Game Changers Leadership Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923956954
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Ontario, CA, USA
Phone
9092065589
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Higher Education Institutions

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,403
Expenses
$253,535
Assets
$59,035
Liabilities
$1,971

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lanae Norwood (President & ED)

People named in this filing

  • Lanae Norwood (President & ED)
  • Kevin Cosney (Board Member)
  • Jelani Hendrix (Board Member)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

GCLI is dedicated to empowering BIPOC youth in the Inland Empire to become future leaders, activists, and community organizers. Founded on the belief that young people of color have the power to drive transformative, systemic change, GCLI provides education, mentorship, and resources that equip youth with the skills and confidence to lead effectively. Through innovative programs and strategic guidance, the organization fosters leadership development, advocacy, and civic engagementamplifying youth voices and strengthening their capacity to create lasting impact in their communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

1. Hosted "chat and chill" - A space where BIPOC youth can unlock their imagination and openly discuss topics they are interested about. Held regularly every 3rd Wednesday of the month.2. Organized monthly field trips for teenagers and young adults (ages 16-24).3. The Game Changers Leadership Institute Youth Leadership Conference is an annual event that brings together BIPOC youth ages 1624 from across the Inland Empire to ignite leadership, amplify youth voice, and foster community transformation. Grounded in GCLIs mission to cultivate empowered, socially conscious leaders, the conference offers a dynamic day of leadership workshops, speaker panels, peer networking, and interactive sessions focused on advocacy, equity, and systems change.3. Conducted learning programs for the future youth educators; Storytellers for Change, Developers for Change, and Organizers for Change.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 73.2%; rating input score 73

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -255.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -96.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -94.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $186K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.