Virginia · Nonprofit
Leadership Fairfax Inc
Leadership Fairfax Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,063 to it, the largest being THE JV SCHIRO ZAVELA FOUNDATION ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $567k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $48k
- Net assets
- $38k
What Leadership Fairfax Inc does
Mission
Leadership Fairfax educates, prepares, inspires and connects leaders to serve and strengthen the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Inclusive Leadership Institute - 8-month program for leaders living or working in Fairfax County that seek to deepen their understanding of the historical foundations and the consequences of racism in systems and in the Fairfax County community. This program adopts a unique and structured dialogue approach, guiding participants through a comprehensive exploration starting from understanding the historical foundations, to current systems. Over the 8-month program, participants will delve into the entrenched beliefs, practices, and policies that contribute to racial inequities within systems and identify ways to operationalize equity within their respective organizations and the community.
$60,793 spent$96,975 earned by the program12% of program spendingYouth Leadership Network - A collaboration between Fairfax County and Leadership Fairfax to create a collective umbrella under which youth councils in the county can network and expand leadership skills.
$48,779 spent$112,587 earned by the program10% of program spendingLeadership Fairfax Program- LFI's signature program is an annual 10-month community leadership development program, aimed at senior leaders from business, government and the non-profit sectors, devoted to educating, training and cultivating a spirit of community trusteeship among the participants.
$11,652 spent$160,270 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther Community Outreach, Membership & Events- LFI uses various methods of communication and social media to engage alumni throughout the year. Community Outreach- SERVEFairfax connects alumni with opportunities to invest their skills and talents to serve the nonprofit community.Meetings and Events include the following: Board of Supervisors Breakfast- This annual event brings together leaders from all sectors for a conversation with the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors about developments across all parts of the county.Northern Virginia Leadership Awards- This annual luncheon event recognizes community leaders who have made a significant contribution through their vision, leadership, commitment and inspiration
$360,502 spent$3,096 earned by the program73% of program spendingThe Empowering Leaders Institute (ELI) is a skill-based program designed to strengthen participants competencies in project management, conflict resolution, negotiation, communication, public speaking, and more.
$9,718 spent$63,650 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $491,444.
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 2024 to 2025, from $469k to $277k (−41%).
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: 2021 2% · 2022 16% · 2023 5% · 2024 6% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of Leadership Fairfax Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% 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.
Chief executive
Kia Cole-Hines
CEO, President
Board chair
Emily Holubowitch
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $15k → $5k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $10k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Leadership Fairfax Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Leadership Fairfax 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 Fairfax Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 52% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 67% · 2021 61% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
63% of Leadership Fairfax Inc's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $63 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Fairfax Inc's revenue grew 42% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Leadership Fairfax 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
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 Fairfax 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 Fairfax Inc?
- Leadership Fairfax Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $48,063 to it, the largest being THE JV SCHIRO ZAVELA FOUNDATION ($25,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Leadership Fairfax Inc have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $48,063 in grants to Leadership Fairfax Inc, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Leadership Fairfax Inc?
- THE JV SCHIRO ZAVELA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Leadership Fairfax Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing