Ohio · Nonprofit
LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC
LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $585,806 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($231,343). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $309k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $586k
- Net assets
- $13k
What Leadership Lake County Inc does
Mission
Leadership lake county develops and engages present and future leaders to become committed to social, economic and civic excellence in our community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The signature program is designed for established professionals in preparation for leadership service within an organization and service on non-profit boards and as community leaders. The program offers opportunities to establish relationships across industries and interests among class members, alumni and community members. Signature program participants gain an in-depth understanding of the assets as well as the challenges facing lake county and our region as they are immersed in experiential days that focus on industry sectors and leadership skill development. Program day themes include education, government, health and human services, business and labor, public safety and justice and quality of life.
$100,889 spent$99,200 earned by the program35% of program spendingThe junior leadership program is designed for high school juniors to acquire leadership skills and increase civic engagement. The program focuses on skill development including collaboration, critical thinking, communication, creativity, life and career skills, and information technology skills. Monthly program days provide students with a behind-the-scenes look at lake county through on-site visits, guest speakers and experiential learning activities. Students are introduced to various sectors of the county including government, health and human services, business and recreation.
$56,148 spent$9,157 earned by the program20% of program spendingThe youth leadership academy is a program for 6th grade students to learn the basics of communication, collaboration, time management, community service and career exploration skills.
$49,993 spent$12,577 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe community builders program provides professional development for early career and entry-level managers.
$48,668 spent$16,415 earned by the program17% of program spendingThe alumni program provides opportunities for networking, education and civic engagement to graduates of all leadership lake county programs. Networking opportunities are hosted and led by alumni committee members each month. The program also brings in local and national thought leaders for alumni as well as members of the public.
$30,315 spent$30,108 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $286,013.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $63k to $113k (+81%).
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: 2021 10% · 2022 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Tricia Johnston
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $62k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 79% 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 LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY 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
LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
79% 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 LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 86% · 2019 45% · 2020 36% · 2021 55% · 2022 70% · 2023 30% — 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.
How long its funders stay
80% of LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
79% of LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC'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 $122k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $464k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states 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.
Against its field
LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $586k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,065 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC
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
87% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC?
- LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $585,806 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($231,343). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 79% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $585,806 in grants to LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $231,343 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEADERSHIP LAKE COUNTY INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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