Leading for Change INC

Tax-deductible

Phoenix, AZ501(c)(3)Public & Societal BenefitEIN 46-1797595Revenue $132K in FY2025

On file with the IRSazleadingforchange.org55 E Vernon Ave, 85004-1338 · Phoenix, AZTax-exempt since Sep 2013Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$104K paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $29K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$104K
to officers and key staff · 60% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 76% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 60% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$5K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$132K
-43% vs prior year
Spent
$174K
To programs
92%
Net assets
$351K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$132K
FY2025▼ -43%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$219K
FY2021$196K
FY2022$204K
FY2023$210K
FY2024$231K
FY2025$132K
Expenses
$174K
FY2025▼ -2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$147K
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$167K
FY2023$186K
FY2024$178K
FY2025$174K
Net assets
$351K
FY2025▼ -11%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$253K
FY2021$279K
FY2022$315K
FY2023$339K
FY2024$393K
FY2025$351K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2013.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $160K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990-EZ; $104K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$100,000Pt VII · Sec A
$1,960Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$1,715Pt VII · Sec A
$280Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Beth Meyer’s $100K as President & CEO is at the 76th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1043 $100K–1M public & societal benefit nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Beth M Meyer—$109,740$105,230———
Beth Meyer$100,000——$98,546$96,113$81,113
Juliana Horwin—$29,172————
Juliana Rivera Horwin——$28,866$27,832—$22,800
Juliana Rivera-Horwin————$26,580—
Michelle Steinberg$1,960$1,660$1,860$1,900$3,083$2,048
Jason Barraza$1,715$1,365————
Jaclyn Boyes$280$665————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Trains emerging leaders to advance social and economic justice through an intensive fellowship program.

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1 program · $116K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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The LFC Leaders Fellowship is an eight month training program that focuses on social and economic justice. Components of the program include five weekend trainings, one on one professional coaching, mentoring and projects. The 2024 class had 19 participants.

$116Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$132K
Gifts and grants$81K
Other income$51K
Money out
$174K
Programs$160K
Owns and owes
$351K
net assets
Total assets$355K
Liabilities$5K
People
19
listed
Paid4
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$81K
Other income$51K
Total revenue$132K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$355K
Liabilities$5K
Net assets$351K
Operations
Employees2
Volunteers0
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $132K$174K−$42K$351K 990 PDF
FY2024 $231K$178K$54K$393K 990 PDF
FY2023 $210K$186K$24K$339K 990 PDF
FY2022 $204K$167K$37K$315K 990 PDF
FY2021 $196K$279K 990 PDF
FY2020 $219K$147K$72K$253K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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