New Jersey · Nonprofit
TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC
TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,243 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($12,020). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $63k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $45k
- Net assets
- $22k
What Torch Leadership Academy Inc does
Mission
To develop and empower high school student leaders through meaningful connections, experiential learning, and transformative leadership development opportunities that promote personal growth, ethical leadership, community engagement, and long-term positive impact.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Program Service 1: Summer Leadership Academy - Torch Leadership Academy operated its flagship summer leadership program for high school students, providing a multi-day residential leadership experience focused on self-awareness, communication, relationship-building, ethical leadership, goal setting, service, and community impact. In 2025, the organization served approximately 120 students from approximately 60 schools with the support of approximately 60 volunteer staff and facilitators. Programming included large-group workshops, small-group reflection, peer-led team activities, community-building experiences, leadership exercises, and exposure to nonprofit and civic engagement opportunities. The program is designed to help young people strengthen confidence, leadership skills, and sense of purpose, while building a diverse cross-school network of peers and mentors. Long term, the program seeks to develop ethical, inclusive, and community-minded leaders who create positive impact in their schools and communities. The organization also provided financial assistance and other support intended to reduce barriers to participation for students with financial need.
$49,031 spent94% of program spendingProgram Service 2: Year-Round Leadership Development, Training, and Alumni/Volunteer Engagement - Torch Leadership Academy provided year-round leadership development and program support activities to prepare for and extend the impact of its core youth program. In 2025, these activities included volunteer and counselor training, planning meetings, outreach and recruitment support, program design, alumni and community engagement, and leadership development opportunities for returning student and volunteer leaders. These efforts strengthen program quality, improve student safety and support, expand organizational capacity, and sustain a pipeline of trained near-peer leaders who help deliver the organization's mission. The long-term goal of this work is to build a durable leadership ecosystem in which former participants continue developing as mentors, facilitators, and community contributors.
$2,890 spent6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,921.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $500 → $15k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 TORCH 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
TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
44% 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 TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 38% — 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
TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside New Jersey, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k 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.
Against its field
TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,200 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,200 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC
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In New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC?
- TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $45,243 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($12,020). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $45,243 in grants to TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,020 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TORCH LEADERSHIP ACADEMY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 8 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