Leadership Society of Arizona

Programs

1. Valley guardian scholarship program: lsa provides workshops mentorship scholarships and support for more than 40 underprivileged students. These students are in both middle high schools and colleges throughout the valley. The program enables these underprivileged students to receive our leadership training that normally can only be accessed by students coming from higher social economic status families. Our partner valley guardian group donates the majority of funds for this program. Lsa then provides the rest of the expense for the program out of their own resources.

   $181,290 spent$177,047 earned by the program
   15% of program spending

2. LeadAZ Private School: LSA provides an alternative to the traditional school system for students in grades k through 12. The school emphasizes leadership-based learning allowing students to learn academic skills alongside leadership-based skills. With a 5-to-1 instructor ratio LeadAZ provides individualized attention fostering a supportive learning environment. The curriculum is research-based integrating LSAs years of teen mentoring and education to prepare students for real-world challenges. The school also offers flexible tuition and scheduling making quality education accessible to a diverse student body. The school has an estimated 33 students of which 19 are in financial need. The school discounts their tuition and offers scholarships totaling 196,263.

   $748,094 spent$740,445 earned by the program
   62% of program spending

3. Summer programs: the lsa hosted 7 summer leadership development courses for students in arizona. In these week-long courses students learned how to apply lsas leadership methodology to their personal lives to achieve their goals more effectively. Students and parents paid lsa directly to fund these programs. Charitable donations to lsa were also used to support the programs. The funding was used to purchase materials fund marketing efforts and compensate instructional camp counselors.

   $153,132 spent$139,916 earned by the program
   13% of program spending

4. Getaways retreats: lsa provides an opportunity for students all over the valley to come to a 2 night 3 day trip to strawberry arizona. The students stay at a cabin in strawberry and participate in multiple leadership and team activities. The students are also able to engage in high adventure activities that help them build confidence and leadership skills. The students are also able to spend time interacting with all the coaches at lsa. These getaways have been shown to help students with increasing their social leadership and life skills. Attendees were asked to pay a registration fee to attend these activities.

   $36,760 spent$30,707 earned by the program
   3% of program spending

5. The Success Coaching program at the Leadership Society of Arizona LSA helps teenagers build successful habits and achieve personal growth through one-on-one mentorship. Guided by PhD-certified mentors students develop social skills set goals and improve emotional stability in weekly coaching sessions. The program also includes workshops social events and community service to enhance learning. With over 30 years of research backing its methods LSAs Success Coaching provides a proven path to greater confidence stability and long-term success.

   $86,836 spent$87,664 earned by the program
   7% of program spending

The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,206,112.