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GLPA-LEAD

GLPA-LEAD (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,690,350 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($755,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$798k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$1.7M
Net assets
$449k
4/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 86%
01What it does

What Glpa-Lead does

Mission

The Great Lakes Political Academy since its incubation in 2013 has trained more than 250 fellows in this intensive program. GLPA runs general programs and specialization programs that are highly regarded across the state of Michigan. Our general program covers all campaign topics and is designed to prepare experienced rising campaign leaders to manage competitive campaigns. Our specialization program covers specific campaign areas and is designed to prepare less-experienced rising campaign leaders to lead campaign departments.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. GLPA-LEADs main project is to train future political leaders both for staffing and to run for office.

    $810,337 spentof which $778,944 as grants
    100% of program spending
  2. The Lead for Justice program trains lawyers who are interested in running for judge.

    $1,154 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $811,491.

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 ($242k) Expenses 100 ($130k) Net assets 100 ($142k)2022 Revenue 231 ($560k) Expenses 280 ($363k) Net assets 239 ($339k)2023 Revenue 304 ($738k) Expenses 367 ($477k) Net assets 422 ($600k)2024 Revenue 223 ($541k) Expenses 476 ($617k) Net assets 368 ($524k)2025 Revenue 329 ($798k) Expenses 621 ($806k) Net assets 316 ($449k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (329)Expenses (621)Net assets (316)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 $339k to $588k (+73%).

$142k
$339k
$588k
$524k
$449k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of GLPA-LEAD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,561 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$113k
’21
$197k
’22
$261k
’23
−$76k
’24
−$8k
’25
6.7
months of
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.

Board chair

Stephen Pontoni

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20212022202320242025
Listed33333
Joined·+0+0+1+0
No longer listed·0010
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $25k → $571k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
$350k
America Votesunclassified
$70k
funders
1
2
4
3
4

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of GLPA-LEAD’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.

How concentrated its funding is

GLPA-LEAD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund GLPA-LEAD.

45%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 50% · 2022 52% · 2023 62% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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

65% of GLPA-LEAD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $585k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from funders outside Michigan, across 3 states.

WI
MI
DC

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

’20
’21
’22
’23
Michigan out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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

GLPA-LEAD has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,934 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve6.7mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)35% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,934 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like GLPA-LEAD

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In Michigan

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds GLPA-LEAD?
GLPA-LEAD (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,690,350 to it, the largest being SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND ($755,800). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does GLPA-LEAD have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,690,350 in grants to GLPA-LEAD, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GLPA-LEAD?
SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND is the largest funder on record, with $755,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GLPA-LEAD find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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