NATIONAL LEAD FOR AMERICA INC: Form 990, tax year 2021

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Organization: NATIONAL LEAD FOR AMERICA INC (EIN 83-1839530)
Tax period: 2021-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Filed: 2022-11-09
IRS object ID: 202223139349303122
Schema version: 2021v4.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2022-11-09T12:45:38-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2021-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FORVIS LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1551 N WATERFRONT PKWY STE 300	AddressLine1Txt
City	WICHITA	CityNm
State Abbreviation	KS	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	672066601	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2021-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	831839530	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL LEAD FOR AMERICA INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
In Care Of	% RICHARD E SWARTTZ	InCareOfNm
Business Name Control	NATI	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9199601041	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 07070	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT MYERS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33919	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RICHARD E SWARTTZ	PersonNm
Person Title	CFO	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9199601041	PhoneNum
Signature	2022-11-15	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Signing Officer SigningOfficerGrp

Person Full Name PersonFullName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person First	REED	PersonFirstNm
Person Last	SHAFER-RAY	PersonLastNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
SSN	999009999	SSN

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SHAWNELL LINOT	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01663908	PTIN
Phone	3162652811	PhoneNum

Additional Filer Information AdditionalFilerInformation

Trusted Customer TrustedCustomerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Trusted Customer	2	TrustedCustomerCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2021	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd

Doing Business As Name DoingBusinessAsName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LEAD FOR AMERICA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	RICHARD E SWARTTZ	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 07070	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT MYERS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33919	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$6,429,720	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.LEAD4AMERICA.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2018	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	NC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	SEE SCHEDULE O.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	8	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	7	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	144	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	7	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,468,541	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$4,494,472	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$923,306	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,934,246	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$84	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$152	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$11,000	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$850	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,402,931	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$6,429,720	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$858,434	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$1,168,013	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$343,315	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,310,779	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$77,872	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$204,810	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,887,426	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,406,559	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$4,366,218	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$996,372	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,063,502	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,853,657	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$4,578,939	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$749,063	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,410,843	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,104,594	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,168,096	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	SEE SCHEDULE O.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$3,348,976	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$1,168,013	GrantAmt
Revenue	$1,934,247	RevenueAmt
Desc	LEAD FOR AMERICA HAS PLACED OVER 200 FELLOWS IN OVER 35 STATES, 54 IN 2019, 50 IN 2020, AND APPROXIMATELY 115 IN 2021.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$3,348,976	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	false	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (true)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	1	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	144	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	8	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	7	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	UT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RICHARD E SWARTTZ	PersonNm
Phone	9199601041	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 07070	AddressLine1Txt
City	FORT MYERS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	FL	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	33919	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (8 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd
REED SHAFER-RAY
COO/SECRETARY	40.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$74,284	$0	$3,497
JOE NAIL
DIRECTOR/CEO	40.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$60,884	$0	$591	Yes (X)
FAGAN HARRIS
BOARD CHAIR	5.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
JULIE FERNANDES
DIRECTOR	3.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MACK MCCARTER
DIRECTOR	3.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
TARI LEWIS
DIRECTOR/TREASURER	3.0	0.0	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SHADIIN HERRERA
DIRECTOR	3.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
SHIMUL MELWANI
DIRECTOR	3.0	0.0		$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$135,168	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$4,088	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$1,086,262	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$3,408,210	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$4,494,472	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Program Service Revenue	Desc
Business	611710	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,934,246	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,934,246	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,934,246	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$152	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$152	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt
Personal	$0	PersonalAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$0	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$0	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$0	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$0	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$0	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	All Other Misc Revenue	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$850	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$850	ExclusionAmt

Miscellaneous Revenue MiscellaneousRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$850	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$850	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$850	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,429,720	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,934,246	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$1,002	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,168,013	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,168,013	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$139,256	TotalAmt
Program Services	$76,582	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$54,603	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,071	FundraisingAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,028,532	TotalAmt
Program Services	$565,629	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$403,295	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$59,608	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,889	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,737	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,072	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,080	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$107,102	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,899	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$41,995	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,207	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,196	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,302	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$33,894	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$43,470	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,899	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,571	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$297,446	TotalAmt
Program Services	$88,265	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$209,181	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,499	TotalAmt
Program Services	$500	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$999	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,354	TotalAmt
Program Services	$942	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$11,412	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$168,784	TotalAmt
Program Services	$82,662	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$86,122	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,400	TotalAmt
Management And General	$3,400	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,393	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,063	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,424	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,906	FundraisingAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$632	TotalAmt
Management And General	$632	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,032	TotalAmt
Management And General	$7,032	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
Living Allowances	$1,075,938	$1,071,267	$4,671
Fellow Enrichment	$177,033	$177,021	$12
Enrichment Activities	$1,893	$565	$1,328
_	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,354	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,630	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,724	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,366,218	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,348,976	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$939,370	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$77,872	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$516,465	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,272,532	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,009,337	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,199,440	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$127,837	BOYAmt
EOY	$698,077	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$99,473	BOYAmt
EOY	$321,116	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$19,166	BOYAmt
EOY	$78,931	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$81,379	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,843	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,853,657	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,578,939	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$80,869	BOYAmt
EOY	$312,234	EOYAmt

