Georgia · Nonprofit
Vanguard Leadership Academy
Vanguard Leadership Academy (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being GOOD360 ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $148k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $4k
What Vanguard Leadership Academy does
Mission
We empower underserved and overlooked high school students by equipping and inspiring them to reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Vanguard Leadership Academy Summer Leadership Intensive is an immersive program that transforms high school students into confi dent, capable leaders. Rooted in four foundational pillars; holistic education, increasing awareness, instilling confi dence, and fostering community, this program equips students with both the mindset and skillset to succeed in every area of life. Over the course of the intensive, students participate in a wide range of interactive experiences, including: ? Leadership Development ? Exploring leadership styles and discovering their unique superpowers as leaders ? Practicing professional etiquette and networking skills to prepare for real-world opportunities ? Building emotional intelligence and learning to navigate relationships with empathy and awareness ? Strengthening resilience and focus through mindfulness practices ? Personal Growth & Teamwork ? Collaborative team projects that challenge students to apply leadership principles in real-world problem-solving ? Small group mentoring with professionals, community leaders, and VLA alumni who model leadership in action ? Guided sessions to set goals, increase self-awareness, and build confi dence ?…
$95,980 spent75% of program spendingThe Youth Ambassador Leadership Program (YALP) is a year-round initiative that prepares high school students to serve as leaders, advocates, and representatives of VLA in their schools and communities. Ambassadors are carefully selected for their commitment to growth, service, and leadership potential. Throughout the program, they: ? Mentor & Model Leadership Serve as youth mentors and role models to the Summer Leadership Intensive (SLI) cohort, offering guidance, encouragement, and peer-to-peer support. ? Facilitate Workshops Actively participate in delivering Youth Leadership Workshops in schools, community centers, and churches, gaining real facilitation experience while inspiring other students. ? Represent VLA Publicly Represent Vanguard at community events, conferences, and school programs, amplifying the Academys mission and vision. ? Lead Service & Team Projects Design and implement projects that address real community challenges. ? Grow as Leaders Receive advanced training in communication, public speaking, emotional intelligence, civic responsibility, and networking. ? Build Networks Engage with professionals, community leaders, and peers to expand their influence and…
$31,694 spent25% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $127,674.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $25k to $14k (−44%).
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.
99% of Vanguard Leadership Academy’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Hilliard V Castilla
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Against its field
Vanguard Leadership Academy has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,482 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Vanguard Leadership Academy
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Vanguard Leadership Academy: 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Vanguard Leadership Academy?
- Vanguard Leadership Academy (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being GOOD360 ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Vanguard Leadership Academy have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to Vanguard Leadership Academy.
- Who is the largest funder of Vanguard Leadership Academy?
- GOOD360 is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Vanguard Leadership Academy find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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