Tennessee · Nonprofit
LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $926,272 to it, the largest being Leaders Credit Union ($901,272). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $290k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $926k
- Net assets
- $660k
What Leaders Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
Leaders education foundation provides educational grants, scholarships, and resources to our community that support lifelong learning, workforce development, and education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The foundation provided 1st year collegiate scholarships to local high school students.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants13% of program spendingThe foundation provides leads grants designed to assist west tennessee educators who promote initiatives that help students learn, experience, advocate, dream, and solve.
$37,000 spentof which $37,000 as grants20% of program spendingLeaders education foundation will award scholarships up to $1,000 to support west tennessee students who are enrolled in workforce readiness programs or are pursuing industry certifications through west tennessee community colleges, the tennessee college of applied technology or the william r. Moore college of technology. The scholarship funds can be used for tuition, purchasing associated supplies, books or materials, testing fees or other related costs associated with the program or certification.
$28,000 spentof which $28,000 as grants15% of program spendingThe foundation provided post year 1 collegiate scholarships to previous scholarship recipients.
$43,500 spentof which $43,500 as grants23% of program spendingThe foundation contributed towards the weststar future stars summit to pay the cost for students to attend this program.
$98 spentof which $98 as grants0% of program spendingThe foundation contributed to the weststar westteach program to sponsor program costs.
$2,300 spentof which $2,300 as grants1% of program spendingThe foundation contributed to the united way read team of west tennessee. The read team allows volunteers to partner with students during school hours to assist students with reading initiatives for one hour per week. The read team also supports the words on wheels or wow wagon. The wow wagon is a trailer that travels to neighborhoods in west tennessee to give free books to children.
$20,000 spentof which $20,000 as grants11% of program spendingBallet arts grant to further their exempt mission. Leaders education foundation is the school performance sponsor for ballet arts of jackson's 2024-25 season, allowing hundreds of more children from school districts across west tennessee to experience a live ballet performance. This grant provides funds to finance performances, cover the admission of students, and provide transportation to attend performances. Admission and performances which would be barriers that would keep students from attending a ballet performance.
$6,000 spentof which $6,000 as grants3% of program spendingVarious grants to other educational related nonprofits to further their exempt purposes and provide related scholarships.
$23,366 spentof which $23,366 as grants13% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $185,264.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $162k to $479k (+196%).
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.
99% of LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 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
Ron Hill
Chair and director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $200k.
From the IRS filings of LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% 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
97% 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 LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
97% of LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
26%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $926,272 to it, the largest being Leaders Credit Union ($901,272). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $926,272 in grants to LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- Leaders Credit Union is the largest funder on record, with $901,272 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEADERS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2020–2024), 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