Indiana Leadership Forum Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481275668
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3173453316
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,473
Expenses
$158,651
Assets
$74,748
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Samantha DeWester (President)
  • Mindy Westrick Brown (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Samantha DeWester (President)
  • Mindy Westrick Brown (Vice President)
  • Sabra Northam (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Indiana Leadership Forum is an educational program to educate participants about the governmental, public policy and political process as well as the various leadership roles and styles in an effort to increase civic awareness and civic engagement. The program meets monthly more than half the year and engages a variety of speakers.

What it reported doing in 2025

The ILF successfully completed programming providing individuals with valuable knowledge and experience from a variety of speakers throughout ten months of the year. We focused on several areas of state, local and federal government and issue topics as well. Meetings and events were held in Indiana, Washington DC and virtually for program participants, speakers, alumni and members of the public.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: -12.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -43.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.