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Adebayo Ogunlesi

Board Member · N A A C P Legal Defense and Educational Fund INC

Board Member at N A A C P Legal Defense and Educational Fund INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 4 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
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Roles reported
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Others who share this name
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Reported as Board Member of N A A C P Legal Defense and Educational Fund INC, based in New York, NY.
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Also listed as Board Member of Earl Warren Legal Training Program INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
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Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

N A A C P Legal Defense and Educational Fund INC Board Member · $29.5M revenue · New York, NYTHE NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC. FUND. INC. (LEGAL DEFENSE FUND - LDF) IS AMERICA'S PREMIER LEGAL ORGANIZATION FIGHTING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE. USING THE…Filed FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
Earl Warren Legal Training Program INC Board Member · $116K revenue · New York, NYTHE PROGRAM EXTENDS FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PROSPECTIVE AND MATRICULATING LAW STUDENTS WHO HAVE SHOWN A SPECIAL DEVOTION TO WORKING FOR RACIAL JUSTICE.Filed FY2022, FY2021, FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Adebayo Ogunlesi

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Adebayo Ogunlesi 1 organization · New York, NYLincoln Center for the Performing Arts INC
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Adebayo Ogunlesi 1 organization · New York, NYOgunlesi Family Foundation
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Adebayo Ogunlesi 1 organization · New York, NYSt Bernard's School INC
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Adebayo Ogunlesi 1 organization · Washington, DCCarnegie Endowment for International Peace

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Serves alongside

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Former President & Director-Counsel · FY2022
$768K
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President and Director-Counsel · FY2024
$577K
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Assoc. Dir. Counsel Until Dec. 2024 · FY2024
$389K
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Chief Devel. Officer Until Aug. 2025 · FY2024
$365K
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Director of Litigation · FY2024
$294K
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Chief Financial Officer · FY2024
$277K
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Chief Operating Officer-Until Mar. 2025 · FY2024
$272K
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Chief Comms and Mktg Off · FY2024
$252K
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Dir. of Strategic Int. · FY2024
$251K
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Chief Financial Officer · FY2022
$247K
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Director of Policy · FY2022
$242K
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Dir. of Thurgood Marshall Institute · FY2024
$238K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org