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GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC

GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,309,575 to it, the largest being GILMORE FOUNDATION ($3,144,575). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.5M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$3.3M
Net assets
$1.0M
2/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What Greater Peoria Leadership Council Inc does

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.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. 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.

    $880,000 spentof which $880,000 as grants
    47% of program spending
  2. 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.

    $573,544 spentof which $573,544 as grants
    31% of program spending
  3. 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.

    $419,317 spentof which $272,546 as grants
    22% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,872,861.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 = 20242024 Revenue 100 ($3.2M) Expenses 100 ($1.8M) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2025 Revenue 48 ($1.5M) Expenses 107 ($1.9M) Net assets 73 ($1.0M)
20242025
Revenue (48)Expenses (107)Net assets (73)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 2024 to 2025, from $1.4M to $1.0M (−27%).

$1.4M
$1.0M
20242025
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.

2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

98% of GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (60% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,444 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.4M
’24
−$380k
’25
6.4
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

Doug Oberhelman

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20242025
Listed512
Joined·+7
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 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.

How concentrated its funding is

GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

95%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

“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

100% of GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.

IL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k 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

GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC is better cushioned than half of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−25% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.4mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−52% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

11
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

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC: 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 GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC?
GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,309,575 to it, the largest being GILMORE FOUNDATION ($3,144,575). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,309,575 in grants to GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC?
GILMORE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,144,575 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GREATER PEORIA LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing