Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,294,746 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($6,040,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.6M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $4.0M
What Institute for Educational Leadership does
Mission
The Institute for Educational Leadership, inc., known as iel, was incorporated on december 4, 1980, in the district of columbia, and serves to lift up underserved leaders and equip them with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to transform their communities through education with collaborative, equity-driven solutions. By cultivating strong capacity across all levels, we help local leaders drive meaningful change for communities, families, and children. Our vision is to have an equitable society in which shared leadership effectively uses all available resources for the betterment of their communities. Our mission is to develop and connect adults and youth leaders who strengthen communities and education systems in pursuit of equity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth leadership and transition initiatives (ylti) formerly known as the center for workforce development, and developed in 1991, this area of work has helped public and private sector leaders promote career readiness and successful transitions to adulthood for all youth - with a special focus on youth with disabilities and other disconnected youth - by increasing the capacity of and connections among all stakeholders in the workforce development system. Some major initiatives of the youth leadership and transition initiatives (ylti) include: the ready to achieve mentoring program (ramp) - funded by several grants and led by the Institute for Educational Leadership (iel), ramp is being implemented across the country by state and local organizations with expertise in mentoring, youth development, juvenile justice, and disability. The ramp model uses a combination of group, peer, and one-on- one mentoring to promote the successful transition of ramp youth to employment, continued learning opportunities, and independent living. Youth participate in weekly career preparation-focused group meetings, including peer-supported goal setting and exploration of careers in science,…
$1,701,076 spentof which $822,151 as grants$30,000 earned by the program27% of program spendingCenter for family, school and community for more than 25 years, iel has assisted schools, communities, and other key stakeholders in building intentional partnerships that achieve better results for every young person, from early childhood to adulthood. Major initiatives of the center for family, school and community include: the coalition for community schools, in operation since 1997, is a national alliance that brings together school and community leaders to advocate for schools as centers of their communities, with purposeful results-focused partnerships at their heart. With the support of a steering committee representing education, youth development, higher education, child and family services, and local government, iel has helped to make community schools 'central to reform' according to former u.s. Secretary of education, arne duncan. More than 150 communities now have major community school's efforts and are part of a learning community of local initiatives. Through the coalition, iel is leading efforts to have federal and state policy be more responsive to the community school strategy. Place-based services for local leaders - in fy25, iel's place-based work, led by four…
$3,735,843 spent$3,645,880 earned by the program59% of program spendingCenter for leadership and policy: over its more than 61-year history, iel has developed and supported leaders as they enhance their capacity to work across institutional boundaries, increase their professional and policy knowledge and expand their networks. Major initiatives of the center for leadership and policy include: the education policy fellowship program (epfp) - in continuous operation since 1964 - is iel's flagship leadership development program, focusing on participants' leadership, policy, and networking abilities. Over 10,000 leaders across all 50 states from early childhood development, k-12, and higher education have participated in epfp, as well as people from other child, youth, and community support systems. They now serve as leaders in school systems, local, state and federal government, foundations, and community-based organizations. The education policy fellowship program (epfp) graduated its 61st cohort in fy25, and extended for the first time its capstone washington policy seminar (wps) to iel's network members, thereby expanding iel's reach in policy leadership development. Micro-credentialing programs - in addition to these customized programs, iel…
$433,165 spent$394,750 earned by the program7% of program spendingOther organizational program expenses this program consists of general overall organizational program expenses.
$414,906 spent$168,295 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,284,990.
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 $6.0M to $12M (+93%).
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: 2017 71% · 2018 62% · 2019 59% · 2020 67% · 2021 61% · 2022 25% · 2023 9% · 2024 10% · 2025 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Stacy Holland
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $712k → $6.8M.
9 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
73% 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 INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 49% · 2019 27% · 2020 33% · 2021 56% · 2022 28% · 2023 88% — 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
25% of INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 14 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28k on record.
- CT$26k
- DE$2k
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 INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP?
- INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,294,746 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($6,040,000). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $19,294,746 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $6,040,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 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