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LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

EIN 51-0235174 ARLINGTON, VA

Revenue 2024
$52,085,257
Expenses 2024
$54,728,123

Program services were 72.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
W700
Classification
1200
Street
1101 N HIGHLAND ST

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.

  • M Dennis Daugherty

    First Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kenneth Thronhill

    Second Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Corrigan

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Craig Murphy

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Rev Fred Fowlerr III

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John P Maxwell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Ouimette

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dario Paya

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patrick Pizella

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Rhodes

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charlie Davis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tom Rolfe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Morton Blackwell

    President

    Total calculated
    $403,911
    From this org
    $345,322
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,589
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $324,500
    Bonus
    $20,822
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $49,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,089
    Filer's total
    $403,911

  • John Davis

    VP for Growth and Development

    Total calculated
    $491,610
    From this org
    $409,089
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $82,521
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $383,958
    Bonus
    $25,131
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $49,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,021
    Filer's total
    $491,610

  • Mark Centofante

    VP for Technology and Operations

    Total calculated
    $323,831
    From this org
    $255,021
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,810
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,300
    Bonus
    $15,721
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,781
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,029
    Filer's total
    $323,831

  • Bryan Bernys

    VP for Campus Leadership Programs

    Total calculated
    $298,829
    From this org
    $239,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,614
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,923
    Bonus
    $14,292
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $35,355
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,259
    Filer's total
    $298,829

  • David Fenner

    VP for Programs

    Total calculated
    $297,787
    From this org
    $239,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,572
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $224,923
    Bonus
    $14,292
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $34,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,259
    Filer's total
    $297,787

  • Andrew Bender

    VP for Finance

    Total calculated
    $252,400
    From this org
    $227,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,689
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,090
    Bonus
    $13,621
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,689
    Filer's total
    $252,400

  • Steven Sutton

    Executive VP, Acting President

    Total calculated
    $242,169
    From this org
    $202,004
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,165
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,152
    Bonus
    $11,852
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $38,218
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,947
    Filer's total
    $242,169

  • Ronald Nehring

    Director, Interl School of Politics

    Total calculated
    $262,106
    From this org
    $221,369
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,737
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,215
    Bonus
    $19,154
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,819
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,918
    Filer's total
    $262,106

  • Riley Gaines

    Director, Riley Gaines Center

    Total calculated
    $494,222
    From this org
    $474,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,909
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $54,158
    Bonus
    $420,155
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,909
    Filer's total
    $494,222

  • Mark Campbell

    Senior Fellow

    Total calculated
    $241,002
    From this org
    $231,296
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,706
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $217,179
    Bonus
    $14,117
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,706
    Filer's total
    $241,002

  • Yana Igorevna Myaskovskaya

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $249,208
    From this org
    $224,751
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,457
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,640
    Bonus
    $39,111
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,457
    Filer's total
    $249,208

  • Robert Arnakis

    Sr. Dr. of Domestic and Inter Programs

    Total calculated
    $247,168
    From this org
    $219,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,322
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $192,846
    Bonus
    $27,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,234
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,088
    Filer's total
    $247,168

  • Stephen Theriault

    Director of Communications

    Total calculated
    $197,610
    From this org
    $173,214
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,396
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,306
    Bonus
    $10,908
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,396
    Filer's total
    $197,610

The first 25 listed. 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
    $52,085,257
    Expenses
    $54,728,123
    Contributions
    $49,428,061
    Grants paid
    $1,909,869
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $45,008,202
    Expenses
    $51,591,743
    Contributions
    $43,036,763
    Grants paid
    $1,407,485
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $39,249,420
    Expenses
    $34,475,593
    Contributions
    $38,600,695
    Grants paid
    $967,857

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. 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.

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 2024 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 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.