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US nonprofit · EIN 352117392 · Westville, INiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 352117392) - 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 time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council Inc's network

13 people13 organisationsi13 people and 13 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 (27) 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 13 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Thomas Keon Chair (also filed as Tom Keon)Chair2019
7 yrs
Ashley DickinsonVice Chair2020
6 yrs
Ben BochnowskiBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Chris WhiteActing Treasurer2019
7 yrs
Craig DwightChair Emeritus2019
7 yrs
Jeff LewisBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Jeff StrackBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Jose PadillaBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Michael Bergerson JRBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Michael HooperBoard Member2023
3 yrs
Michael SchneiderNiroc Liaison2023
3 yrs
Robert Johnson IIICompany secretary2023
3 yrs
Violet SistovarisBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 13 →

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Matthew WellsCEO2023

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 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
Matthew WellsCEO20$0
Ben BochnowskiBoard Member1$0
Robert Johnson IIIVice Chair1$0
Violet SistovarisBoard Member1$0
Vince ParisiBoard Member1$0
Michael Bergerson JrBoard Counsel1$0
Michael SchneiderTreasurer1$0
Bill HasseBoard Member1$0
STEWART McMILLANBoard Member1$0
Jeff LewisSecretary1$0
Ken IwamaBoard Member1$0
Jeff StrackBoard Member1$0
Jeff BanBoard Member1$0
Tom SchagerChair1$0
Monica RubioBoard Member1$0
Kenneth C Holford PhDBoard Member1$0
Sunny Lu WilliamsBoard Member1$0

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

About

Legal name
Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council Inc
EIN
352117392
Address
1401 S US Highway 421, Westville, IN, 46391-9542
State
Indiana
Mission
To grow the population, attract, and retain talent, and increase household income in northwest indiana (lake, porter and la porte counties) (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
S99 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
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2000
Principal officer
Matthew Wells (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 November 2000
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
3, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsThomas Keon
≥7years on the filingsBen Bochnowski
≥7years on the filingsChris White
≥7years on the filingsCraig Dwight

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$305k
Total liabilities
$38k
Net assets or fund balances
$266k
Contributions and grants received
$545k
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
0