Grants Payable GrantsPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$668,194	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,098,609	EOYAmt

Tax Exempt Bond Liabilities TaxExemptBondLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Escrow Account Liability EscrowAccountLiabilityGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Loans From Officers Directors LoansFromOfficersDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$749,063	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,410,843	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,104,594	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,168,096	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$0	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,104,594	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,168,096	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,853,657	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,578,939	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,063,502	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$188,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$368,804	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,468,541	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,494,472	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,520,317	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$188,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$368,804	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,468,541	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$4,494,472	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$6,520,317	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$287,702	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$6,232,615	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$42	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$84	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$152	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$278	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$11,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$850	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$11,850	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,532,445	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$3,687,655	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
First5 Years170	Yes (X)	First5Years170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Art Public Exhibition Amounts		ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp
Held Works Art		HeldWorksArtGrp
CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp
CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund		CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp
Land		LandGrp
Buildings		BuildingsGrp
Leasehold Improvements		LeaseholdImprovementsGrp
Equipment		EquipmentGrp
Other Land Buildings		OtherLandBuildingsGrp
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$6,714,545	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$284,825	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$284,825	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$6,429,720	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$6,429,720	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,651,043	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$284,825	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$284,825	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$4,366,218	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$4,366,218	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE D, PART X, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED THEIR INCOME TAX POSITIONS UNDER THE GUIDANCE INCLUDED IN ASC 740. BASED ON THEIR REVIEW, MANAGEMENT HAS NOT IDENTIFIED ANY MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS TO BE RECORDED OR DISCLOSED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	FELLOW SCHOLARSHIPS	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	62	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$1,168,013	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE I, PART I, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO FELLOWS BASED ON THE COST OF LIVING IN THEIR COMMUNITY (USING DATA FROM AMERICORPS VISTA AND THE MIT LIVING WAGE CALCULATOR). THE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE PROVIDED AFTER THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FELLOW AND LFA.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1	LEAD FOR AMERICA HELPS OUTSTANDING YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME LEADERS IN THEIR HOMETOWNS AND HOME STATES THROUGH FELLOWSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. TO BUILD A LEADERSHIP FORCE OF MORAL, DYNAMIC, LOCALLY-ROOTED, AND LONG-TERM COMMITTED LEADERS SERVING THE COMMUNITIES THEY CALL HOME IN EVERY CORNER OF THIS COUNTRY.
FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1	LEAD FOR AMERICA HELPS OUTSTANDING YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME LEADERS IN THEIR HOMETOWNS AND HOME STATES THROUGH FELLOWSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. TO BUILD A LEADERSHIP FORCE OF MORAL, DYNAMIC, LOCALLY-ROOTED, AND LONG-TERM COMMITTED LEADERS SERVING THE COMMUNITIES THEY CALL HOME IN EVERY CORNER OF THIS COUNTRY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM PREPARES AND REVIEWS THE FORM 990. THE 990 IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE CFO. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THE CFO HAS ARE ADDRESSED AND ANY CORRECTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS ARE MADE. THE FINAL FORM 990 WITH ALL REQUIRED SCHEDULES IS THEN PROVIDED TO ALL VOTING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING THE 990 WITH THE IRS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, BOARD MEMBERS MUST SIGN A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT AND DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST BEFORE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN ANY MEETINGS. THE BOARD AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVELY MONITOR FOR ANY NEW CONFLICTS OF INTEREST THAT ARISE. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON CERTAIN ISSUES WOULD LEAD TO A REQUIRED ABSTENTION OF THE BOARD MEMBER FROM PARTICIPATING OR VOTING ON RELEVANT TOPICS, OR EXPULSION FROM THE BOARD IF THE CONFLICT UNDERMINES THE MEMBER'S INDEPENDENCE TO MAKE OBJECTIVE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE ORGANIZATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A & 15B	LEAD FOR AMERICA HAS AN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION REVIEW PROCESS THAT REQUIRES AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF THE PERFORMANCE AND PAY OF THE CEO AND OTHER HIGHLY PAID STAFF AND CONSULTANTS. THE REVIEW IS LED BY A COMMITTEE OF NO LESS THAN TWO BOARD MEMBERS, WHO SECURE DATA THAT DOCUMENTS COMPENSATION LEVELS AND BENEFITS FOR SIMILARLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS. THE SELECTED MEMBERS/COMMITTEE MAY ENLIST ADVISORS TO ASSIST WITH THE COLLECTION OF THIS DATA.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	WE WILL PROVIDE ANY GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND AUDITED FINANCIALS UPON REQUEST TO OUR GENERAL EMAIL ADDRESS OR GENERAL PHONE NUMBER.