California · Nonprofit
EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $642k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $766k
What East Bay Leadership Council does
Mission
The East Bay Leadership Council promotes economic vitality and quality of life through research, analysis and advocacy on public policy issues that affect these goals. Our work is done through task forces led by our volunteers with knowledge and expertise in transportation, land use, health care, business, workforce development/education, environmental/manufacturing, and water. The council provides monthly informational programs for its membership, including presentations from major public officials. The council also provides an annual speaker series with speakers and panels on major economic and policy issues.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The East Bay Leadership Council sponsors a 3-part series with informative speakers and panel discussions highlighting leaders at the national, state and local level focused on advancing critical community conversations on a wide range of issues. The series is the largest source of revenue for the eblc and supports its mission to advocate for policies that increase economic vitality and improve the quality of life in the east bay.
The East Bay Leadership Council hosts an annual installation awards which allows our large board of directors, consisting of regional leaders from across sectors of the east bay's economy, to celebrate the ways in which eblc has furthered its mission to improve economic vitality and quality of life. Both the outgoing chair and incoming chair of the board of directors speak about their plans for the year while we recognize the contributions of distinguished leaders in the organization. We also award the east bay leadership medal, the highest honor bestowed by eblc, to a member company that makes outstanding contributions to the organization and to the region. This event also acts as an essential opportunity to welcome new members of the board of directors while thanking those directors who have retired. Eblc also recognizes distinguished service by one or more individuals. Finally, the program regularly attracts local, regional, state, and federal elected officials interested in our work.
The council's second largest program is threads of hope. This event honors the volunteerism and philanthropy that make the region a better place to live and work. By honoring those who share their time, talent, and treasure, the council hopes to foster a continued spirit of giving in the east bay. This built on the success of the east bay philanthropy awards by joining forces with diablo magazine to help better tell the stories of our honorees. Nominations can be submitted by any individual or organization, with honorees chosen in august and an event held in december.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $460k to $658k (+43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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.
Chief executive
Mark Orcutt
President & CEO
Board chair
Danielle Cagan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $3k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $23k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest California Association of Realtors). These are real filings, and they are not money EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL raised.
From the IRS filings of EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL’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
100% of EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL?
- EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,500 to it, the largest being Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation ($7,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,500 in grants to EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL?
- Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $7,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EAST BAY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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