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LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC

LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC (Florida) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $588,131 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($466,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$153k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$588k
Net assets
$77k
4/12 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Level the Playing Field Leadership Academy Inc does

Mission

We exist to empower young males of color, from father absent families to become successful on and off the field. Our vision is to positively impact the lives of the next generation of males of color.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Continuous support and an outstanding vote of confidence from returning grant funders.

  2. Other various program accomplishments We accepted 10 new mentors to our program. We have added our third cohort of boys to the program. We added study halls to our academic enrichment program and every boy who attends has excelled academically. And we have entered our third year with Kids Hope Alliance to solidify our youth growth and leadership program.

    $183,394 spent
    100% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $183,394.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($116k) Expenses 100 ($44k) Net assets 0 ($0)2021 Revenue 100 ($116k) Expenses 100 ($44k) Net assets 100 ($77k)2022 Revenue 174 ($202k) Expenses 251 ($110k) Net assets 220 ($169k)2023 Revenue 73 ($84k) Expenses 413 ($181k) Net assets 64 ($49k)2024 Revenue 294 ($342k) Expenses 450 ($197k) Net assets 252 ($193k)2025 Revenue 132 ($153k) Expenses 621 ($272k) Net assets 100 ($77k)
202020212022202320242025
Revenue (132)Expenses (621)Net assets (100)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $49k to $193k (+295%).

$0
$77k
$169k
$49k
$193k
$77k
202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$72k
’20
$72k
’21
$92k
’22
−$97k
’23
$144k
’24
−$119k
’25
3.4
months of
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.

Board chair

Gionne Marts

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2020202220242025
Listed5101313
Joined···+0
No longer listed···0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $237k → $163k.

3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 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

LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

82% 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 LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC.

79%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 78% · 2022 39% · 2023 83% — 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

81% of LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $113k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Florida funders.

NY
MO
NC
SC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $475k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC's revenue grew 32% between 2020 and 2025.

Operating margin−77% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.4mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

67% of spending goes to programs.

Program 67%Management 33%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
92%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

0%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

FL

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Questions and answers

Who funds LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC?
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC (Florida) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $588,131 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC ($466,250). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $588,131 in grants to LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR NORTHEAST FLORIDA INC is the largest funder on record, with $466,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC find more funders?
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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 2020–2025), and the filings of 12 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