Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC
THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 110 organizations whose IRS filings report $138,402,377 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($20,729,583). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $13M
- Funders on record
- 110
- Grants received
- $138M
- Net assets
- $41M
What The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc does
Mission
Build public will for federal policies that promote and protect civil and human rights, and empower and mobilize advocates around the country to push for progressive change in the united states.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Census & data equity: this program works to achieve more robust and inclusive data collection, analysis, and reporting - including through the decennial census and american community survey- in order to identify and remedy disparities that undermine equal opportunity and harm marginalized communities. The program is building off the successful work to achieve an accurate and inclusive count in the 2020 census to develop a continuous and informed census strategy between decennial counts that involves public education, communications outreach, and field mobilization. The program is also expanding its focus beyond our census work to achieve better data collection policies and practice more broadly in a number of areas, including health and health care.
$3,106,997 spentof which $846,000 as grants21% of program spendingCommunications: through strategic communications including the dissemination of information, videos, fact-sheets, tools and trainings, the education fund is shifting the narrative on civil and human rights to gain public will in our fight towards justice.
$1,655,548 spent11% of program spendingThe education fund through the center for civil rights and technology works to ensure that new technologies further civil rights protections and expand media diversity and access to broadband. Technological progress should bring greater safety, economic opportunity, and convenience to everyone. At the same time, as new technologies allow companies and government to gain greater insight into our lives, it is vitally important that technologies be designed and used in ways that respect the values of fairness and equal justice.
$1,586,812 spent11% of program spendingVoting rights: the education fund's voting rights program aims to work with our partners and local communities across the nation to modernize elections and build a 21st century democracy - a democracy where all of our voices are heard.
$1,479,286 spent10% of program spendingEducation equity
$979,967 spentof which $10,000 as grants7% of program spendingOther programs, including immigration, health care, economic security, housing, internships, and public education on civil and human rights issues.
$959,317 spentof which $250,000 as grants$106,000 earned by the program7% of program spendingCapacity building
$936,168 spent6% of program spendingField services
$852,803 spent6% of program spendingGovernment affairs
$831,987 spent6% of program spendingCriminal justice and policing
$773,796 spent5% of program spendingFair courts
$755,933 spent5% of program spendingFighting hate and bias, and human rights
$562,601 spent4% of program spending
The 12 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,481,215.
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 2019 to 2020, from $37M to $56M (+49%).
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 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (30% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Maya Wiley
President & CEO
Board chair
Dorian Warren
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 34 funders, grant income rose $6.6M → $15M.
15 of 110 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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: $2.5M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Silicon Valley Community Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 110 funders by total. 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 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
31% 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 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 32% · 2019 25% · 2020 20% · 2021 21% · 2022 15% · 2023 22% — 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
33% of THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 22 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC's funding base is broadening — from 14 funders to 34 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 269 public benefit nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC?
- THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 110 organizations whose IRS filings report $138,402,377 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($20,729,583). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 110 organizations giving $138,402,377 in grants to THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,729,583 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 110 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