADVANCE THE REGION'S STRATEGIC FOCUS OF BUILDING A VIBRANT REGIONAL CORE THROUGH BEAUTIFICATION, EVENT PROGRAMMING, AND BUSINESS ATTRACTION INITIATIVES.

    Expenses $573,544 · Grants $573,544

  • SUPPORTED SIGNATURE ANCHOR EVENTS IN THE REGIONAL CORE OF GREATER PEORIA THAT DRAW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS, GENERATING FOOT TRAFFIC AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND STRENGTHENING THE VIBRANCY OF THE REGIONAL CORE.

    Expenses $419,317 · Grants $272,546

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Dr Keith Knepp

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Doug Oberhelman

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Sheila Quirk-Bailey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Ray

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Shadid

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bob Sehring

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Songo Dede

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Roberta English

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laura Gleissner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zach Oyler

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dennis Triggs

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lawrence Williams IV

    ASSISTANT TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $1,548,375
    Expenses
    $1,928,267
    Contributions
    $1,521,330
    Grants paid
    $1,726,090
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,203,341
    Expenses
    $1,796,300
    Contributions
    $3,189,575
    Grants paid
    $1,786,005

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
Principal officer
Doug Oberhelman
Mailing address
5823 N Forest Park DrivePeoria IL 61614

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

  • SIMANTEL

    $1,479,000

    2024 TO SUPPORT TALENT ATTRACTION, POSITIVE PEORIA MEDIA, RECRUITMENT KITS, ETC.

  • SIMANTEL

    $880,000

    2025 TO SUPPORT TALENT ATTRACTION, POSITIVE PEORIA MEDIA, RECRUITMENT KITS, ETC.

  • ENVISION

    $143,255

    2025 TO SUPPORT GODAY AND SANTA CLAUS PARADE

  • ENVISION

    $126,154

    2024 TO SUPPORT GODAY AND SANTA CLAUS PARADE

  • 2024 TALENT ATTRACTION GRANT

  • WMBD-AM

    $75,000

    2025 RED, WHITE, AND BOOM SPONSORSHIP

  • WMBD-AM

    $75,000

    2024 RED, WHITE, AND BOOM SPONSORSHIP

  • 2025 TALENT ATTRACTION GRANT

  • NATE HEINOLD LLC

    $20,000

    2025 SPONSORSHIP: LEDGESTONE DISC GOLF TOURNAMENT

  • BREAK THE TAPE LLC

    $15,000

    2025 STEAMBOAT CLASSIS SPONSORSHIP

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.