Lansing Economic Area Partnership

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Lansing, MI501(c)(6)Since 2007Community DevelopmentEIN 20-8132313Revenue $9.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRSpurelansing.com1000 S Washington Ave Ste 201, 48910-1682 · Lansing, MITax-exempt since Jan 2008

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We build a stronger community for all, working everyday to grow, retain and attract business to the region.

501(c)(6) business league; gifts are not tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
Run by 112 volunteers and 22 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(6)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $144K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$815K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $140K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5.7M
71% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 71% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
89
of 89 voting members
Looks good: 89 of 89 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.4M
-66% vs prior year
Spent
$9.6M
Net assets
$2.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$9.4M
FY2025▼ -66%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.8M
FY2021$15.5M
FY2022$9.2M
FY2023$46.2M
FY2024$27.5M
FY2025$9.4M
Expenses
$9.6M
FY2025▼ -68%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.3M
FY2021$15.3M
FY2022$7.9M
FY2023$44.6M
FY2024$30.0M
FY2025$9.6M
Net assets
$2.3M
FY2025▼ -7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$2.1M
FY2022$3.4M
FY2023$5.0M
FY2024$2.5M
FY2025$2.3M

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2008.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Who runs it and what they're paid

93 people listed on the 990; $815K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$400,669Pt VII · Sec A
$155,991Pt VII · Sec A
$133,925Pt VII · Sec A
$124,666Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Committee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Robert L Trezise JR’s $401K as President & CEO is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community development nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Robert L Trezise JR$400,669$395,812$355,022$340,000$323,000$322,900
Keith Lambert$155,991$148,088$135,803$136,000$126,400$120,700
Anthony a Willis$133,925$136,754$111,013$114,000$108,008$108,008
Anthony T Klisch$124,666$113,646$92,931$31,796——
Jennifer Abood Morris———$120,385$98,080$78,950
Victoria B Meadows——$60,573$116,000——
Karl Dorshimer—————$111,450
Karl R Dorshimer————$108,400—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Drives local economic growth by securing public infrastructure funding, attracting businesses, and managing major development projects to strengthen the community.

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3 programs · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Regional Growth Department

The lansing economic area partnership (leap) provides economic development services and programs throughout the metropolitan lansing region (ingham, eaton, and clinton counties). The organization focuses on proactive business expansion, attraction, and retention, working directly with key businesses in targeted industries, both…

Pt IX · col B
02

Site Readiness Funds

Leap administers state-funded site readiness programs to proactively prepare real estate across the capital region for major investment opportunities. By leading the complex, upfront work of rehabilitating and readying sites for construction including environmental assessments, infrastructure analysis, engineering, and real estate…

Pt IX · col B
03

Ultium Project

Continued administration of $66.1m in public infrastructure funding through the michigan strategic fund's strategic site readiness program (SSRP) grant, for which leap serves as fiduciary and administrator. The lansing board of water & light (BWL) subgrant portion has been completed.

Pt IX · col B

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$140K
Grants paid · 1,502 grants · $96.7M · 2020–2025
Delta Charter TownshipFY2025$2,639,900
Dtn Management CoFY2025$365,000
Public Sector Consultants INCFY2025$159,396
City of Grand LedgeFY2025$133,382
Martin Commercial Properties INCFY2025$105,000
Grand Valley State UniversityMI · FY2025$103,647
Moonsail North LLCFY2025$80,350
Complete InteriorsFY2025$75,000
Eyde Land Holdings LLCFY2025$74,400
Foster Swift Collins & Smith PCFY2025$72,637
The Gillespie CompanyFY2025$72,000
Adriana LopezFY2025$66,000
Ourspace (517)FY2025$65,000
Kramer Management Group INCFY2025$59,570
Cyrina LLC - NewFY2025$56,209
10k Group LLCFY2025$54,000
Land & Resource Engineering - LreFY2025$51,537
Capital Region Airport AuthorityFY2025$50,853
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$185K
Money outPt IX
$9.6M
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$2.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.9M
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
93
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a89
IndependentVI 1b89
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$7.2M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$185K
Other incomeLn 4–11$3K
Total revenueLn 12$9.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$250K
SavingsLn 2$5.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K
Other assetsLn 15$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$8.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.7M
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 522
VolunteersI 6112
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.7M$5.9M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K$14K
Total assetsLn 16$13.0M$8.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$10.5M$5.7M
Net assetsLn 32$2.5M$2.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$6.7M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$20K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$36K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$587K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$48K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$109K
Payroll taxesLn 10$118K
Legal feesLn 11b$24K
Accounting feesLn 11c$140K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$105K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$157K
Office expensesLn 13$52K
OccupancyLn 16$101K
TravelLn 17$41K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3K
InsuranceLn 23$26K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$117K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $9.4M$9.6M−$173K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2024 $27.5M$30.0M−$2.5M$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $46.2M$44.6M$1.6M$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $9.2M$7.9M$1.3M$3.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $15.5M$15.3M$240K$2.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.8M$8.3M$448K$1.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $9,390,553 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $25,211,478$7,247,728
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,782,593$1,955,282
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $501,576$184,649
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,246$2,894
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $27,497,893$9,390,553
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $27,357,995$6,712,457
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,898,733$2,086,510
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $785,262$764,207
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $30,041,990$9,563,174
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,544,097−$172,621
Part VI · Governance 89 of 89 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body89
VI-1b Independent voting members89
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,390,553 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$140,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,107,728
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,247,728
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,955,282$1,955,282
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $184,649$184,649
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,894$2,894
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,958,176 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $184,649$9,390,553
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,563,174 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$6,656,058
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$20,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$36,399
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staff$587,457
IX-7 Other salaries and wages$1,224,465
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$48,213
IX-9 Other employee benefits$108,781
IX-10 Payroll taxes$117,594
IX-11b Legal fees$23,633
IX-11c Accounting fees$139,732
IX-11g Other fees for services$104,840
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$156,928
IX-13 Office expenses$51,948
IX-16 Occupancy$100,666
IX-17 Travel$40,507
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$2,954
IX-23 Insurance$26,075
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$116,924
IX-25 Total functional expenses$9,563,174
Part X · Balance sheet $7,997,968 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $470,222$250,029
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,239,104$5,611,958
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $148,008$982,681
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $34,201$29,376
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $17,448$14,494
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $1,053,500$1,109,430
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $12,962,483$7,997,968
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,587,035$1,444,351
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $286,039$254,760
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $8,594,637$3,976,706
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $10,467,711$5,675,817
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,372,640$2,007,634
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $122,132$314,517
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,494,772$2,322,151
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $12,962,483$7,997,968
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,322,151 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,390,553
XI-2 Total expenses$9,563,174
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$172,621
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,494,772
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,322,151

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