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Bold Leadership Network

Bold Leadership Network (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $70,103 to it, the largest being THE JOLLEY FOUNDATION ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$260k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$70k
Net assets
$109k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Bold Leadership Network does

Mission

To provide strategies partnerships and programming from Black leaders in education to advance equity and opportunity for all students and communities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Personalized leadership training that provides participants with proven strategies to improve outcomes in their communities and organizations.

    $211,295 spentof which $18,009 as grants$169,020 earned by the program
    92% of program spending
  2. Designed to provide customized opportunities to meet the needs of your community or organization by advancing the mission and vision of the BOLD Leadership Network

    $12,390 spent$35,358 earned by the program
    5% of program spending
  3. An affinity group to create a safe space for Black education professionals who may not feel heard seen or understood in their larger community.

    $3,100 spent
    1% of program spending
  4. Open discussions designed to embrace the community with experts in the field of education around areas of impact and opportunity.

    $2,300 spent
    1% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $229,085.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($206k) Expenses 100 ($105k) Net assets 100 ($101k)2024 Revenue 126 ($260k) Expenses 245 ($257k) Net assets 108 ($109k)
20232024
Revenue (126)Expenses (245)Net assets (108)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $101k to $109k (+8%).

$101k
$109k
20232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

21% of Bold Leadership Network’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,561 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$101k
’23
$3k
’24
5.1
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Edward Anderson

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20232024
Listed75
Joined·+0
No longer listed·2
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1
2

From the IRS filings of Bold Leadership Network’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Bold Leadership Network leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of Bold Leadership Network's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.

SC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Bold Leadership Network has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.

Operating margin1% · below the median
Months of reserve5.1mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like Bold Leadership Network

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In South Carolina

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
60%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

SC

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Questions and answers

Who funds Bold Leadership Network?
Bold Leadership Network (South Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $70,103 to it, the largest being THE JOLLEY FOUNDATION ($70,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Bold Leadership Network have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $70,103 in grants to Bold Leadership Network, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Bold Leadership Network?
THE JOLLEY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Bold Leadership Network find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing