Public Charity

CENTER FOR EXPANDING LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY INC

CENTER FOR EXPANDING LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITY INC, of CHICAGO, IL, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $5.3M in revenue, $3.4M in expenses, $3.1M in total assets. 3 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 922376770 CHICAGO, IL Education N.E.C. NTEE: B99 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$5.3M
Total Expenses$3.4M
Total Assets$3.1M
Grant Records3
Funding Total$2.7M
Filing Years2024–2025

Mission

TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY ECOSYSTEMS OF EVIDENCE-BASED TOOLS, LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND PRACTICES THAT EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE ACCESS, OPTIMIZE PROGRAM QUALITY, AND ACCELERATE IMPACT FOR EVERY YOUNG PERSON. OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING AND GROWTH ARE DISTRIBUTED AS EQUALLY AS THE ABUNDANCE OF TALENT IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ACCOMPLISH THIS BY INTEGRATING THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING AND CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH WITH PROGRAM INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY CO-CREATION OF LEARNING SOLUTIONS.

Where $100 goes at Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunity Inc

How Center for Expanding Leadership and Opportunity Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 2 years.

$98 Programs the work itself
$2 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $98 for programs

$39
Convenings
40% of program spending
$27
General programs
28% of program spending
$23
Index
23% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 600,000 participants

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

CHIEF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OFFICER John Dugan
COO Kristan Cilente Skendall
BOARD PRESIDENT Scott Bush
BOARD MEMBER Sherman Baldwin
CEO Sonny Garg

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$2,745,000 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $5.3M $3.4M $3.1M
2024 $2.9M $1.8M $1.2M

Between 2024 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.9M to $5.3M (+80%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.1M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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