Leadership York

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232139541
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
York, PA, US
Phone
717.846.5323
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Leadership Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$333,507
Expenses
$386,789
Assets
$1,005,973
Liabilities
$167,053

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATHERINE ROQUE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • WILDA REAHM (EXECUTIVE DI): $97,905 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To train, connect, and inspire individuals to serve the York community in leadership positions.

What it reported doing in 2024

Leadership for diverse schools - a 9-month course that enables individuals who work for and with school aged children to respond more effectively to diverse student and parent populations. Graduates are provided resources to help transform their classrooms, schools, districts, and agencies into culturally competent communities. The class of 2025 successfully graduated 12 individuals. Executive connections - a six-session introduction to york county for senior-level executives new to the community or new to their executive role. Every year about 25 professionals use this course to jump-start their understanding of and involvement in the community. The class of 2025 successfully graduated 10 individuals. Mentorship york - allows emerging leaders the chance to meet with reputable leaders in an intimate setting, asking questions or simply listening to their advice of how to be successful. Established leaders look forward to connecting with these ambitious young people to share their experiences because they want to ensure the future of york is led by successful men and women who remember the heritage of our area. Up to twelve highly qualified professionals who are pursuing key leadership roles in their business and the community are selected annually and matched with a mentor specifically chosen for them from the broad range of community leaders in york county. The class of 2024 graduated 9 mentees. Donated equipment is recorded at the estimated fair value in the period received. In-kind contributions consisted of 30,600 for rent of their office building and 16,015 for payroll and bookkeeping services. There were miscellaneous contributions for parking of 3,175.

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 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.5%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 79.8%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.6; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 92.5% of revenue deployed · 79.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $309K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $98K · 19 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 30/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.