California · Nonprofit
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,420,586 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($400,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $807k
What Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc does
Mission
Leap's mission is to achieve full participation and equality for Asian and Pacific Islanders through leadership, empowerment and policy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Developing people - leadership development and training programs for upper management asian and pacific islanders (api). Such programs included: 1) customized 3-day in-person pathways or 6-day virtual pathway programs for companies seeking to increase the success of their api technical and professional manager/team leader levels. Conducted 4 virtual programs with 62 participants and one in-person 3-day program for 15 participants. Each virtual participant spent 24 hours over a course of six days during the virtual sessions and 24 hours in the in-person session. Participants also received an avg of 8 hours (6 to 12 hours) of individualized executive coaching. 2) leap advance (ldp for higher education) program designed for the professional development of api college/university administrators was held in-person at kellogg west conference center in pomona, ca for 34 participants. Each participant spent 28.0 hours over 3.5 days. 3) leap exceed, a virtual executive leadership program for senior managers and directors conducted 4 virtual programs to 49 participants who spent 24 hours over 6 days. Donated in-kind services from trainers, consultants and executive coaches for $52,300,…
$1,113,238 spent61% of program spendingEmpowering communities - comprehensive leadership training, organizational development and capacity building programs and workshops to promote the cultivation of new community leaders, to strengthen the effectiveness of existing community-based organizations and to establish a supportive network for mutual assistance, resource sharing and collaborative problem solving. In 2024, programs included 1) leap hybrid virtual/in-person impact designed to strengthen the capacity of diverse nonprofit organizations by providing api senior staff for future and current leadership and management roles in nonprofit organizations. Participants included 16 api senior managers. Each participant gained 40 hours of leadership development training and 8 hours of executive coaching. An impact alumni event was delivered for 26 individuals in chicago with the current year cohort at the conclusion of the in-person session. 2)leap delivered a hybrid/in-person engage program for 12 nonprofit executive directors from across the usa. Each executive director also received eight hours of executive coaching. Their final project was a simulation to present a "pitch" to a panel of the engage program sponsors and…
$504,316 spent28% of program spendingWorkshop series - general leadership education through forums, workshops and presentations. Workshops and presentations were primarily delivered on a virtual platform. Workshops help participants enhance their leadership skills, address the influence of perceptions, behaviors, and values on personal efectiveness, and help foster understanding of api communities, cultures and issues. Lengths of workshops varied from one hour to 4 hours. 77 workshops were presented to a total of 5,469 participants across the united states. Leap also delivered monthly presentations, "leap connect", free sessions open to the general public that were in interested in connecting to a larger api community virtually. 1,583 participants joined these monthly one-hour virtual gatherings.
$179,614 spent10% of program spendingOther program services 4: informing society - leap completed phase 1 of its follow up report to leap's 2020 asian american executive leadership report. Titled the push and pull of leadership: uncovering the factors advancing asian american leadership. This study provides insights into the supporting mechanisms, the organizational barriers and the characteristics of vice presidents and directors leading in multiple sectors (corporate, nonprofit, higher education, and government). Phase 2 will include a survey to further delve into the findings from phase 1 and is currently in progress.
$35,733 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,832,901.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $926k to $1.7M (+86%).
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: 2022 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Linda Akutagawa
President & CEO
Board chair
Wen-Fu Wu
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $15k → $202k.
8 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics 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
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
33% 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 Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 52% · 2020 41% · 2021 48% · 2022 36% · 2023 49% — 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
38% of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $222k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc is better cushioned than half of the 1,003 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,003 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14k on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$14k
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 Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics 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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics 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 Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc?
- Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,420,586 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($400,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,420,586 in grants to Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics Inc?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics 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.
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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 2019–2024), and the filings of 20 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