Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,194,690 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($650,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $876k
What Environmental Leadership Program Inc does
Mission
To support visionary, action-oriented, and diverse leadership for a just and sustainable future.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Ray program - the roger airliner young ("ray") fellowship program is designed for recent college graduates and to increase the number of people of color working in conservation, climate change, energy efficiency and clean energy, through a paid two-year fellowship. In addition to the support provided to ray fellows, elp invests in the supervisors of ray fellows through multi-day trainings and monthly 1:1 coaching. During the year ended december 31, 2024, eight new ray fellows were selected and placed within the partner organizations for a two-year fellowship while nine new ray fellows from the previous year continued their fellowship for a total of 17 ray fellows in 2024.
$933,070 spentof which $77,150 as grants$1,105,036 earned by the program64% of program spendingDoris duke conservation scholarship alumni program (doris duke program) - in 2024, elp managed the alumni program of the doris duke conservation scholars program ("ddcsp"). Working in partnership with the doris duke charitable foundation and the four partner universities running ddcsp programs; university of california santa cruz, the university of washington, the university of florida and the university of michigan, elp created online content, a mentorship program and online leadership trainings to build and support a thriving network of emerging under-represented conservation professionals. The alumni network makes these resources available to 600 alumni.
$220,283 spent$352,585 earned by the program15% of program spendingCore fellowship program (formerly, regional and national training programs) - for the year ended december 31, 2024, elp selected 16 individuals to participate in the delaware watershed regional network of the core training fellowship program. The core fellowship programs offer intensive leadership and skill trainings as well as personal and professional reflection. Through retreats, additional trainings, and gatherings, the curriculum helps emerging leaders hone their leadership styles, improve their strategy and organizational development, and strengthen their ability to engage diverse constituencies.
$161,609 spent$8,276 earned by the program11% of program spendingGeneral programs - includes general program work and support to regional and national fellows. The general program activities provide additional support to elp's regional and national fellows as well as its senior fellowship community, including more than 2,000 program graduates.
$133,511 spent$295,423 earned by the program9% of program spendingGreat lakes program - the great lakes regional network provides intensive leadership and skill training, networking opportunities and time for personal reflection to leaders living and/or working in il, in, mi, mn, ny, oh and pa. Through retreats and optional additional trainings, elp's curriculum helps emerging leaders hone their leadership styles, improve their strategy and organizational development and strengthen their abilities to work with diverse constituencies. This program was discontinued during the year ended december 31, 2024.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,448,473.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.4M to $2.9M (+108%).
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 9% · 2021 15% · 2022 39% · 2023 31% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% 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
Dawn Chavez
Executive director
Board chair
Katie Stock
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $229k → $505k.
7 of 25 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 ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC’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
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
32% 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 ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 58% · 2019 30% · 2020 25% · 2021 24% · 2022 21% · 2023 59% — 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
64% of ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% 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
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC has grown faster than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of Commerce$900k
- Department of the Interior$258k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
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 ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC?
- ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,194,690 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($650,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $5,194,690 in grants to ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC?
- THE KRESGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 25 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