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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by CENTER FOR EXPANDING LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,292,549
Total expenses
$3,440,730
Contributions and grants received
$4,908,000
Grants paid
$940,300
Program service revenue
$340,187
Investment income
$44,362
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,059,012
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,364
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,054,648
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,392,186
Management and general expenses
$47,880
Fundraising expenses
$664
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,392,186

Program services were 98.6% 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

    $4,908,000

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $340,187 · related or exempt $340,187 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

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

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $44,362 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $44,362

  • 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 $867,200 · program services $867,200

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $73,100 · program services $73,100

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $553,900 · program services $553,900

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $94,593 · program services $94,593

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,447 · program services $28,447

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $45,810 · program services $45,810

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,360 · program services $12,360

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $44,444 · management and general $44,444

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $575,597 · program services $575,597

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $83,945 · program services $83,945

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $93,362 · program services $93,193 · management and general $169

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,950 · program services $11,950

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $248,927 · program services $248,927

  • 17 · Travel

    total $490,351 · program services $489,358 · management and general $329 · fundraising $664

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $30,412 · program services $30,412

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,985 · program services $11,985

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $157,459 · program services $157,459 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $13,950 · program services $13,950 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND MERCHANT FEES

    total $2,938 · program services $0 · management and general $2,938 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,222,303 · end of year $388,711

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $5,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $282 · end of year $57,104

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $2,608,197

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,756 · end of year $4,364

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$31,708 · end of year $1,169,093

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,234,537 · end of year $1,885,555

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY ECOSYSTEMS OF EVIDENCE-BASED TOOLS, LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND PRACTICES THAT EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE ACCESS, OPTIMIZE PROGRAM QUALITY, AND ACCELERATE IMPACT FOR EVERY YOUNG PERSON. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND GROWTH ARE DISTRIBUTED AS EQUALLY AS THE ABUNDANCE OF TALENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY INTEGRATING THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING AND CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH WITH PROGRAM INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY CO-CREATION OF LEARNING SOLUTIONS.

  • CONVENINGS: CELO HOSTED SEVERAL CONVENINGS THROUGHOUT THE 2024-2025 FISCAL YEAR, INCLUDING THE YOUTH SERVICE CONVENING IN SEPTEMBER 2024 AND SXSW EDU COHORT IN MARCH 2025. THE CONVENINGS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE CELO MISSION.

    Expenses $1,351,774 · Grants $100,600

  • INDEX: THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT INDEX IS A DIGITAL ASSESSMENT TOOL THAT MEASURES LEADERSHIP CAPACITIES TO ACCELERATE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. GROUNDED IN 20 YEARS OF CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH, AND BENCHMARKED WITH 600,000 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS CAREER FIELDS, THE INDEX IS DESIGNED FOR IMPACT.

    Expenses $777,470 · Revenue $23,671

  • RESEARCH: CELO IS THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND LONGEST-RUNNING RESEARCH PROGRAM ON THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT - IN OTHER WORDS, MEASURABLE STEPS TOWARD DEVELOPING COMPETENCIES, SUCH AS RESILIENCE, COLLABORATION, AND CREATIVE-PROBLEM SOLVING. OUR RESEARCH ENABLES US TO DEFINE, MEASURE, AND BENCHMARK 34 SOFT SKILLS AND HAS IDENTIFIED HIGH-IMPACT PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES THAT ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE SKILLS. IN ADDITION TO TRANSLATING OUR RESEARCH INTO EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUIDE IMPACT FOR THE FIELD OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TRANSLATED OUR DATA INTO USER-FRIENDLY ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO GIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR LEADERS THE UNPARALLELED ABILITY TO MEASURE THEIR PERFORMANCE AT THE INDIVIDUAL, PROGRAMMATIC, AND/OR ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS, INCLUDING OVER TIME, AND TO RECEIVE ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS.

    Expenses $320,434 · Revenue $147,219

  • GENERAL PROGRAMS: OTHER GENERAL SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $942,508 · Grants $839,700 · Revenue $169,297

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John Dugan

    CHIEF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $226,727
    From this org
    $226,727
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $226,727
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $226,727

  • Sonny Garg

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $201,811
    From this org
    $201,811
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,811
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $201,811

  • Kristan Cilente Skendall

    COO

    Total calculated
    $125,362
    From this org
    $125,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,362
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $125,362

  • Scott Bush

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sherman Baldwin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202610369349301021

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