Corporate Leadership Center Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113655687
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3124746028
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,775,789
Expenses
$3,614,259
Assets
$9,236,772
Liabilities
$1,253,440

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEBORAH DEHAAS (CEO AND PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEBORAH DEHAAS (CEO AND PRESIDENT): $325,154 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN WALTON (LWE PROGRAM EXEC DIR): $295,236 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE WARNER (CEOP PROGRAM EXEC DIR): $273,542 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

As a non-profit organization, corporate leadership center leverages real-world experiences and business frameworks to generate new insights and impact, corporate leadership center accelerates leadership potential and sustains valuable peer networks. Our experiential programs, ceo perspectives and lwe are designed for small groups of ceo-nominated executives at key career inflection points.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2009, the organization launched its second program, lwe. Lwe is designed to provide leadership development for mid-career, high-potential leaders who are nominated by their organizations, with a focus on individuals preparing to advance from senior management to executive roles. The program curriculum is informed by research and evidence-based approaches in leadership development and organizational effectiveness. Through faculty-led sessions and peer discussions, participants strengthen their leadership effectiveness, expand their professional networks, and apply practical insights to broader leadership responsibilities. Lwe is offered twice annually and provides related networking opportunities for program fellows.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.6% of revenue deployed · 75.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $325K · 20 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $112K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.