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LEVER FOR CHANGE

EIN 83-3044655 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2025
$5,681,489
Expenses 2025
$11,260,281

Program services were 79.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T70
Classification
1200
Street
140 S DEARBORN ST STE 705

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

WE CONNECT DONORS WITH PROBLEM SOLVERS TO FIND AND FUND BOLD, EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ACCELERATE SOCIAL CHANGE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE OWE CONNECT DONORS WITH PROBLEM SOLVERS TO FIND AND FUND BOLD, EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ACCELERATE SOCIAL CHANGE.

  • COMPETITION DESIGN AND PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL MOBILIZATION:LEVER FOR CHANGE DESIGNS, MANAGES, AND ADMINISTERS LARGE-SCALE PHILANTHROPIC COMPETITIONS AND OPEN CALLS THAT IDENTIFY, EVALUATE, AND ELEVATE HIGH-IMPACT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES. THROUGH TRANSPARENT, RIGOROUS, AND EQUITABLE COMPETITION PROCESSES, THE ORGANIZATION HELPS FUNDERS IDENTIFY VETTED SOLUTIONS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING MEANINGFUL, SCALABLE IMPACT. DURING 2025, LEVER FOR CHANGE CONTINUED TO MANAGE AND SUPPORT MULTIPLE GLOBAL AND DOMESTIC FUNDING COMPETITIONS, PROVIDING APPLICANTS WITH STRUCTURED REVIEW, FEEDBACK, DUE DILIGENCE, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES REGARDLESS OF FUNDING OUTCOME. (CONTINUED IN SCHEDULE O)THESE COMPETITIONS SERVE AS A VEHICLE FOR UNLOCKING PHILANTHROPIC CAPITAL AND CONNECTING DONORS WITH INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ACROSS DIVERSE ISSUE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO HELPING DONORS DEPLOY CHARITABLE RESOURCES MORE STRATEGICALLY, LEVER FOR CHANGE INCREASES VISIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ITS BOLD SOLUTIONS NETWORK, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS FINALISTS AND OTHER HIGH-PERFORMING APPLICANTS EMERGING FROM COMPETITION PROCESSES. THE ORGANIZATION'S 2025 IMPACT REPORT NOTES THAT SINCE ITS FOUNDING IN 2019, LEVER FOR CHANGE HAS INFLUENCED MORE THAN $2.5 BILLION IN PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING AND HAS BUILT A BROAD PIPELINE OF RIGOROUSLY VETTED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ITS COMPETITION PLATFORM.

    Expenses $8,919,859 · Grants $705,754 · Revenue $5,213,180

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.

  • JULIA STASCH

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • REID HOFFMAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAMES MANYIKA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LYNN TALIENTO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CECILIA CONRAD

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $636,396
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $539,059
    Other
    $97,337
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $481,700 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $57,359 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $59,962 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,375 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $636,396 related

  • KRISTEN MOLYNEAUX

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $362,447
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $296,769
    Other
    $65,678
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $273,200 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $23,569 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,082 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,596 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $362,447 related

  • TRISHA POMERENK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $282,918
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $213,721
    Other
    $69,197
    Hours/week
    10 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $209,985 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $3,736 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $32,262 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,935 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $282,918 related

  • BRAD BALLAST

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $312,956
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $242,140
    Other
    $70,816
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $219,490 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $22,650 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $33,862 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,954 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $312,956 related

  • EMILY FRIEDMAN

    FORMER SECRETARY (THRU 12/20/24)

    Total calculated
    $375,815
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $293,146
    Other
    $82,669
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $271,900 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $21,246 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $45,002 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $37,667 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $375,815 related

  • JOSHUA MINTZ

    FORMER SECRETARY (THRU 6/16/23)

    Total calculated
    $866,713
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $767,780
    Other
    $98,933
    Hours/week
    0 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $637,400 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $130,380 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $59,962 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $38,971 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $866,713 related

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
    $5,681,489
    Expenses
    $11,260,281
    Contributions
    $221,730
    Grants paid
    $705,754
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $12,203,215
    Expenses
    $8,972,138
    Contributions
    $8,558,253
    Grants paid
    $175,000
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,343,100
    Expenses
    $8,458,871
    Contributions
    $60,000
    Grants paid
    $135,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,638,803
    Expenses
    $7,679,368
    Contributions
    $1,991,933
    Grants paid
    $170,000

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
    $11,059,988
    Expenses
    $7,772,907
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,371,828

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,611,182
    Expenses
    $7,719,402
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,835,227

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
Principal officer
Ethridge Darlene
Mailing address
140 S DEARBORNCHICAGO IL 606035202
Website
WWW.LEVERFORCHANGE.COM

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

  • ELECTION REFORMERS NETWORK

    $45,754

    2025 SEE PART IV

  • National Domestic Workers Alliance

    $35,000

    2023 in support of the Care in Common Public Education Campaign

  • Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc

    $25,000

    2024 In support of the partnering to Increase Awareness on Disability Inclusive Health

  • Talent Beyond Boundaries Inc

    $25,000

    2024 In support of the Refugee Access to Labor Pathways & Economic Inclusion

  • IGNITE

    $25,000

    2022 in support of creating systems, structures, and a culture of support for all IGNITE staff and participants who are caregivers.

  • IGNITE

    $25,000

    2024 In support of Powering Up Voter Mobilization and Amplifying Gen Z Voices

  • National Marine Mammal Foundation Inc

    $25,000

    2022 in support of a project to build veterinary capacity to fill vital knowledge gaps for endangered Indus River dolphins (Platanista minor) rescued from irrigation canals in Pakistan.

  • Power For All

    $25,000

    2024 RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPORT of a Localized Program for Training, Internships, and Green Jobs in the Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) Sector

  • New Mexico Community Capital

    $25,000

    2022 in support of a project to co-create storytelling campaigns with Indigenous creatives and film/media experts in order to reframe entrepreneurship in communities.

  • Gallaudet University

    $25,000

    2024 In support of the Ensuring Deaf Children's Early Access to Sign Language

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.