The New York City Leadership Center Inc
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The New York City Leadership Center Inc at a glance
In short: The New York City Leadership Center Inc reported $57K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $57,000 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- +823.1% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $2,028,464
- +92.4% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $3,074,465
- +17.8% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $2,084,463
- +28.3% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who The New York City Leadership Center Inc funds
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $6K (2024) to $142K (2020). In 2025 it reported $57K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $2,028,464 | $3,074,465 | $2,084,463 | $57,000 | Total only | — |
| 2024 | $1,054,359 | $2,610,905 | $1,624,502 | $6,175 | Total only | $2 |
| 2023 | $152,687 | $3,201,282 | $2,802,609 | $73,147 | Total only | — |
| 2022 | $127,482 | $3,293,521 | $4,731,232 | — | — | $7 |
| 2021 | $536,237 | $4,062,087 | $4,813,044 | — | — | $42 |
| 2020 | $1,973,605 | $5,007,037 | $4,599,497 | $142,480 | 6 | $796 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About The New York City Leadership Center Inc
Based on IRS filings
The New York City Leadership Center Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $2.0M in total assets. In 2025, it reported $57K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
The New York City Leadership Center Inc is led by McKenzie Pier, Founder & CEO since 2023 (on filings since 2020); 4 of 12 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
McKenzie Pier
Founder & CEO
Director & Founder → Founder & CEO, 2023
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$154K (2020) → $137K (2025)
Robert Doll
Chair
Director & Chair → Chair, 2023
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Joshua Miles
Managing Director
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$126K (2024) → $108K (2025)
Terry Smith
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
$2K (2025)
Gant Elmore
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Josh Balmer
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ram Gidoomal
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jessica T Chin
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Stanley
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Phil Shaffer
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gabrielle Beam
Vice Chair
Director → Vice Chair, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
$1K (2025)
Brian Jacks
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2021
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (18)
- Former: Bishop Claude R Alexander Jr. (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: James Runyan (2022–2024) — Chair Emeritus
- Former: Jennifer Depner (2022–2024) — Executive Director & Central Services
- Former: Richard Lyons Jr. (2020–2023) — Vice Chair
- Former: Mark Matlock (2022–2023) — Interim CEO
- Former: Joshua Glacken (2023) — Development Catalyst
- Former: Adam Durso (2020–2022) — Vice President & President of Lead.nyc
- Former: Craig Sider (2020–2022) — Director, President & CEO
- Former: Dan Wolgemuth (2022) — Director
- Former: John Bai (2022) — Director
- Former: Tim McDermott (2022) — Interim CFO & Special Advisor to the President
- Former: April Tam Smith (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: James Liske (2020–2021) — Executive Director, Movement.org & Usa
- Former: Jon Tyson (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Matthew Ristuccia (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Rupert Hayles (2020–2021) — Director & COO
- Former: Wanji Walcott (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Annette Cutino (2021) — Director of Advance
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $137K, to Dr McKenzie Pier (Founder/CEO). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about The New York City Leadership Center Inc
How much does The New York City Leadership Center Inc give each year?
The New York City Leadership Center Inc reported $57K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $6K in grants paid.
How large is The New York City Leadership Center Inc?
The New York City Leadership Center Inc reported $2.0M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.1M.
What is The New York City Leadership Center Inc?
The New York City Leadership Center Inc is a public charity focused on Education, based in New York, NY. It holds $2.0M in total assets as of 2025.
Where does The New York City Leadership Center Inc operate?
The New York City Leadership Center Inc has awarded grants in California, North Carolina, New York, Texas.
What is The New York City Leadership Center Inc's EIN?
The New York City Leadership Center Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-8991671. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS January 3, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS February 14, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS September 29, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS August 26, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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