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← LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$52,085,257
Total expenses
$54,728,123
Contributions and grants received
$49,428,061
Grants paid
$1,909,869
Program service revenue
$451,301
Investment income
$1,504,553
Other revenue
$701,342
Total assets, end of year
$32,160,227
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,212,422
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,947,805
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$39,920,523
Management and general expenses
$7,199,343
Fundraising expenses
$7,608,257
Program service expenses (Part III)
$39,920,523

Program services were 72.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • M Dennis Daugherty

    First Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Thronhill

    Second Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Corrigan

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Murphy

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Fred Fowlerr III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John P Maxwell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Ouimette

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dario Paya

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Pizella

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Rhodes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlie Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Rolfe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Morton Blackwell

    President

    Total calculated
    $403,911
    From this org
    $345,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $324,500
    Bonus
    $20,822
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $49,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,089
    Filer's total
    $403,911

  • John Davis

    VP for Growth and Development

    Total calculated
    $491,610
    From this org
    $409,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,958
    Bonus
    $25,131
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $49,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,021
    Filer's total
    $491,610

  • Mark Centofante

    VP for Technology and Operations

    Total calculated
    $323,831
    From this org
    $255,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,810
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,300
    Bonus
    $15,721
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,781
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,029
    Filer's total
    $323,831

  • Bryan Bernys

    VP for Campus Leadership Programs

    Total calculated
    $298,829
    From this org
    $239,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,614
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,923
    Bonus
    $14,292
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,355
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,259
    Filer's total
    $298,829

  • David Fenner

    VP for Programs

    Total calculated
    $297,787
    From this org
    $239,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,572
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,923
    Bonus
    $14,292
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,259
    Filer's total
    $297,787

  • Andrew Bender

    VP for Finance

    Total calculated
    $252,400
    From this org
    $227,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,689
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,090
    Bonus
    $13,621
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,689
    Filer's total
    $252,400

  • Steven Sutton

    Executive VP, Acting President

    Total calculated
    $242,169
    From this org
    $202,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,165
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,152
    Bonus
    $11,852
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $38,218
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,947
    Filer's total
    $242,169

  • Ronald Nehring

    Director, Interl School of Politics

    Total calculated
    $262,106
    From this org
    $221,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,737
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,215
    Bonus
    $19,154
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,819
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,918
    Filer's total
    $262,106

  • Riley Gaines

    Director, Riley Gaines Center

    Total calculated
    $494,222
    From this org
    $474,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,909
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $54,158
    Bonus
    $420,155
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,909
    Filer's total
    $494,222

  • Mark Campbell

    Senior Fellow

    Total calculated
    $241,002
    From this org
    $231,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,706
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,179
    Bonus
    $14,117
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,706
    Filer's total
    $241,002

  • Yana Igorevna Myaskovskaya

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $249,208
    From this org
    $224,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,457
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,640
    Bonus
    $39,111
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,457
    Filer's total
    $249,208

  • Robert Arnakis

    Sr. Dr. of Domestic and Inter Programs

    Total calculated
    $247,168
    From this org
    $219,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,322
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,846
    Bonus
    $27,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,234
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,088
    Filer's total
    $247,168

  • Stephen Theriault

    Director of Communications

    Total calculated
    $197,610
    From this org
    $173,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,396
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,306
    Bonus
    $10,908
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,396
    Filer's total
    $197,610

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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
At the sole discretion and approval by the institute's president, an employee may fly first Class for an eligible reason, such as length of flight. This occurred extremely rarely, and were not treated as taxable compensation.

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

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.

  • Leadership Action Inc

    501(c)(4) · Social Welfare · VA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Leadership Institute

  • Campusreformorg

    501(c)(3) · Public Charity · VA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Leadership Institute

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Campus Action LLC

    Education · VA

    Directly controlled by Leadership Institute

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523189349305927

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