California · Nonprofit
LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC
LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $346,820 to it, the largest being RIVER CHARTER SCHOOLS ($346,820). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $347k
- Net assets
- $-825933
What Leaders & Scholars Inc does
Mission
The purpose of this corporation is to operate exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, or to carry out the purposes of river charter schools (formerly known as friends of clarksburg schools).
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leaders & scholars, inc., is a supporting organization of river charter schools in that it facilitates and supports the development of charter schools for river charter schools, conducts the crab feed and other small fundraisers enabling funds to be given to river charter schools.
$200,000 spentof which $200,000 as grants14% of program spendingOwns land and buildings for the use of lighthouse charter school.
$1,113,675 spent$1,204,850 earned by the program81% of program spendingLeases some pre-manufactured classrooms where river charter school operates delta elementary charter school.
$67,176 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,380,851.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.2M to $18M (+1458%).
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.
1% of LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $140k → $71k.
From the IRS filings of LEADERS & SCHOLARS 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.
Where its funders are
100% of LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC's grant income comes from California 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 & SCHOLARS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LEADERS & SCHOLARS 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Leaders & Scholars LLC · disregarded
- Leaders & Scholars Two LLC · disregarded
- River Charter Schools · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LEADERS & SCHOLARS 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 & SCHOLARS INC?
- LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $346,820 to it, the largest being RIVER CHARTER SCHOOLS ($346,820). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $346,820 in grants to LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC?
- RIVER CHARTER SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $346,820 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEADERS & SCHOLARS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 1 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