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GREAT LEADERS STRONG SCHOOLS

EIN 84-4430457 PHOENIX, AZ

Revenue 2024
$140,603
Expenses 2024
$118,783

Program services were 88.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
Street
2801 EAST CAMELBACK ROAD 200

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

GREAT LEADERS, STRONG SCHOOL'S (GLSS) PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY FOCUSED ON ENSURING A STRONG AND EQUITABLE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ARIZONA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY FOCUSED ON ENSURING A STRONG AND EQUITABLE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ARIZONA.

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: GLSS WAS FOUNDED ON THE PREMISE THAT THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ARIZONA MUST BE REORIENTED TOWARD A FOCUS ON THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. WHILE ARIZONA HAS INSTITUTED A ROBUST BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE OF SCHOOL CHOICE, GLSS BELIEVES THAT IT MUST BE FORTIFIED BY STRONG MECHANISMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY SCHOOLS FOR ALL STUDENTS. TO THIS END, THE ORGANIZATION DEVELOPED AN INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE TO BROADLY DISSEMINATE INFORMATION AND MOBILIZED PARENTS AND EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC POLICIES THAT ENHANCE SCHOOL CHOICE AND ACCESS, EMPOWER INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES TAILORED TO THEIR UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATIONS, AND STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY TO TAXPAYERS.

    Expenses $105,270 · Grants $30,369

  • GRASSROOTS AND DIRECT LOBBYING: GLSS DIRECTED A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION OF ITS TIME AND RESOURCES TO THE ADVOCACY OF LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY SOLUTIONS IN ARIZONA THAT (1) PROTECT AND EXPAND PARENTAL CHOICE; (2) ENCOURAGE SCHOOL AUTONOMY AND CLASSROOM INNOVATION BY ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS; (3) ENHANCE STUDENTS' ABILITY TO ACCESS QUALITY SCHOOLS; AND (4) FORTIFY ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT TAX DOLLARS ARE USED EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY, AND TRANSPARENTLY CONNECTS FUNDING LEVELS TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

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.

  • KATHERINE DAUPHINAIS

    CEO (THRU 2/29/24)

    Total calculated
    $31,867
    From this org
    $31,867
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • LARRY KEVIN YOUNGBLOOD

    CEO (THRU 1/31/24)

    Total calculated
    $15,100
    From this org
    $15,100
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • NED BLUM

    CEO (BEGAN 3/1/24)

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    From this org
    $3,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ARIEL JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • ARMANDO RUIZ

    DIRECTOR (THRU 3/11/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • LUKE RAGLAND

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

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
    $140,603
    Expenses
    $118,783
    Contributions
    $85,015
    Grants paid
    $30,369
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $944,271
    Expenses
    $993,988
    Contributions
    $339,023
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,076,533
    Expenses
    $1,182,849
    Contributions
    $678,400
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $781,161
    Expenses
    $739,962
    Assets (EOY)
    $143,622

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $266,984
    Expenses
    $173,970
    Assets (EOY)
    $109,603

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

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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.