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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by LEVER FOR CHANGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,681,489
Total expenses
$11,260,281
Contributions and grants received
$221,730
Grants paid
$705,754
Program service revenue
$5,213,180
Investment income
$246,179
Other revenue
$400
Total assets, end of year
$8,805,683
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,346,244
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,459,439
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,919,859
Management and general expenses
$1,988,486
Fundraising expenses
$351,936
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,919,859

Program services were 79.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $221,730

  • 2a · Program service revenue: COMPETITION FEES

    total $5,213,180 · related or exempt $5,213,180

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $246,179 · excluded $246,179

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME

    total $400 · excluded $400

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $400

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $665,754 · program services $665,754

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $40,000 · program services $40,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $4,846,583 · program services $3,520,961 · management and general $980,649 · fundraising $344,973

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $98,464 · management and general $98,464

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $17,716 · management and general $17,716

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $264,085 · management and general $264,085

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $39,494 · program services $25,285 · management and general $14,209

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $90,648 · management and general $90,648

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $157,740 · program services $132,778 · management and general $17,999 · fundraising $6,963

  • 17 · Travel

    total $265,739 · program services $174,328 · management and general $91,411

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $78,910 · program services $55,735 · management and general $23,175

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,048 · management and general $36,048

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMPETITION MGMT & SUPP

    total $2,840,150 · program services $2,840,150

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROPOSAL DATABASE DEVEL

    total $687,735 · program services $687,735

  • 24c · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT

    total $633,143 · program services $633,143

  • 24d · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

    total $350,000 · management and general $350,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $148,072 · program services $143,990 · management and general $4,082

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,036,606 · end of year $1,353,048

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $5,733,243

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,307,253 · end of year $899,558

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $47,914 · end of year $477,330

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $193,031 · end of year $204,351

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $239,832 · end of year $138,153

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $271,830 · end of year $293,567

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,287,890 · end of year $1,790,685

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $226,685 · end of year $1,261,992

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,332,382 · end of year $4,220,841

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,705,849 · end of year $1,238,598

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

WE CONNECT DONORS WITH PROBLEM SOLVERS TO FIND AND FUND BOLD, EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ACCELERATE SOCIAL CHANGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE OWE CONNECT DONORS WITH PROBLEM SOLVERS TO FIND AND FUND BOLD, EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ACCELERATE SOCIAL CHANGE.

  • COMPETITION DESIGN AND PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL MOBILIZATION:LEVER FOR CHANGE DESIGNS, MANAGES, AND ADMINISTERS LARGE-SCALE PHILANTHROPIC COMPETITIONS AND OPEN CALLS THAT IDENTIFY, EVALUATE, AND ELEVATE HIGH-IMPACT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES. THROUGH TRANSPARENT, RIGOROUS, AND EQUITABLE COMPETITION PROCESSES, THE ORGANIZATION HELPS FUNDERS IDENTIFY VETTED SOLUTIONS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING MEANINGFUL, SCALABLE IMPACT. DURING 2025, LEVER FOR CHANGE CONTINUED TO MANAGE AND SUPPORT MULTIPLE GLOBAL AND DOMESTIC FUNDING COMPETITIONS, PROVIDING APPLICANTS WITH STRUCTURED REVIEW, FEEDBACK, DUE DILIGENCE, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES REGARDLESS OF FUNDING OUTCOME. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)THESE COMPETITIONS SERVE AS A VEHICLE FOR UNLOCKING PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL AND CONNECTING DONORS WITH INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ACROSS DIVERSE ISSUE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO HELPING DONORS DEPLOY CHARITABLE RESOURCES MORE STRATEGICALLY, LEVER FOR CHANGE INCREASES VISIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ITS BOLD SOLUTIONS NETWORK, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS FINALISTS AND OTHER HIGH-PERFORMING APPLICANTS EMERGING FROM COMPETITION PROCESSES. THE ORGANIZATION'S 2025 IMPACT REPORT NOTES THAT SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2019, LEVER FOR CHANGE HAS INFLUENCED MORE THAN $2.5 BILLION IN PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING AND HAS BUILT A BROAD PIPELINE OF RIGOROUSLY VETTED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ITS COMPETITION PLATFORM.

    Expenses $8,919,859 · Grants $705,754 · Revenue $5,213,180

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • JULIA STASCH

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • REID HOFFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES MANYIKA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LYNN TALIENTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CECILIA CONRAD

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $636,396
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $539,059
    Other
    $97,337
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $481,700 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $57,359 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $59,962 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,375 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $636,396 related

  • KRISTEN MOLYNEAUX

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $362,447
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $296,769
    Other
    $65,678
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $273,200 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $23,569 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,082 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,596 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $362,447 related

  • TRISHA POMERENK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $282,918
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $213,721
    Other
    $69,197
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $209,985 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $3,736 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $32,262 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,935 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $282,918 related

  • BRAD BALLAST

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $312,956
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $242,140
    Other
    $70,816
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $219,490 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $22,650 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,862 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,954 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $312,956 related

  • EMILY FRIEDMAN

    FORMER SECRETARY (THRU 12/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $375,815
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $293,146
    Other
    $82,669
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $271,900 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $21,246 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,002 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,667 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $375,815 related

  • JOSHUA MINTZ

    FORMER SECRETARY (THRU 6/16/23)

    Total calculated
    $866,713
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $767,780
    Other
    $98,933
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $637,400 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $130,380 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $59,962 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $38,971 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $866,713 related

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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments

Answered no

  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES GROSS-UP PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN WITHHOLDING TAXES RELATED TO REIMBURSEMENTS AND STIPENDS PAID. GROSS-UPS ARE REPORTED IN OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III).

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.

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
2025
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202622439349300047

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