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LAKES AREA SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER INC

EIN 41-1360211 BRAINERD, MN

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Revenue 2025
$488,671
Expenses 2025
$536,095

Program services were 77.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
803 KINGWOOD ST

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

2 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

ENCOURAGING MATURE ADULTS TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY LIVING, SOCIALIZATION, LIFE LONG LEARNING AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE BRAINERD CENTER IS A NONPROFIT COMMUNITY HUB IN BRAINERD THAT SUPPORTS ADULTS 45+ THROUGH ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING, SOCIAL CONNECTION, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. BY OFFERING FITNESS, EDUCATION, SOCIAL EVENTS, AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, THE CENTER HELPS SENIORS STAY ACTIVE, ENGAGED, AND CONNECTED, REDUCING ISOLATION, SUPPORTING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING, AND STRENGTHENING BOTH INDIVIDUAL INDEPENDENCE AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

  • THE BRAINERD CENTER SERVES ADULTS AGE 45+ THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT PROMOTE HEALTHY AGING, SOCIAL CONNECTION, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. DURING THE REPORTING YEAR, THE CENTER SERVED APPROXIMATELY 1,400 MEMBERS AND RECORDED AN ESTIMATED 20,000+ PARTICIPANT VISITS THROUGH DAILY AND WEEKLY FITNESS, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS (ESTIMATED). THE CENTER'S DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED APPROXIMATELY 20,000 HOURS BY SUPPORTING PROGRAMS, INITIATIVES, OUTREACH, FUNDRAISING, AND PEER-LED ACTIVITIES.HEALTH AND WELLNESS CLASSES ENGAGED HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS WEEKLY (ESTIMATED), HELPING MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS ALIKE MAINTAIN PHYSICAL HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE. SOCIAL AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS REDUCED ISOLATION AND SUPPORTED EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING. CREATIVE VOLUNTEER GROUPS PRODUCED THOUSANDS OF DONATED ITEMS, INCLUDING MORE THAN 7,300 HANDMADE QUILTS TO DATE, WHICH ARE GIFTED TO HOSPICE ORGANIZATIONS AND CARDIAC REHAB PROGRAMS TO BRING COMFORT, JOY, AND ENCOURAGEMENT DURING DIFFICULT TIMES. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS CREATED BY CENTER MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.PROGRAM OBJECTIVE: PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE PROGRAMS THAT KEEP ADULTS ACTIVE, ENGAGED, AND CONNECTED.LONG-TERM GOAL: STRENGTHEN HEALTH, INDEPENDENCE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ADULTS 45+ WHILE SERVING AS A COMMUNITY FOCAL POINT FOR AGING.

    Expenses $415,674 · Grants $135 · Revenue $142,029

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Kathy Tusa

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Barrows

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Buxton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josiah Heal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liz Holt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lana Ledoux

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Lemieux

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kurt Nelson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amy Price

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Raboin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nick Reindl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gayle Trzpuc

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lynn Zimbelman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deann Barry Thru 052025

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $40,948
    From this org
    $40,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Darcy Walkowiak

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $48,024
    From this org
    $48,024
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $488,671
    Expenses
    $536,095
    Contributions
    $227,932
    Grants paid
    $135
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $455,682
    Expenses
    $428,645
    Contributions
    $200,183
    Grants paid
    $4,080
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $380,466
    Expenses
    $389,676
    Contributions
    $150,734
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $403,122
    Expenses
    $410,072
    Contributions
    $157,958
    Grants paid
    $0

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2025 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $365,564
    Expenses
    $384,077
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,164,025
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $694,886
    Expenses
    $451,087
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,176,827
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $390,610
    Expenses
    $438,239
    Assets (EOY)
    $930,529
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $538,451
    Expenses
    $391,768
    Assets (EOY)
    $997,145

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.