EIN 95-3879677

Leadership Education for Asian Pacific (LEAP)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
23
Year formed
1982
Most recent tax filings
2023-10-01
Description
Founded 34 years ago, Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics, Inc. (LEAP) is a national, nonprofit organization, with a mission to achieve full participation and equality for Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) through leadership, empowerment, and policy. It started with a simple yet powerful idea: that in order for API communities to realize their full potential and to foster robust participation in this increasingly globalized world, these communities would have to begin producing leaders who could advocate and speak on their behalf.
Also known as...
Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics
Total revenues
$2,524,232
2023
Total expenses
$2,647,223
2023
Total assets
$2,186,271
2023
Num. employees
23
2023

Program areas at LEAP

Developing people - Leadership development and training programs for upper management Asian and pacific islanders (api). Such programs included: 1) customized 3-day in-person pathways or 6-day virtual pathway programs for companies seeking to increase the success of their api technical and professional manager/team leader levels. Conducted 6 virtual programs with 83 participants and one in-person 3-day program for 9 participants. Each virtual participant spent 24 hours over a course of six days during the virtual sessions and 24 hours in the in-person session. Participants also received 6 hours of individualized executive coaching. 2) leap advance (ldp for higher Education) program designed for the professional development of api college/university administrators was held in-person at kellogg west conference center in pomona, ca for 38 participants. Each participant spent 19.5 hours over 5.5 days. 3) leap exceed, a virtual executive Leadership program for senior managers and directors conducted 3 virtual programs to 18 participants who spent 24 hours over 6 days. An in-person exceed program was delivered over three days to 6 participants. Each exceed participant received 12 hours of executive coaching sessions. Donated in-kind services from trainers,consultants and executive coaches for $113,464, facility use $20,000 and $1,435 for travel
Workshop series - general Leadership Education through forums, workshops and presentations. Workshops and presentations were primarily delivered on a virtual platform. Workshops help participants enhance their Leadership skills, address the influence of perceptions, behaviors, and values on personal efectiveness, and help foster understanding of api communities, cultures and issues. Lengths of workshops varied from one hour to 4 hours. 126 workshops were presented to a total of 5,276 participants across the united states. Leap also delivered monthly presentations during, "leap connect", free sessions open to the general public that were in interested in connecting to a larger api community virtually. 1,834 participants joined these monthly one-hour virtual gatherings.
Empowering communities - comprehensive Leadership training, organizational development and capacity building programs and workshops to promote the cultivation of new community leaders, to strengthen the effectiveness of existing community-based organizations and to establish a supportive network for mutual assistance, resource sharing and collaborative problem solving. In 2023, programs included 1) leap in-person impact designed to strengthen the capacity of diverse nonprofit organizations by providing api senior staff for future and current Leadership and management roles in nonprofit organizations. Participants included 17 api senior managers. Each participant gained 40 hours of Leadership development training and 8 hours of executive coaching. An impact alumni event was presented for 3 days of learning, re-energizing and re-connecting for 24 nonprofit leaders in los angeles. 2)leap delivered a two part 6-day in-person engage program for 12 nonprofit executive directors from across the usa. Each executive director also received six hours of executive coaching. Their final project was a "shark tank" simulation to present a "pitch" to a panel of the engage program sponsors. 3)leap emerge, 15 college students participated in a paid eight-week hybrid in-person and virtual summer internship program designed to develop young leaders with practical Leadership skills. The summer interns spent 200 hours over eight-weeks in Leadership training and hands-on experience at identified community based organizations. As part of the program, interns collaborated on a group project to create the "leap emergence magazine" which included a zine of multimedia mediums such as writing, photography, filam and art to showcase the impact of Asian americans and pacific islanders 4)leap also delivered 10 virtual presentations free to college students on topics such as interviewing, managing stress, resume writing,and fireside chats with invited guests. A total of 350 students attended these sessions. 5)in response to the demand for a safe space to heal and learn, leap presented its second wellness retreat for 27 api women in honolulu, hi. Participants received 3.5 days of learning, space for open dialogue and sessions to promote healing and emotional wellness.donated in-kind services for travel $56,257 and supplies $5,021

Who funds Leadership Education for Asian Pacific (LEAP)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
The Asian American FoundationTaaf Representation and Resources Initiative$100,000
The Coca-Cola FoundationLeap Emerge: Summer Internship Program$100,000
Mightycause Charitable FoundationUnrestricted$36,951
...and 5 more grants received

Personnel at LEAP

NameTitleCompensation
Linda AkutagawaPresident and Chief Executive Officer$128,929
Grace ToySenior Vice President of Administration and Chief Financial Officer$130,028
Mai TonChairman / Vice Chair / Director$0
Jim LactaoenVice Chair$0
George WuBoard Chair$0
...and 6 more key personnel

Financials for LEAP

RevenuesFYE 10/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,669,825
Program services$998,221
Investment income and dividends$1,614
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$-159,332
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$13,904
Total revenues$2,524,232

Form 990s for LEAP

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-102024-09-11990View PDF
2022-102023-09-13990View PDF
2021-102022-09-09990View PDF
2020-102021-04-27990View PDF
2019-102021-02-17990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Data update history
September 21, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $27,298 from The Blackbaud Giving Fund
August 24, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 10, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $10,000 from Tractor Supply Company Foundation
January 3, 2024
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $100,000 from The Asian American Foundation
October 28, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Employment organizationsPublic sector nonprofitsCharities
Issues
EducationPublic policy
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
327 E 2nd St 226
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Metro area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
County
Los Angeles County, CA
Website URL
leap.org/ 
Phone
(213) 485-1422
Facebook page
LEAPgrowleaders 
IRS details
EIN
95-3879677
Fiscal year end
October
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1982
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
W00: Public Policy, Public Services Institutions: General
NAICS code, primary
611430: Professional and Management Development Training
Parent/child status
Independent
California AB-488 details
AB 488 status
May Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes
Charity Registration status
Current
FTB status revoked
Not revoked
AG Registration Number
050744
FTB Entity ID
1161059
AB 488 data last updated ("as-of") date
2024-10-16
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