LEADERSHIP NOW PROJECT

As filed

Subsection

04

Street

1401 K STREET NW 900

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

• ENABLING LEADERSHIP NOW MEMBERS TO ENGAGE IN DEMOCRACY-SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES:LEADERSHIP NOW PROJECT EMPOWERS ITS MEMBERS TO STRATEGICALLY USE THEIR EXPERTISE, INFLUENCE, AND INVESTMENT TO PROTECT AND RENEW DEMOCRACY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS. THROUGH DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS AND COLLABORATION WITH ACADEMIC AND POLITICAL EXPERTS, WE IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE OUR MEMBERS CAN HAVE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT IN STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS.LEADERSHIP NOW OFFERS RECOMMENDATIONS ON INITIATIVES THAT PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION, AND ADVOCATE FOR REFORMS THAT UPHOLD DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES ENSURING OUR MEMBERS CONTRIBUTE TO A STRONGER, MORE RESILIENT DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMY. IN 2024, LEADERSHIP NOW HELPED SAFEGUARD ELECTIONS IN KEY STATES SUCH AS WISCONSIN AND ARIZONA AND MOBILIZED BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS TO PUBLICLY URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO "PASS THE TORCH" AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT FOR NATIONAL LEADERSHIP. OUR WORK WAS FEATURED IN OVER 200 MEDIA OUTLETS, REFLECTING OUR GROWING INFLUENCE IN THE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY AND BUSINESS CONVERSATION. EACH YEAR, WE CONVENE CIVIC AND BUSINESS LEADERS COMMITTED TO DEMOCRATIC RENEWAL; IN 2024, OUR 7TH ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING BROUGHT TOGETHER MEMBERS AND INVITED GUESTS WITH SPEAKERS INCLUDING MELINDA FRENCH GATES, GOVERNOR GRETCHEN WHITMER, AND FORMER REPRESENTATIVE ADAM KINZINGER. OUR MEMBERS ARE LEADING EXECUTIVES, ENTREPRENEURS, AND INVESTORS ACROSS MORE THAN 25 STATES.

  Expenses $2,034,953 · Revenue $1,556,982

• INFORMING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON U.S. POLITICAL RISKS AND THREATS TO DEMOCRACY THROUGH EXPERT ANALYSIS AND ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP:LEADERSHIP NOW PROJECT HAS LEVERAGED OUR PLATFORM TO ENGAGE AND EDUCATE BUSINESS LEADERS ON KEY POLICY ISSUES THAT STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY, SUCH AS BUILDING TRUST IN DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, PROTECTING ELECTIONS, SUPPORTING OBJECTIVE REDISTRICTING, RANKED-CHOICE VOTING, AND STRENGTHENING TALENT PIPELINES IN PUBLIC SERVICE. THROUGH HIGH-QUALITY ANALYSIS, PARTNERSHIPS WITH ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS, EVENTS, EARNED MEDIA, AND BUSINESS COALITIONS, WE CONNECTED WITH INFLUENTIAL AUDIENCES TO DRIVE IMPACT.LEADERSHIP NOW CONTINUES TO MOBILIZE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AROUND DEMOCRACY-RELATED ISSUES, EARNING CREDIBILITY AS ONE OF THE EARLIEST VOICES LINKING THE HEALTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY TO THE STRENGTH OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT. OUR EFFORTS HAVE POSITIONED US AS A TRUSTED LEADER IN ADVOCATING FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW TO CREATE A STABLE, FAIR, AND PREDICTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESSES TO THRIVE AND INNOVATE.

  Expenses $1,765,536 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $342,838

• CANDIDATES TO WATCH:LEADERSHIP NOW PROJECT MEMBERS CONTINUED THEIR EFFORTS TO IDENTIFY AND HIGHLIGHT HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. THROUGH A RIGOROUS AND COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, MEMBERS REVIEWED AND ANALYZED CANDIDATE RECOMMENDATIONS, USING A SCORING SYSTEM TO ASSESS QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND ALIGNMENT WITH OUR MISSION TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY.CANDIDATES COME FROM A DIVERSE RANGE OF PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS, INCLUDING SCIENCE, BUSINESS, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND THE MILITARY. LEADERSHIP NOW PRIORITIZED CANDIDATES WITH EXPERTISE OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL POLITICS, BELIEVING THEIR EXPERIENCES WOULD OFFER FRESH PERSPECTIVES TO GOVERNANCE. THE PROCESS INCLUDED INTERVIEWS WITH SELECTED CANDIDATES TO ASSESS THEIR COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL.OUR "2024 CANDIDATES TO WATCH" LIST INCLUDED A MIX OF INCUMBENTS AND CHALLENGERS WHO DEMONSTRATED A DEDICATION TO SAFEGUARDING AND RENEWING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. THESE PRIORITY CANDIDATES WON IN SOME OF THE CLOSEST RACES IN THE COUNTRY, WITH SOME RUNNING FOR HIGHER OFFICE.

  Expenses $559,244 · Grants $185,700

• OTHER PROGRAMS

  Expenses $96,785 · Revenue $90,711

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.

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

  $4,555,748

  Expenses

  $4,709,403

  Contributions

  $2,561,140

  Grants paid

  $190,700

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,683,739

  Expenses

  $3,897,271

  Contributions

  $2,038,450

  Grants paid

  $3,500

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,259,836

  Expenses

  $3,469,281

  Contributions

  $1,409,099

  Grants paid

  $30,000

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.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,363,444

  Expenses

  $2,049,728

  Assets (EOY)

  $977,589

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,430,122

  Expenses

  $1,364,544

  Assets (EOY)

  $547,120

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,339,030

  Expenses

  $1,114,423

  Assets (EOY)

  $456,068

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $445,183

  Expenses

  $380,904

  Assets (EOY)

  $147,092

• 2017 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $79,545

  Expenses

  $69,117

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,428

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

• PROJECT DEMOCRACY

  $183,200

  2024 · WI CASE AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM MEDIA CAMPAIGN & MEDIA SUPPORT AND ANALYSIS FOR NY-04 CAMPAIGN

• TUFTS UNIVERSITY

  $30,000

  2022 · RESEARCH ON THE CIVIC ROLE OF BUSINESS LEADERS

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Grants received

• HOPEWELL FUND

  $1,326,884

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• HOPEWELL FUND

  $1,057,147

  2023 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• HOPEWELL FUND

  $610,070

  2022 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• PUBLIC PRIVATE STRATEGIES INSTITUTE

  $568,000

  2022 · ECONOMIC EDUCATIOAL PROGRAMMING AND RESEARCH

• Our American Future Action

  $125,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DEMOCRACY FUND VOICE INC

  $125,000

  2022 · Program support for the Business and Democracy Initiative

• BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE

  $100,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT EDUCATION ACTIVITIES THAT INFORM THE PUBLIC

• PROTECT DEMOCRACY UNITED

  $60,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES PERMISSIBLE UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE CODE.

• PROTECT DEMOCRACY UNITED

  $50,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE IRS TAX CODE

• SIXTEEN THIRTY FUND

  $25,000

  2023 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

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

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