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21ST CENTURY LEADERS INC

EIN 58-1820875 DECATUR, GA

Revenue 2024
$1,393,394
Expenses 2024
$1,588,899

Program services were 94.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B27Z
Classification
2100
Street
PO BOX 1125

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

21ST CENTURY LEADERS CONNECTS, TRANSFORMS, AND INSPIRES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ACROSS GEORGIA TO BECOME LEADERS IN THEIR SCHOOL, COMMUNITY, AND ULTIMATELY THE WORKFORCE.

  • SUMMER RESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES 21ST CENTURY LEADERS' SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTES ARE ONE-WEEK RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTES ON COLLEGE AND CORPORATE CAMPUSES FOCUSED ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CAREER EXPLORATION ACROSS INDUSTRY SECTORS. OUR FOUR SUMMER INSTITUTES IMPACTED 286 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM 163 HIGH SCHOOLS AND 45 COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE IN 2025. 94% OF STUDENTS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEEK OUT OR CONTINUE SEEKING OUT LEADERSHIP ROLES, 56% OF STUDENTS SAID THEY DISCOVERED A NEW CAREER FIELD OF INTEREST AS A RESULT OF THE PROGRAM, AND 43% OF STUDENTS SAID IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME SEEING SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE THEM IN A CAREER OR POSITION THEY WANT TO BE IN.

    Expenses $1,135,770 · Grants $78,935

  • SCHOOL-YEAR PROGRAMS 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR WE SERVED OVER 3,000 STUDENTS WITH 730 LIVE TRAINING EVENTS, PROGRAMS, AND EXPERIENCES FOR THE YEAR WITH 96% OF STUDENTS SAY THEIR CONFIDENCE AS A LEADER INCREASED THROUGH 21ST CENTURY LEADERS. OUR ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM, LEADERSHIP CONNECT SAW A RECORD ENROLLMENT OF OVER 3,100 STUDENTS WITH 96% ENROLLED RECEIVING FREE ACCESS. 28 STUDENTS AND 14 MBA COACHES PARTICIPATED IN THE INAUGURAL COHORT OF OUR LEADERSHIP CONNECT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAPSTONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH EMORY'S GOIZUETA BUSINESS SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS CAN EARN A LEADERSHIP CERTIFICATE FROM GOIZUETA, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY BASED 21 CLUBS SUPPORTED OVER 1,000 STUDENTS ACROSS 31 CLUBS AND WE PROVIDED OVER 50,000 IN POST-SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIPS.

    Expenses $168,460

  • HOMEWORK CENTERS THE HOMEWORK CENTER PROGRAM, MANAGED BY 21ST CENTURY LEADERS THROUGH SCANA ENERGY, ESTABLISHED AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING AND ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS IN GEORGIA TITLE 1 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOR UP TO FOUR YEARS AT EACH SCHOOL. IN THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR AN AVERAGE OF 292 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED AND ATTENDED FOR 476 DAYS ACROSS THE TEN HOMEWORK CENTERS. 93% OF STUDENTS AGREE THAT THEY GET TO LEARN MORE THINGS AT THE HOMEWORK CENTER AND THAT THEY DO BETTER IN SCHOOL, AND 86% OF PARENTS AGREE THAT SINCE ATTENDING THE SCANA ENERGY HOMEWORK CENTER, THEIR CHILD IS DOING BETTER ON SCHOOLWORK. PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS REPORTED IMPROVED GRADES AND GAINS IN TEST SCORES AMONG HOMEWORK CENTER STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN MATH AND READING.

    Expenses $204,110

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • KATE HEWITT

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $120,751
    From this org
    $103,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,751
    Hours/week
    40

  • DERETTA COLE RHODES PHD

    BOARD CHAIRP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • CHRIS REYNOLDS

    VICE CHAIR/S

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • MARIA FLORES BLACKBURN CPA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARANIE BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ERIK BRYANT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CARLA CHANDLER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • TANIA GARCIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • BRIAN GOEBEL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • OKEMA JACKSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JP JAMES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JEFF KUPOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • C ALINA MENCIAS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JON NEFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • CHI NGUYEN SWALLOW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • QUIANA PINCKNEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MARI SIFO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • KATERINA TAYLOR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • JASON WALLACE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • MICHAEL WHITE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RACHEL WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • ANQI ZOU

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • AARON QUINNEY

    APPOINTED EX

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,393,394
    Expenses
    $1,588,899
    Contributions
    $1,083,385
    Grants paid
    $78,935
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,227,585
    Expenses
    $1,313,598
    Contributions
    $975,435
    Grants paid
    $49,576
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,106,329
    Expenses
    $1,086,992
    Contributions
    $801,288
    Grants paid
    $50,310

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $958,602
    Expenses
    $933,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $834,105

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $854,697
    Expenses
    $636,014
    Assets (EOY)
    $741,626

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $630,622
    Expenses
    $576,349
    Assets (EOY)
    $494,885

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $768,006
    Expenses
    $759,193
    Assets (EOY)
    $483,027

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $783,481
    Expenses
    $747,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $446,237

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $783,481
    Expenses
    $747,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $446,237

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $819,846
    Expenses
    $712,638
    Assets (EOY)
    $377,722

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $693,320
    Expenses
    $691,032
    Assets (EOY)
    $311,072

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $708,072
    Expenses
    $700,219
    Assets (EOY)
    $302,827

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $653,832
    Expenses
    $667,907
    Assets (EOY)
    $281,907

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.