Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH
LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $889,687 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($180,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $890k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Leadership Pittsburgh does
Mission
The programs of Leadership Pittsburgh inc. (lpinc.) provide a continuum of civic engagement opportunities. The programs connect individuals from diverse backgrounds, professional levels, and organizations to learn about and serve the region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Leadership Pittsburgh (lp)the flagship, highly-selective program geared towards established leaders makes the pittsburgh region your classroom. From september through june, monthly sessions provide participants with the exposure, experiences, and connections that prepare them to tackle the challenges of senior leadership in our community. 64 individuals graduated from the Leadership Pittsburgh program during the 2024-2025 program year.
$256,089 spent$409,600 earned by the program26% of program spendingCommunity leadership course for veterans (clcv)the community leadership course for veterans (clcv) aims to leverage the skills and experiences of current or former military service members in the region for the betterment of the broader pittsburgh region. With bi-monthly sessions running may through september, the cohort develops a greater understanding of the region, meets with business and community leaders, and accomplishes a community impact project with a local nonprofit organization. 21 individuals graduated from the community leadership course for veterans program during the 2024-2025 program year.
$129,742 spent$1,470 earned by the program13% of program spendingLeadership development initiative (ldi)ldi is geared toward top emerging talent within our regional organizations. The ldi experience helps participants hone skills while exposing them to avenues for civic involvement and critical-path networking across industries. Participants are also engaged in a community impact project (cip) throughout the ldi program year, where they apply these newly acquired skills in a hands-on, real-world project that brings positive change to a specific neighborhood. 48 individuals graduated from the leadership development initiative program during the 2024-2025 program year.
$180,117 spent$196,100 earned by the program19% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$404,706 spent$51,155 earned by the program42% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $970,654.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.0M to $2.5M (+23%).
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 9% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Jenn Beer
President and CEO
Board chair
Pete Mendes
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $11k → $76k.
3 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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: $538k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Allegheny Conference on Community Development). These are real filings, and they are not money LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH raised.
From the IRS filings of LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH’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 PITTSBURGH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 43% · 2019 58% · 2020 56% · 2021 56% · 2022 44% · 2023 52% — 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
29% of LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
87% of LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $42k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 PITTSBURGH holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,299 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,299 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 PITTSBURGH: 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 PITTSBURGH?
- LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $889,687 to it, the largest being RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION ($180,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $889,687 in grants to LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH?
- RICHARD KING MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $180,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEADERSHIP PITTSBURGH find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 23 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