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Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance

501(c)(6) organization Bay City, MI EIN: 26-4192780 Website

To champion and support regional collaboration and initiatives that help grow the great lakes bay region.

Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance at a glance

Total assets
$266,361
-10.3% vs 2023
Revenue (2024)
$191,747
+3.6% vs 2023
Net investment income (2024)
$1
-80.0% vs 2023
Expenses (2024)
$211,085
-9.1% vs 2023
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2024 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2024; updated September 2026.

Who Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K1$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Freeland

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$50K$100K$150K1 grant2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024

In 2020 it made 1 grant totaling $144K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Great Lakes Bay Foundation Freeland, MISee Part IV$144,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2024$266,361$191,747$211,085——$1
2023$296,809$185,079$232,265——$5
2022$378,205$155,043$202,392——$1,676
2021$392,165$331,176$245,917——$46
2020$319,203$263,726$330,518$144,0001$26

About Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance

Based on IRS filings

Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Bay City, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2024. As of 2024, the organization holds $266K in total assets. Net investment income was $1.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance is led by Heather Gallegos, Chair since 2024 (on filings since 2020); 1 of 45 officers listed in 2024 is compensated.

Officers on the 2024 filing

  • Heather Gallegos

    Chair

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2022

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ben Denay

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bill Gagliardi

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Diane Middleton

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jonathan Lauderbach

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kent Macdonald

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Magen Samyn

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Neal Bishop

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Clark

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Robert Davies

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tony Stamas

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Veronica Horn

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Charlton

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Justin Pomerville

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kimberlee Baczewski

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Gavin

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Ridley

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Seth Perigo

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Hood

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Lacey

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jim Barcia

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Liz Conway

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Pavel Konecny

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Daniel Scheffer

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • George Grant Jr.

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Mayes

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristen Wenzel

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sunita Vadakath

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Alysha Pasquali

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anna Mooney

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bradley Sizelove

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brian Keeler

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brooke Beebe

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gerd Dietrich

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Collier

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Stoutenburg

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ken Frierson

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melinda Coffin

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Goad

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Patrick Hengesbach

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Todd Gregory

    Director

    New on the 2024 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matthew Felan

    Executive Di

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $86K (2020) → $91K (2024)

  • Erin Strang

    Vice Chair

    Director → Secretary, 2022

    Secretary → Vice Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon Lynch

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Peter Shaheen

    Past Chair

    Vice Chair → Chair, 2022

    Chair → Past Chair, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (45)
  • Former: Frank Cloutier (2020–2023) — Past Chair
  • Former: James Milroy (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jerome Schwind (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Kevin Cotter (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Martha Zehnder Kaczynski (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Darrell Lentz (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Tom Miller (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Diane Mahoney (2023) — Director
  • Former: Paul Seibert (2023) — Director
  • Former: Annette Rummel (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Dennis Hoeg (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Donald Bachand (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: George Kikano (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Herb Spence III (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kelley Peatross (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Marcel Venckeleer (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Michael Bacigalupo (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ryan Tarrant (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Stephanie Duggan (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Steve Sklenar (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Chris Rishko (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Diane Fong (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Doyle Beneby (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Marita Hattem-Schiffman (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Robert Belleman (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Trevor Keyes (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Adam Schlusler (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Doug Wallace (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jim McBryde (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Margaret McAvoy (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Rob Vallentine (2020–2021) — Past Chair
  • Former: Terri Trotter (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Beth Sorenson-Prince (2021) — Director
  • Former: Bridgette Gransden (2020) — Director
  • Former: Christine Hammond (2020) — Director
  • Former: Dick Mott (2020) — Director
  • Former: Ed Bruff (2020) — Director
  • Former: Jean Goodnow (2020) — Director
  • Former: Jenee Velasquez (2020) — Director
  • Former: Joann Crary (2020) — Director
  • Former: John Decker (2020) — Director
  • Former: Laura Yockey (2020) — Director
  • Former: Marisa Horak Belotti (2020) — Director
  • Former: Sharon Mortensen (2020) — Director
  • Former: Tom Campbell (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2024. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2024 IRS filing

Matthew Felan — Executive Di: $91KMatthew FelanExecutive Di$91K

The highest reported compensation on the 2024 filing was $91K, to Matthew Felan (Executive Di).

Frequently asked questions about Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance

How large is Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance?

Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance reported $266K in total assets on its 2024 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $192K.

What is Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance?

Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance is a public charity focused on Community Improvement & Capacity Building, based in Bay City, MI. It holds $266K in total assets as of 2024.

Where does Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance operate?

Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance has awarded grants in Michigan.

What is Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance's EIN?

Great Lakes Bay Regional Alliance's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 26-4192780. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2024.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS November 15, 2021)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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