Association of Leadership Programs
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 383862829
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Denton, TX, United States
- Phone
- 402-416-3642
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $293,595
- Expenses
- $282,623
- Assets
- $93,281
- Liabilities
- $1,834
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Lura Hammond (Executive Dir.): $47,250 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The ALP mission is to enhance the effectiveness of leadership programs and professionals, strengthening Community Leadership Programs and advancing the field of community leadership development. > My why for ALP is simple: people and connection. Being in the room with fellow community connectors reminds me why this work matters. I’ve valued the relationships I’ve built with ALP members from across the country, learning what’s working in their communities, being honest about the challenges, and sharing ideas that lead to solutions. > Those connections continue to shape how I show up as a leader and reinforce that lasting impact is built through relationships. It helps me remember that I am not in this work alone. Henry Johnson, Jr, CCLP.
What it reported doing in 2024
ALP provided 50+ educational learning opportunities for members and non-members resulting in 1,500+ connections. In addition, specific training was conducted for practitioner certification with over 800 hours of contacts. Nine Affinity Groups connected over 2,000 to share and learn best practices.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 89%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $37.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 89% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $252K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $47K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.