Leadership Broward Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650387636
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Phone
9547678866
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$672,389
Expenses
$496,843
Assets
$1,157,500
Liabilities
$305,453

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

Leadership & pay

40 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kelly Eppy (Vice President)
  • Deann Hazey (Vice President)
  • Joseph Karl (Vice President)
  • Dr Meka Mears (Vice President)
  • Maria Pierson (Vice President)
  • Andrew Zullo (Chief Executive Officer)

Highest reported compensation

  • Andrew Zullo (Chief Executive Officer): $147,150 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to develop and inspire individuals to serve our community. LBF promotes, develops and delivers leadership training programs that build community

What it reported doing in 2024

During FYE 6/30/2025, Leadership Broward Foundation provided four core leadership development programs: Leadership Broward, Youth Leadership Broward, Follow the Leader in You, and Women Leading Broward. As of 2025, LBF has approximately 3,180 graduates - 83% hold senior level titles, with approximately 22% holding titles of CEO, Chairman, or President. The Foundation alumni serve on more than 290 NPO boards in our community. Since inception, the Foundation has served more than approximately 563 community projects, with program participants and volunteers dedicating in excess of 12,000 hours annually to community service. Our mission is to develop and inspire individuals to serve our community. We are focused on mission execution.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 55.5%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.1%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.33; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 55.5% of revenue deployed · 71.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 34 of 34 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $353K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 40 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.