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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION EDUCATION FUND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,817,703
Total expenses
$2,891,115
Contributions and grants received
$4,816,039
Grants paid
$1,640
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,664
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,566,113
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,639,525
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,926,588
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,827,315
Management and general expenses
$784,325
Fundraising expenses
$279,475
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,827,315

Program services were 63.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,816,039

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,664 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,664

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,640 · program services $1,640

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,178,348 · program services $589,174 · management and general $353,504 · fundraising $235,670

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $17,258 · program services $8,629 · management and general $5,177 · fundraising $3,452

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $44,976 · program services $22,488 · management and general $13,493 · fundraising $8,995

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $103,376 · program services $51,688 · management and general $31,013 · fundraising $20,675

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,532 · management and general $4,532

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $94,538 · management and general $94,538

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $853 · program services $853

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $388,100 · program services $304,240 · management and general $83,860

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $606,414 · program services $605,914 · management and general $500

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $220,094 · program services $157,117 · management and general $61,415 · fundraising $1,562

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $39,421 · program services $15,611 · management and general $23,810

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $33,212 · program services $3,826 · management and general $29,386

  • 17 · Travel

    total $102,391 · program services $57,798 · management and general $35,472 · fundraising $9,121

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $372 · program services $372

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $320 · management and general $320

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $49,333 · program services $2,767 · management and general $46,566 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE EXPENSES

    total $5,134 · program services $5,134 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT FEES

    total $556 · program services $0 · management and general $556 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $247 · program services $64 · management and general $183

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $267

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $3,565,846

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,639,525

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,926,588

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT TO BIPOC YOUTH.

  • COLLEGE PROGRAM: THE COLLEGE PROGRAM DEVELOPS STUDENT LEADERS ACROSS WISCONSIN'S UNIVERSITIES THROUGH ADVOCACY, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING. STUDENTS ADVANCE INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE INCLUSIVE AND SAFE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTS WHILE INCREASING PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY. FELLOWS LEAD VOTER ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND STATEWIDE LEADERSHIP GATHERINGS THAT STRENGTHEN YOUTH CIVIC LEADERSHIP.

    Expenses $982,018

  • CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: THE CIVICS PROGRAM STRENGTHENS CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND ADVOCACY. ITS INITIATIVES FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY REFORM, COMMUNITY INVESTMENT, AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO DEMOCRACY. MEMBERS RECEIVE TRAINING IN CIVIC ACTION AND MEET WITH POLICYMAKERS TO ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES THAT SUPPORT THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $405,052 · Grants $1,640

  • HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM: LEADERS IGNITING TRANSFORMATION'S HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM EMPOWERS YOUTH OF COLOR TO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITABLE AND SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. STUDENTS LEAD CAMPAIGNS THAT PROMOTE POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATES AND REDUCE HARMFUL DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES. THROUGH CHAPTERS, PAID FELLOWSHIPS, AND LEADERSHIP EVENTS, PARTICIPANTS BUILD CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ORGANIZING, AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

    Expenses $326,310

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS: OTHER GENERAL SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $113,935

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cendi Tena

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,760
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $142,760
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Amanda Avalos

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $142,744
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $142,744
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • E Her Vang

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Maia Pearson

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rithinay Punyamurthula

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Katie Kegel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brandis Hill

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202503399349301105

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