Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC
THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $18,000 to it, the largest being EGAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($18,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,680 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,680 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Benzak Foundationshared funders
- C Charles Jackson Foundationportfolio match
- The March Foundationportfolio match
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY 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.
Where its funders are
THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Benzak Foundationshared fundersNY · backs 4 organizations that share your funders
- C Charles Jackson Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The March Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Stand Together Chamber of Commerce Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Urban League Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Bouncer Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fort Worth Education Partnership Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Devos Urban Leadership Initiativeportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Charleys Kids Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cambiar Educationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Zafirovski Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Osa Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC?
- THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $18,000 to it, the largest being EGAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($18,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $18,000 in grants to THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC?
- EGAN FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEADERSHIP UNIVERSITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 1funders 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 August 27, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing