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· Public charity

Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunity Inc

To create opportunity ecosystems of evidence-based tools, learning experiences, and practices that exponentially increase access, optimize program quality, and accelerate impact for every young person.

$940k
Granted FY2025still arriving
64
Grants FY2025still arriving
28
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Education$703kArts & Culture$62kCrime & Legal$50kYouth Development$50kHuman Services$26kCivil Rights$10k
02FY2025 · 64 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 64 grants below total $835,400, the rows itemized in this filing. The $940,300 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $104,900 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $9k
  • $10k–50k62 grants · $776k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
28
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ADVOCACY$50,000
WHAT WE ALL DESERVE (WWAD)$27,200
YOUTH ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE$26,650
HARBOUR$26,100
YOUTH TECHNOLOGY CORPS NFP INC$25,000
THE AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY$25,000
CAMPUS COMPACT$25,000
HER RISING$25,000
GRIOT ARTS INC MERAKI ROASTING CO$25,000
YOUNG LEADERS FOR CHANGE DBA UNITED BY SERVING$25,000
SEATTLE STORM FOUNDATION$25,000
VIRTUTEM POPULO INC$11,100
SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS$10,000
EASTERN UNIVERSITY$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%YOUTH TECHNOLOGY CORPS NFP INC: $25k → 14%HARBOUR: $26k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
NE
MO
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
NC
DC
MS
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
3
Trustees of Clark University

Clark university's mission is to educate undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative…

Education
4
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
6
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
7
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
10
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
11
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
12
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Portland; the most unlike its peers is Charles Koch Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 66 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
7/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ADVOCACY INC: $50,000 · OtherNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ADVOCACY INCWHAT WE ALL DESERVE (WWAD): $27,200 · OtherWHAT WE ALL DESERVE (WWAD)HER RISING INITIATIVE: $25,000 · OtherHER RISING INITIATIVEAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY: $25,000 · OtherAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETYYOUNG LEADERS FOR CHANGE: $25,000 · OtherYOUNG LEADERS FOR CHANGECOAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $20,000 · Other+21 more: $211,100 · Other+21 moreTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY - SAN MARCOS RESEARCH FOUNDATION % DARRYL BORGONAH: $25,000 · EducationTEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY - SAN MARCOS RESEAR…CAMPUS COMPACT: $25,000 · EducationCAMPUS COMPACTCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION F…UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $20,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND+25 more: $249,350 · Education+25 moreYOUTH ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE: $26,650 · Arts & CultureGRIOT ARTS INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HARBOUR INC: $26,100 · Human ServicesYOUTH TECHNOLOGY CORPS NFP INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesSeattle Storm Foundation: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentGoodhue County 4-H Federation MN: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEW VOTERS ORG: $10,000 · Civil RightsBERKELEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMENTAL HEALTH CONNECTICUT INC: $10,000 · Health
Other$383,300Education$339,350Arts & Culture$61,650Human Services$51,100Youth Development$35,000Civil Rights$10,000Philanthropy$10,000Health$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ADVOCACY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYOUTH ADVOCATES FOR CHANGE: $26,650 over 1y, 23% of budgetTHE HARBOUR INC: $26,100 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGRIOT ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCAMPUS COMPACT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSeattle Storm Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetYOUTH TECHNOLOGY CORPS NFP INC: $25,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetCHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGoodhue County 4-H Federation MN: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGOUCHER COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDENISON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LONG BEACH RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreensboro College: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALAMO COLLEGES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaldwin Wallace University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOODWIN UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY INSTRUCTIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetROUND HOUSE THEATRE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBERKELEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH CONNECTICUT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Interfaith AmericaFolds of Honor Founda…The Allstate Foundati…Fidelity FoundationTulsa Community Found…ImpactassetsincCharities Aid Foundat…Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Pfizer Foundation…
Interfaith AmericaIL13.4× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Interfaith America · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · Fidelity Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · Impactassetsinc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunity Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunity Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Mental Health Connecticut Inc: 82% of income from government
  • Goodwin University Inc: 14% of income from government
  • American Antiquarian Society: 7% of income from government
  • Round House Theatre Inc: 5% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Campus Compact: 1% of income from government
  • Goucher College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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Find your warmest path to Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunity Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 66 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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