Ohio · Nonprofit
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (Ohio) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,596,686 to it, the largest being ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ($617,234). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Effective Leadership Academy does
Mission
Ela's mission is to help people develop their most valuable asset - themselves. Our goal is to equip people with the skills and tools they need to learn, earn, and confidently navigate the world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Camp lead: collaborative work with community partners to enrich summer camp experiences for middle and high school students that combats summer learning loss by helping students freshen their academics while learning important life/work skills. We also engage with community partners to provide essential preparation for summer internship opportunities.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Leads (leadership, education and development series) program: leads is a multi-day leadership development program. We cover core topics that help students learn how to collaborate, think critically, communicate effectively, and creatively solve problems while collaboratively working together. Sessions are typically held over a three-day period, for 2-3 hours each day. The flexible, intensive program delivery helps schools to more easily work leads into their school day, while immersing students in 21st century learning.
$43,113 spent$33,610 earned by the program4% of program spendingChamber leadership academy: chamber leadership academy high school programs are five-day, school-year programs held in collaboration with local chambers of commerce. Each day has a different theme (e.g., government day, entrepreneurship day) and ela provides leadership and self-development training to students over core related topics, including teamwork, networking, and making presentations. Following the training session each day, a panel of experts from the community hold question and answer sessions with the students in attendance, giving them a real-world taste of what we teach them earlier, as well as an awareness of many career opportunities.
$41,304 spent$32,200 earned by the program4% of program spendingPathways to success program (previously called transitions program):the pathways to success program serves as a bridge to address the social, emotional, and academic challenges students face during important pivot points during their education (usually from 5-6th grade, 7-8th grade, and 8-9th grade, but also for other grades upon school request). The program will deliver skills specifically needed for this transitional period such as time management, life balance and goal setting to name a few. (available in a virtual classroom experience, and a reentry facility)
$536,253 spent$418,051 earned by the program52% of program spendingConference: engaging, interactive workshop series for students and/or educators that provide social-emotional wellness tools to combat stress, anxiety, uncertainty and fear in a time of increased stress and anxiety that is dramatically impacting educators.
$272,351 spent$212,319 earned by the program26% of program spendingLead with an idea / lead with empathy: diversity, equity, and inclusion program taught from the lens of an empathetic leader designed for school administrators, educators and students to improve dei efforts district-wide
Reentry: ela's reentry program serves youth involved in the criminal justice system as they transition back into society. Through intensive group and/or individualized programming, ela facilitators teach juvenile offenders the leadership and soft skills they need to be become their very best selves and prepare for positive futures despite the challenges they currently face. The group sessions cover essential skills that these youth will need to set goals, change their mindsets, adjust their attitudes and habits and reduce recidivism as they move out of jail, prison or detention facilities back to their home environments. One-on-one sessions help students develop their own action plan and life map to prepare for successful reentry and reduce recidivism.
Camp lead:collaborative work with community partners to enrich summer camp experiences for middle and high school students that combats summer learning loss by helping students freshen their academics while learning important life/work skills. We also engage with community partners to provide essential preparation for summer internship opportunities.
$135,248 spent$105,436 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,028,269.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $858k to $1.3M (+47%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 19% · 2021 9% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Flora Brett
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $46k → $483k.
9 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
49% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 64% · 2019 30% · 2020 36% · 2021 31% · 2022 30% · 2023 35% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
55% of EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
66% of EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $579k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
- EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (Ohio) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,596,686 to it, the largest being ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ($617,234). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $2,596,686 in grants to EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
- ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS is the largest funder on record, with $617,234 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing