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LEADING EDUCATORS INC

EIN 45-1447048 CHICAGO, IL

Revenue 2024
$22,369,384
Expenses 2024
$21,108,120

Program services were 72.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
2000
Street
220 NORTH GREEN STREET SUITE 417

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).

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.

  • ELISA VILLANUEVA BEARD

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • KARA HELANDER

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • SHEILA BROWN

    STRATEGY & ADVOCACY CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • TIFFANY JOHNSON LEWIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • NINA KONTOS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • STUART KAPLAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • AYLON SAMOUHA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CLAUDY JULES

    GOVERNANCE & HUMAN CAPITAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • MICHELLE BOYERS

    FINANCE AND FUNDRAISING CH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • CHONG-HAO FU

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $341,249
    From this org
    $320,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,249
    Hours/week
    47

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $320,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,593
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,656
    Filer's total
    $341,249

  • MELANIE DUKES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SIMONE SENIOR

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $247,290
    From this org
    $206,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,025
    Hours/week
    42.25

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $206,265
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,425
    Filer's total
    $247,290

  • LAKIMBRE BROWN

    CHIEF OF NETWORKS

    Total calculated
    $233,214
    From this org
    $217,681
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,533
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,681
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,145
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,388
    Filer's total
    $233,214

  • LAURA MEILI

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $233,067
    From this org
    $211,982
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,085
    Hours/week
    43

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $211,982
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,600
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,485
    Filer's total
    $233,067

  • JAVIER CORTEZ

    DEPUTY CHIEF OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $216,435
    From this org
    $183,070
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,365
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,070
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,639
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,726
    Filer's total
    $216,435

  • LAKITA MCKINNEY

    HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $170,077
    From this org
    $162,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,660
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,417
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,509
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,151
    Filer's total
    $170,077

  • DANIEL OBREGON

    HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $208,824
    From this org
    $203,474
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,350
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,474
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,182
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,168
    Filer's total
    $208,824

  • KATHERINE GREEN MURPHY

    HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $184,849
    From this org
    $152,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,784
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,065
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,687
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,097
    Filer's total
    $184,849

  • MARISHLA WINTERS

    HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $211,292
    From this org
    $178,161
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,131
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,161
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,768
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,363
    Filer's total
    $211,292

  • ALBERT KIM

    HIGHLY PAID EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $181,838
    From this org
    $161,146
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,692
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,146
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,509
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,183
    Filer's total
    $181,838

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 — 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
    $22,369,384
    Expenses
    $21,108,120
    Contributions
    $14,775,112
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $25,463,449
    Expenses
    $21,793,457
    Contributions
    $14,608,950
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,795,278
    Expenses
    $16,304,696
    Contributions
    $7,011,945
    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.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 10 September 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.