American Leadership Forum

Analysis

American Leadership Forum is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, American Leadership Forum reported income of $828k and spending of $741k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $743k to $828k (+11%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, American Leadership Forum sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 78th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boulder Historical Society Inc ($828k), Florida Council on Economic Education Inc ($828k) and George Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection a Nonprofit Corp ($828k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% and program service revenue 60% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $208k (28% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $93k. At year end it held assets of $960k against liabilities of $359k, net assets of $601k. It reported 3 employees.