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Lorain County Community College Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker Elyria, OH EIN: 51-0146485 Website

The lccc foundation provides support to each of the cornerstones of Lorain county community college through scholarships and faculty development (education), innovation fund (economic), support for stocker arts center programming (culture), and support for campus grants projects (community).

Key facts about Lorain County Community College Foundation

In short: Lorain County Community College Foundation gave $807K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $404K), mostly in Ohio. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

EIN
51-0146485
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025
Annual giving (2025)
$807,230
Grants made (2025)
2
Average grant
$403,615
Median grant
$403,615
Total assets
$84,567,154
Primary geography
Ohio (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)

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

Financial Overview

From 2025 IRS Form 990 · View filing

Total Assets

$84.6M

+19.1% YoY

Annual Giving

$807K

-32.2% YoY

Grant Count

2

+0.0% YoY

Avg Grant Size

$404K

-32.2% YoY

How Lorain County Community College Foundation gives

  • Giving grew 27% from 2022 to 2025. Method

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

About Lorain County Community College Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Lorain County Community College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Elyria, OH. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $84.6M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $807K. Net investment income was $4.3M.

Focus Areas

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Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

ElyriaChagrin FallsAmherstClevelandIndianapolis

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$500K$1M$1.5M4 grants2020 3 grants2021 1 grant2022 1 grant2023 2 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $522K (2021) to $1.2M (2024). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $807K.

Grant Insights

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Lorain County Community College: $657KLorain County CommunityCollege$657KCitizens for LCCC: $150KCitizens for LCCC$150K

The largest 2025 recipient was Lorain County Community College ($657K). Together the top 2 received $807K.

Grant Size Distribution

9 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K1$250–500K3$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 3 grants of 9 (33%).

Giving History

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Lorain County Community College Elyria, OHProvide Scholarships and Other Support$657,230
Citizens for LCCC Elyria, OHEnhance Public Support for the College$150,000

Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Revenue
Expenses
Net Investment Income
$0$5M$10M$15M2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Metric202520242023
Total Assets$84,567,154$71,033,771$60,528,813
Revenue$11,557,697$8,724,648$4,011,366
Expenses$3,124,991$3,653,070$3,331,916
Net Investment Income$4,282,714$2,175,214$2,968,695

Data update history

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 17, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 13, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 14, 2024)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 6, 2025)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 23, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2025

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Lorain County Community College Foundation is led by Lisa Brown, Executive Director on every filing since 2020; 2 of 54 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Lisa Brown

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $138K (2020) → $163K (2025)

  • Marcia J. Ballinger

    President & Director

    President → President, CEO & Director, 2023

    President, CEO & Director → President & Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rebecca Starck

    Chair & Director

    Director → Chair & Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charles Wiersma

    Director, Finance & Oper

    Director of Finance & Operations → Director, Finance & Operations, 2023

    Director, Finance & Operations → Director, Finance & Oper, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $89K (2020) → $102K (2025)

  • Brian Hoagland

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bruce E. Stevens

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cathy E. Dietlin

    Assistant Secretary & Director

    Vice Chair → Vice Chair & Director, 2023

    Vice Chair & Director → Assistant Secretary & Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dale P. Yost

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darryl Q. Tucker

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David L. Herzer

    Secretary & Director

    Secretary → Assistant Secretary & Director, 2023

    Assistant Secretary & Director → Secretary & Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Garis F. Distelhorst

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Greg P. Mulach

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James Miraldi

    Vice Chair & Director

    Vice Chair → Vice Chair & Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • James R. Cordes

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Desich

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John D. Hunter

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John R. Hruska

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • John W. Schaeffer

    Vice Chair & Director

    Director → Secretary & Director, 2023

    Secretary & Director → Vice Chair & Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joseph Cirigliano

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kent D. Hageman

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin J. Flanigan

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Nelson

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Marc Guay

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maria Ilvento Zolli

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark B. Skellenger

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Seidel

    Assistant Treasurer & Director

    Director → Assistant Treasurer & Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michael Sherman

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Philip J. Amos

    Treasurer & Director

    Assistant Treasurer → Assistant Treasurer & Director, 2023

    Assistant Treasurer & Director → Treasurer & Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • ROY Church

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rustom R. Khouri

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susanne Dotson

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Teresa Gardner

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim King

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • William D. Hudnutt

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gail Flanigan

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Gerald Innes

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Zellers

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ben Cook

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dan Reaser Sr.

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Phil Baptiste

    Director

    Chair & Director → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tomie Patton

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Charlotte Gardiner

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jillian Riddell McDonnell

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Michelle Reichlin

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Samantha Abraham

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Srinivas Subramanian

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Knechtges

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Ortner

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dvora Nelson

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jack Gaudry

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kim McDonald

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Martin M'tambo

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ron Cocco

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tracy Green

    Vice President

    Vice President → Vice President & COO, 2023

    Vice President & COO → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (48)
  • Former: Barry L. Smith (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Donald Ortner (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Donald P. Knechtges (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Gail Stumphauzer (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: John C. Gaudry (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Joseph J. McAleese (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Robert F. Heinrich (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Ronald A. Cocco (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Jeffrey L. Zellers (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Sanford Washington Jr. (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Greg Thaxton (2022–2024) — Treasurer & Director
  • Former: Gary Distelhorst (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Thomassina Patton (2024) — Director
  • Former: Donald S. Sheldon (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: James Jordan (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jon R. Cromling (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Margarita Quinones (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Sundaram Nagarajan (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Char Gardiner (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Michele Henes (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Bob Heinrich (2023) — Director
  • Former: Jerry Innes (2023) — Director
  • Former: Tess Gardner (2023) — Director
  • Former: Alan M. Zang (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Albert Tegel (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Anthony Giardini (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Daniel B. Reaser Sr. (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jane Jonesco (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Kim Myers (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Lily T. Yuzon (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Nicole Sprenger (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Peter De La Porte (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Phillip J. Baptiste (2020–2022) — Chair
  • Former: Judge James L. Miraldi (2021–2022) — Vice Chair
  • Former: Judge Joseph E. Cirigliano (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: DR ROY Church (2022) — Director
  • Former: Jane Norton (2022) — Director
  • Former: Judge John D. Hunter (2022) — Director
  • Former: Tom Smith (2022) — Assistant Secretary
  • Former: Aldena Harris (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Charlotte A. Wray (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Gregory A. Thaxton (2020–2021) — Treasurer & Director
  • Former: Lee M. Koury (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Sara Jane Norton (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Thomas J. Smith (2020–2021) — Secretary & Director
  • Former: DR ROY A Church (2021) — Director
  • Former: Robert Knight (2020) — Director
  • Former: Terry Goode (2020) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "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

Lisa Brown — Executive Director: $163KLisa BrownExecutive Director$163KCharles Wiersma — Director, Finance and Oper: $102KCharles WiersmaDirector, Finance and Oper$102K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $163K, to Lisa Brown (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Lorain County Community College Foundation

How much does Lorain County Community College Foundation give each year?

Lorain County Community College Foundation gave $807K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.2M across 2 grants.

How large is Lorain County Community College Foundation?

Lorain County Community College Foundation reported $84.6M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $11.6M.

What is Lorain County Community College Foundation?

Lorain County Community College Foundation is a public charity focused on Education, based in Elyria, OH. It holds $84.6M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Lorain County Community College Foundation operate?

Lorain County Community College Foundation has awarded grants in Indiana, Ohio.

What is Lorain County Community College Foundation's EIN?

Lorain County Community College Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 51-0146485. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

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

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