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Nonprofits›Lever For Change

Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking Foundations

Lever For Change

CHICAGO, IL

Website View as a funder

Total revenue

$12.2M

Total expenses

$9.0M

Net assets

$11.0M

Grants received

$43.2M

18 grants

EIN

833044655

Tax year

2024

Mission

Our mission is to unlock significant philanthropic capital and accelerate social change around the world's most pressing challenges. Lever for change helps philanthropists source vetted, high-impact opportunities in two ways: by designing and managing customized competitions and by matching them with the top vetted proposals from all of its competitions in the bold solutions network, a searchable online database.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$8.6M

Program service revenue$3.6M

Investment income$61K

Other revenue$400

Total revenue$12.2M

Expenses

Grants paid$175K

Salaries & benefits—

Fundraising$296K

Other expenses$8.8M

Total expenses$9.0M

Total assets$13.8M

Net assets$11.0M

People

9 listed

NameRoleCompensation

CECILIA CONRAD

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Board

—

50 hrs/wk

JAMES MANYIKA

DIRECTOR

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

JULIA STASCH

DIRECTOR / BOARD CHAIR

Board

—

3 hrs/wk

LYNN TALIENTO

DIRECTOR

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

REID HOFFMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

—

2 hrs/wk

EMILY FRIEDMAN

SECRETARY (THROUGH 12/20/24)

Board

—

5 hrs/wk

KRISTEN MOLYNEAUX

PRESIDENT

Board

—

50 hrs/wk

TRISHA POMERENK

TREASURER

Board

—

10 hrs/wk

JOSHUA MINTZ

FORMER SECRETARY (THROUGH 6/16/23)

Staff

—

Independent contractors

Submittable Holdings Inc

COMPETITION MANAGEMENT

$505K

Charities Aid Foundation America(CAF America)

COMPETITION TECHNICAL SUPPORT

$337K

Open Tech Strategies LLC

SOFTWARE DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE

$323K

Threespot Media LLC

COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT

$305K

Advanced Technology International dba Carrot LLC

COMPETITION MANAGEMENT

$263K

Grants received

Showing 18 of 18

FromAmountPurposeYear

JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR

$1.5M

IN SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATIONS

2024

GATES FOUNDATION

$500K

PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS

2024

GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND

$400K

MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES

2024

The Chicago Community Trust

$3.6M

General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

2023

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$250K

For grant recipient's exempt purposes

2023

DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC

$50K

PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

2023

JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR

$10K

to support the Bold Solutions Network or any organization therein as determined by Lever for Change

2023

JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR

$5M

in support of operations for a new entity whose purpose is to unlock philanthropic capital for global social challenges through a variety of mechanisms, including custom competitions and matching philanthropists to ambitious funding opportunities

2022

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$1.8M

For grant recipient's exempt purposes

2022

GATES FOUNDATION

$1.5M

PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS

2022

JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR

$6M

2021

JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR

$6M

in support of operations for a new entity whose purpose is to unlock philanthropic capital for global social challenges through a variety of mechanisms including custom competitions and matching philanthropists to ambitious funding opportunities

2021

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$500K

For grant recipient's exempt purposes

2021

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$500K

For grant recipient's exempt purposes

2021

The Chicago Community Trust

$8M

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT