Lead Upstate Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
845034451
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Greenville, SC, USA
Phone
8645274500
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$191,255
Expenses
$113,731
Assets
$149,399

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SEABROOK MARCHANT (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SEABROOK MARCHANT (PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN MARCHANT (TREASURER)
  • ANNE MARCHANT (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Lead upstate, inc. Exists to foster the growth of healthy relationships between law enforcement and the public.

What it reported doing in 2025

Lead, an acronym for law enforcement appreciation day, is a week-long opportunity for local businesses, organizations, and citizens to show support and appreciation for law enforcement personnel. Law enforcement officers go to lead's website to register for prizes and drawings that are provided by merchants. Drawings are done each day, and the week culminates in a banquet at which every officer is presented with a "valor bag." valor bags contain gift certificates, gift cards, and other mementos of appreciation. Cash contributions are also made directly to police departments and troopers associations to support their efforts. Lead week took place september 9-12, 2025

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.5%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 62.8%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.5%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 42.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.5% of revenue deployed · 62.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.