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CENTER FOR EXPANDING LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY INC

EIN 92-2376770 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$5,292,549
Expenses 2024
$3,440,730

Program services were 98.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B99
Classification
1200
Street
710 W BITTERSWEET PL APT 1

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

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.

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.

  • 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,292,549
    Expenses
    $3,440,730
    Contributions
    $4,908,000
    Grants paid
    $940,300
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,941,558
    Expenses
    $1,760,606
    Contributions
    $2,507,010
    Grants paid
    $165,000

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023
Principal officer
SONNY GARG
Mailing address
900 NORTH LAKE SHORE DRIVE UNIT 607CHICAGO IL 60611
Website
WWW.EXPANDINGLEADERSHIP.ORG

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.