Ohio · Nonprofit
LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,338,676 to it, the largest being JOBSOHIO ($7,338,676). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $56M
What Lawrence Economic Development Corporation does
Mission
To promote economic development in the City of Ironton and the County of Lawrence, Ohio. To act as designated agent for providing governmental assistance to business enterprise and to promote the general economic development of Lawrence County, Ohio
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
During the FY 24 program year, SOAPEX has conducted 22 small business workshops. SOAPEX worked with 145 active clients resulting in 55 awarded contracts.
$395,828 spent32% of program spendingDuring 2024, LEDC helped secure the development of a 42-bed physical rehabilitation hospital that is expected to bring nearly 200 jobs to the county. LEDC began planning the construction of a new 22,000 sq ft speculative building and is actively working through lease terms with a client. Additionally, LEDC has partnered with various county agencies to secure grant funding to remove asbestos from several local buildings to allow them to be used in the future, as well continuing to clean up the former Biomass site to get it ready for development.
$617,255 spent50% of program spendingThe CVB continues to work on the awarded ARC grant that is aimed at marking 27 historical Underground railroad sites along the Ohio River. The grant will be wrapped up in 2025 and is expected to mark all 27 sites. During the year, the CVB attended many events to increase awareness of tourism in Lawrence County. These include the Ohio RV and Boat Show and Ohio's Tourism Day at the Ohio Statehouse among others.
$212,279 spent17% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,225,362.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $63M to $65M (+4%).
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: 2018 11% · 2019 20% · 2020 13% · 2021 56% · 2022 16% · 2023 13% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Dan Evans
Chairman of the Board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.8M → $543k.
From the IRS filings of LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION’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 LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION's grant income comes from Ohio 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.
Government funding LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $6.8M on record.
- Department of Defense$2.9M
- Appalachian Regional Commission$1.8M
- Department of Labor$1.5M
- Environmental Protection Agency$600k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
23% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Greater Lawrence County Area Chamber of Commerce · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: 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 LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (Ohio) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,338,676 to it, the largest being JOBSOHIO ($7,338,676). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,338,676 in grants to LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION?
- JOBSOHIO is the largest funder on record, with $7,338,676 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAWRENCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), 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