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INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC
INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,893,907 to it, the largest being CAPITAL ONE FOUNDATION INC ($989,640). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership Inc does
Mission
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As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Relationship capital connections - through our creating conscious collisions events woccon summit and other engagement platforms we bring investors executives allies and policymakers together with the aim of leveraging our collective energy and resources to open more doors for more entrepreneurs who struggle with getting access to capital and other resources. Learn more at www.woccon.org
$326,386 spent$388,623 earned by the program17% of program spendingSmall business capacity-building - capital-starved business owners do not have the financial resources to obtain the expertise needed to start and grow successfully. In addition we know that many people are looking for ways to make a difference in the world. Through our small businesses need us initiative we engage business professionals in skills-based volunteerism to provide high-touch hands-on support through our turnkey small business capacity-building system. Learn more at www.smallbusinessesneedus.org.
$1,464,488 spent$2,458,383 earned by the program74% of program spendingInvestor inclusion - more diversity among check writers will lead to greater diversity of entrepreneurs receiving funding especially at the earliest stages. Through our investor inclusion work we focus on building awareness about angel investing and providing training and experiential learning opportunities for accredited investors. Learn more at makingblackangels.org and pipelineangels.com.
$185,373 spent$712,538 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,976,247.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $3.2M (+184%).
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.
93% of INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jill Johnson
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $118k → $1.3M.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP 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
INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 100% · 2021 52% · 2022 61% · 2023 74% — diversifying over time.
“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
0% of INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 35% 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 ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $287k 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
INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC?
- INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,893,907 to it, the largest being CAPITAL ONE FOUNDATION INC ($989,640). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,893,907 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC?
- CAPITAL ONE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $989,640 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 17 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