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CITY LEADERSHIP

EIN 46-4337862 MEMPHIS, TN

Revenue 2025
$2,619,127
Expenses 2025
$2,469,349

Program services were 57.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W99
Classification
1000
Street
1350 CONCOURSE AVE STE 463

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 · 2025

Mission

CITY LEADERSHIP'S MISSION IS TO RECRUIT, DEVELOP, AND CATALYZE LEADERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS. THE ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE LEADERSHIP CAPITAL AND POTENTIAL OF MEMPHIS. CITY LEADERSHIP STRIVES TO RECRUIT TALENTED INDIVIDUALS TO MEMPHIS, TO DEVELOP LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN MEMPHIS, AND TO ACCELERATE (I.E. CATALYZE) COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CITY LEADERSHIP EXISTS TO RECRUIT, DEVELOP, & CATALYZE LEADERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF MEMPHIS.

  • UNDER ITS RECRUIT PROGRAM, CITY LEADERSHIP SEEKS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN TALENT FOR MEMPHIS,ESPECIALLY ITS NONPROFIT SECTOR, PRIMARILY THROUGH ITS 901 CAMPAIGNS: CHOOSE901, TEACH901, SERVE901 AND CHOOSE901 ALUMNI. THESE PROGRAMS MARKET MEMPHIS LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY HIGHLIGHTING VARIOUS VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN MEMPHIS AND HOW TO INVEST IN AND ENJOY THE CITY. APPROXIMATELY 5000 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AS WELL AS OVER 40 ORGANIZATIONS BENEFITED.

    Expenses $1,117,915 · Revenue $189,038

  • UNDER ITS DEVELOP PROGRAM, CITY LEADERSHIP CONSULTS AND WORKS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND LEADERS FROM EVERY FIELD: BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, ARTISTS, AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS TO HELP THEM REACH THEIR POTENTIAL INDIVIDUALLY AND TOGETHER. CITY OFFERS EXPERTISE TO THESE GROUPS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING, RESEARCH, MULTIMEDIA, FUNDRAISING, BRANDING, TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND TALENT ACQUISITION. IN 2020, GIVE901, LLC BECAME A PART OF CITY'S DEVELOP PROGRAM TO INCLUDE A NETWORK OF CITY-BUILDERS CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMPHIS KIDS THROUGH INNOVATIVE EDUCATION SOLUTIONS. FUNDS FROM INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATE GIFTS GO DIRECTLY TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS, TEACHER TRAINING, AND AFTER-SCHOOL MENTORING PROGRAMS. APPROXIMATELY 2700 RECIPIENTS.

    Expenses $300,303 · Grants $193

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • MARCUS E LEWIS

    CHAIRMAN & TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TOM MARINO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MATT BRENNAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN R CARROLL

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,848
    From this org
    $190,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,341
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,507
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,341
    Filer's total
    $221,848

  • CLAYTON SANDERSON

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $175,746
    From this org
    $145,852
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,894
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,852
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,894
    Filer's total
    $175,746

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $2,619,127
    Expenses
    $2,469,349
    Contributions
    $2,363,660
    Grants paid
    $193
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,243,545
    Expenses
    $2,301,896
    Contributions
    $1,967,303
    Grants paid
    $99,710
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,029,294
    Expenses
    $2,201,891
    Contributions
    $1,878,799
    Grants paid
    $81,043

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
    $2,281,732
    Expenses
    $2,062,085
    Assets (EOY)
    $971,651

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,627,980
    Expenses
    $2,018,996
    Assets (EOY)
    $767,648

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,094,171
    Expenses
    $2,086,160
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,156,631

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,843,378
    Expenses
    $2,042,144
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,145,569

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,534,679
    Expenses
    $1,989,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,320,627

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,090,903
    Expenses
    $1,628,132
    Assets (EOY)
    $798,841

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,065,179
    Expenses
    $1,051,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,321,897

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $698,893
    Expenses
    $636,982
    Assets (EOY)
    $272,631

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2025 return

  • GIVE 901 LLC

    ASSIST ORGANIZATIONS IN RAISING FUNDS TO SUPPORT HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS · TN · income $193 · assets $3,707

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.