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Great Lakes Safety Training Center

Public charity · Grantmaker Midland, MI EIN: 38-2862698 Website

Preparing people to live & work safely every day.

Great Lakes Safety Training Center at a glance

Total assets
$6,968,405
+3.9% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,567,502
-14.4% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$-119,707
-306.8% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,688,168
-4.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

How to apply to Great Lakes Safety Training Center

Next open deadline
February 28, 2027 (Bay Community Foundation GLSTC Safety for the Kids Scholarship)

Who Great Lakes Safety Training Center funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

3 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 3 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

MidlandBay CitySaginaw

How Great Lakes Safety Training Center gives

  • Giving fell 27% from 2019 to 2022. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$10K$20K$30K3 grants2019 0 grants2020 2 grants2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $11K (2021) to $21K (2019). In 2022 it made 1 grant totaling $15K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Greater Michigan Construction Acade Midland, MIScholarship$15,000
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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
2025$6,968,405$1,567,502$1,688,168——$-119,707
2024$6,705,958$1,831,192$1,764,760——$57,881
2023$6,075,030$1,637,899$1,665,971——$40,608
2022$5,884,622$1,833,812$1,624,633$15,0001$79,196
2021$6,148,502$2,042,570$1,325,348$10,7462$83,012
2020$5,503,658$1,690,598$1,466,248——$49,936
2019$5,152,444$2,310,299$1,661,984$20,5093$59,802

About Great Lakes Safety Training Center

Based on IRS filings

Great Lakes Safety Training Center is a public charity focused on Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief, based in Midland, MI. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $7.0M in total assets.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Great Lakes Safety Training Center is led by Bryan Johnson, President since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 2 of 14 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Bryan Johnson

    President

    Director → Vice President, 2023

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Melody Debolt

    Director of

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $117K (2025)

  • Alison Beatty

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Berger

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Erickson

    Director Pa

    President → Past President, 2023

    Past President → Director Pa, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Smith

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nick Bovid

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Uzarski

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rob Young

    Director Pa

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kelly Juday

    Executive Di

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $104K (2019) → $155K (2025)

  • Roger White

    Vice President

    Past President → Director, 2023

    Director → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jason Hatfield

    Past President

    Vice President → President, 2023

    President → Past President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • John Fisher

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Craig

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (8)
  • Former: Bryan Johnson Mba Cih Csp (2024) — Vice President
  • Former: Nick Bovid Pe (2024) — Director
  • Former: Jim Sears (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ronnie Neumann (2019–2022) — Secretary
  • Former: Jw Fisher (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Mark Trinklein (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Ted High (2019–2020) — Past President
  • Former: Don Taylor (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Kelly Juday — Executive Di: $155KKelly JudayExecutive Di$155KMelody Debolt — Director of: $117KMelody DeboltDirector of$117K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $155K, to Kelly Juday (Executive Di). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Great Lakes Safety Training Center

How large is Great Lakes Safety Training Center?

Great Lakes Safety Training Center reported $7.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.6M.

What is Great Lakes Safety Training Center?

Great Lakes Safety Training Center is a public charity focused on Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief, based in Midland, MI. It holds $7.0M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Great Lakes Safety Training Center operate?

Great Lakes Safety Training Center has awarded grants in Michigan.

What is Great Lakes Safety Training Center's EIN?

Great Lakes Safety Training Center's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 38-2862698. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

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

Data update history

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 14, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 15, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 9, 2023)

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