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BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC

BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $220,894 to it, the largest being CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION ($220,894). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$60k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$221k
Net assets
$135k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 29%
01What it does

What Building Great Leaders Inc does

Programs

  1. Dr. Les Ollila Chairman was provided for ad hoc counseling and prayer sessions throughout the fiscal year including those resulting from BGL television and radio programing on WVCY-TV Channel 30 in Milwaukee and online streaming formats through VCY America at https : www.vcy. org ?s=building great leaders. Expenses estimated as approximately 75% of total ministry expenses.

    $43,001 spent
  2. Dr. Les Ollila Chairman was provided as a chaplain to the staff and on over 14 occasions as at the keynote speaker guest lecturer to a college and seminary in Iowa with an attendees ranging from approximately 20 to 400 and lectured on the topics of leadership relationships responsibility maintaining high standards personal and spiritual maturity and other related leadership topics. Expenses estimated as 10% of total ministry expenses.

    $2,893 spent
  3. Dr. Les Ollila Chairman was provided as the keynote speaker in houses of worship in 3 states for 7 speaking events and spoke on topics of prayer Christian living charity honesty wisdom service and other missional topics to leaders in those congregations with an estimated average attendance of around 150 at each event. Expenses estimated as 5% of total ministry expenses.

    $5,789 spent
  4. Dr. Les Ollila Chairman was provided as the keynote speaker at ministry leader conferences a business leadership conference and a senior adult retreat for 12 speaking events in 3 states hosted by non-profit organizations speaking on topics related to marriage prayer servant leadership humility stewardship vision encouragement faithfulness usefulness honesty happiness and focus among other missional topics with an estimated average attendance of approximately 150 at each event. Expenses estimated as 10% of total ministry expenses.

    $4,962 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($78k) Expenses 100 ($83k) Net assets 100 ($85k)2022 Revenue 89 ($70k) Expenses 85 ($71k) Net assets 99 ($85k)2023 Revenue 117 ($91k) Expenses 70 ($58k) Net assets 138 ($118k)2024 Revenue 86 ($68k) Expenses 70 ($59k) Net assets 149 ($127k)2025 Revenue 82 ($64k) Expenses 68 ($57k) Net assets 158 ($134k)2026 Revenue 77 ($60k) Expenses 71 ($59k) Net assets 158 ($135k)
202120222023202420252026
Revenue (77)Expenses (71)Net assets (158)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $86k to $119k (+39%).

$87k
$86k
$119k
$128k
$134k
$136k
202120222023202420252026
Total assetsTotal liabilities

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Leslie Ollila

Chairman

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990-PF.

202120222023202420252026
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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $50k → $20k.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.

PA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
South Carolina out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC is better cushioned than half of the 122 religion nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve27.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 122 religion nonprofits under $100k, FY2026

Organizations like BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC

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In South Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC?
BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $220,894 to it, the largest being CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION ($220,894). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $220,894 in grants to BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC?
CORNERSTONE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $220,894 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BUILDING GREAT LEADERS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2021–2026), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing