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THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION
THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $209,500 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($110,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $210k
- Net assets
- $975k
What The John McLendon Leadership Initiative Foundation does
Mission
The john mclendon minority leadership initiatve foundation was formed to provide internship oppurtunities for minorities in collegiate athletics administration and other similiar enterprises for the purpose of advancing the careers of minorities and providing minorities career oppurtunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The award of 49 stipends to minority students who wish to pursue a career in collegiate athletics administration.
$919,840 spentof which $919,840 as grants79% of program spendingThe mclendon experience - empowers young professionals through hands-on workshops, inspiring speakers, and meaningful networking with leaders in sports.
$237,848 spent$6,100 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,157,688.
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.
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 $1.2M to $2.1M (+78%).
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.
96% of THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% 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
Patrick A Manak
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $17k → $118k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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: $100k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest National Collegiate Athletic Association). These are real filings, and they are not money THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION’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
THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 42% — 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.
Where its funders are
68% of THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION'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 $67k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $143k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION?
- THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $209,500 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($110,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $209,500 in grants to THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $110,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JOHN MCLENDON LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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