Leadership Institute

Analysis

Leadership Institute is a registered charity in United States, based in Arlington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Leadership Institute reported income of $45.0m and spending of $51.6m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $19.6m to $45.0m (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Leadership Institute sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile, and in the 99th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Teaching Fellows Foundation ($45.0m), Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare ($45.0m) and Northeast Community Clinic ($44.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% and program service revenue 0.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $3.0m (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $11.8m. At year end it held assets of $31.0m against liabilities of $4.5m, net assets of $26.4m. It reported 295 employees.