We Lead
Donations deductibleRevenue
$220k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$229k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$772k
$7k liabilities
Net assets
$764k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
4.8 years on average
Staff
2
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
3
23% of the board
Voting members
12
reported in Part VI
We Lead's network
13 people10 organisationsi13 people and 10 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (12) 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
13 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Achen | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Dana Nelson | Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Heather Wisman | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jason Cassady | Treasurer | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Jerry Melick | President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Kenneth Brooks | Executive Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Kurt Kirchner | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Lee Geertz | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Mark Smith | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Mary Larson | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Melody Russell | Vice President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Santos Saucedo | Past President | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Shaun Kruger | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Brooks | Executive Director | 40 | $78k | ||
| Dana Nelson | Vice President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Santos Saucedo | Past President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Jason Cassady | Treasurer | 5 | $0 | ||
| Melody Russell | Vice President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Jerry Melick | President | 5 | $0 | ||
| Shaun Kruger | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Lee Geertz | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Kurt Kirchner | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Mark Smith | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Brandon Achen | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Heather Wisman | Director | 5 | $0 | ||
| Mary Larson | Director | 5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- We Lead
- EIN
- 205079781
- Address
- 119 E 3rd St, West Liberty, IA, 52776-1401
- State
- Iowa
- Mission
- The organization promotes economic growth to the west liberty ia area. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- S30 Community improvement and capacity building
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Community Improvement & Capacity Building
- Size band
- 5 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2006
- Principal officer
- Kenneth Brooks (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 October 2007
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 5, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsDana Nelson
≥7years on the filingsJason Cassady
≥7years on the filingsJerry Melick
≥7years on the filingsMelody Russell
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $772k
- Total liabilities
- $7k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $764k
- Contributions and grants received
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $191k
- Employees
- 2
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $220k | $229k | Deficit $9k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.We Lead likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Iowa Secretary of State, active business entities (data.iowa.gov ez5t-3qay). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Iowa Secretary of State. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Iowa
- Entity type
- Revised Domestic Non-Profit
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 8 February 2006
- Registered agent
- Kenneth Brooks (city and state not held)