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US nonprofit · EIN 201609456 · Columbia, SCiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 201609456) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Midlands Business Leadership Group

Revenue
$172k
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$171k
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$391k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$391k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
12
4.1y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
3
named in Part VII
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Midlands Business Leadership Group's network

12 people3 organisationsi12 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (12). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

12 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 14 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Ashton PearsonExecutive Di2022
4 yrs
Bill BoydExecutive Co2022
4 yrs
Bill McElveenExecutive Co2022
4 yrs
Brad FultzExecutive Co2024
2 yrs
Heather MitchellExecutive Co2025
1 yr
James BennettExecutive Co2020
6 yrs
Jim LehmanExecutive Co2025
1 yr
John FolsomExecutive Co2020
6 yrs
John LumpkinExecutive Co2022
4 yrs
Mike MizeurTreasurer/Se2022
4 yrs
Tommy SuggsExecutive Co2022
4 yrs
William C HubbardExecutive Co2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 12 →

Officers and senior leadership

3 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
James BennettChairmansince 2022
LOU KennedyVice Chairmasince 2022
Mike CrappsVice Chairsince 2022

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
James BennettExecutive Co$0
Bill BoydExecutive Co$0
John FolsomExecutive Co$0
Brad FultzExecutive Co$0
William C HubbardExecutive Co$0
Jim LehmanExecutive Co$0
John LumpkinExecutive Co$0
Bill McElveenExecutive Co$0
Heather MitchellExecutive Co$0
Mike MizeurTreasurer/Se2$0
Ashton PearsonExecutive Di$0
Tommy SuggsExecutive Co$0
Tod AugsburgerExecutive Co$0
Mike CrappsVice Chair5$0
Lou KennedyChair10$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Midlands Business Leadership Group
EIN
201609456
Address
Po Box 8201, Columbia, SC, 29202-8201
State
South Carolina
Mission
To accelerate the development of the midlands as a top region for employment, talent and livability. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S41 Community improvement and capacity building
IRS classification
501(c)06 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2010
Principal officer
Lou Kennedy (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2010
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsJames Bennett
≥6years on the filingsJohn Folsom
≥4years on the filingsAshton Pearson
≥4years on the filingsBill Boyd

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$391k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$391k
Contributions and grants received
$172k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$186k$182k$4k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.