Lakeland Economic Development FY2020 filing

Lakeland, FLUnknown exempt organizationEIN 45-4919549

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The Lakeland Economic Development council (ledc) is a private, non-profit organization with approximately 135+ member companies. The ledc's primary role is to help create jobs and capital investment by attracting new companies as well as facilitating the expansion of existing companies in the Lakeland area.

81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$373K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $112K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$373K
to officers and key staff · 34% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 34% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$264K
19% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 19% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.3M
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$1.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2020
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.4M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2020
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.0M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.2M
Net assets
$1.1M
FY2020
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $881K Management & general 19% · $205K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990; $373K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$373,403Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chairma
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Steven J Scruggs$426,726$689,035$372,226$372,329$373,403
Katie W Decker$165,005————
Katie Worthington Decker—$155,704$117,857——
Laura Taylor$136,550$131,512$126,050——

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

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

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

Programs and updates

Attracts companies and helps existing ones grow to create jobs and investment.

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3 program services, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2020.
01

Member survey in 2017, we conducted research to learn more about the two primary concerns that weighed on the minds of lakeland ceos - talent acquisition and retention. In 2020, we brought you an update that included an economic and business outlook, ceos' perspectives regarding organizational culture and a timely report on how covid…

Pt IX · col B
02

Incentives incentives continue to be a big part of ledc's business development strategy. We actively worked on two of those in 2020: -manufacturing - the city commission has funded and is moving forward with guidelines for the formally approved manufacturing incentive ledc lobbied for in 2019.

Pt IX · col B
03

Ledc board & staff held its ninth annual retreat. The retreat agenda included: -ledc omember survey results - emily rogers omembership engagement ofuture leaders obusiness development update oincentives oinnovation district & rda olakeland leads -catapult obuilding update obudget omembership oprograms ostaff & advisory board opriorities…

Pt IX · col B

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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$49K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$881K
Managementcol C$205K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$813K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$264K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$49K
Gains on assetsLn 7$5K
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$813K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$813K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$495K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$34K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$264K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 57
VolunteersI 665
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$661K$813K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$397K$495K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$22K$34K
Total assetsLn 16$1.1M$1.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$195K$264K
Net assetsLn 32$915K$1.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$697K$558K$139K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$97K$78K$19K
Payroll taxesLn 10$38K$30K$8K
Legal feesLn 11b$6K$4K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$61K$61K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$10K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$37K$29K$7K
TravelLn 17$9K$7K$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2K$2K$292
InsuranceLn 23$5K$4K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$104K$83K$21K
All other expensesLn 24e$17K$14K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$881K$205K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $1.4M$1.2M$178K$1.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.4M$1.4M−$56K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.3M$1.2M$45K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.3M$1.0M$208K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.3M$1.1M$184K$1.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,270,496 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$1,109,287
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$112,262
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,221,549
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $43,910$43,910
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $5,037$5,037
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $48,947$1,270,496
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,086,042 across 12 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $557,871 · Management $139,468$697,339
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $77,598 · Management $19,400$96,998
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $30,337 · Management $7,584$37,921
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $4,449 · Management $1,112$5,561
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $60,837$60,837
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,438 · Management $2,609$13,047
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,477 · Management $7,369$36,846
IX-17 TravelPrograms $7,238 · Management $1,810$9,048
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,939 · Management $292$2,231
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,101 · Management $1,025$5,126
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $83,261 · Management $20,816$104,077
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $13,609 · Management $3,402$17,011
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $881,155 · Management $204,887 · Fundraising $0$1,086,042
Part X · Balance sheet $1,363,912 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $661,343$812,674
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $30,250$22,250
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $21,886$33,796
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $397,018$495,192
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,110,497$1,363,912
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,575$83,598
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $189,758$180,696
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $195,333$264,294
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $915,164$1,099,618
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $915,164$1,099,618
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,110,497$1,363,912
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,099,618 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,270,496
XI-2 Total expenses$1,086,042
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$184,454
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$915,164
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,099,618

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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