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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: July 2026 Expires: July 2028

Stand for Children Leadership Center

Standards Not Met
Standards Not Met
7 14 16 17
(800) 663-4032
2121 SW Broadway, Suite 130
Portland, OR, 97201
https://standleadershipcenter.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Stand for Children Leadership Center does not meet the following 4 Standards for Charity Accountability:

Standard 7 (Board Approval of Written Report on Effectiveness)
Submit to the organization's governing body, for its approval, a written report that outlines the results of the aforementioned performance and effectiveness assessment and recommendations for future actions.

SCLC does not meet this Standard because:

  • Although the organization produced a written report for its August 2025 effectiveness assessment, the report did not include recommendations for future actions.

Standard 14 (Budget)
Have a board-approved annual budget for its current fiscal year, outlining projected expenses for major program activities, fund raising, and administration.

SCLC does not meet this Standard because, when the organization provided 2026 budget information, it indicated that the budget:

  • Did not identify total projected program service expenses.
  • Did not identify total projected fundraising expenses.
  • Did not identify total projected administrative expenses.

Standard 16 (Annual Report)
Have an annual report available to all, on request, that includes: (a) the organization's mission statement, (b) a summary of the past year's program service accomplishments, (c) a roster of the officers and members of the board of directors, (d) financial information that includes (i) total income in the past fiscal year, (ii) expenses in the same program, fund raising and administrative categories as in the financial statements, and (iii) ending net assets.

SCLC does not meet this Standard because:

  • The organization states it does not have an annual report covering activities conducted during the year ended August 31, 2025.

Standard 17 (Web Site Disclosures)
Include on any charity websites that solicit contributions, the same information that is recommended for annual reports, as well as the mailing address of the charity and electronic access to its most recent IRS Form 990.

SCLC does not meet this Standard because the organization’s website, https://standleadershipcenter.org/, does not include all of the recommended information for those charity websites that solicit for donations. Specifically, it does not include:

  • Electronic access to the organization’s IRS Form 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025.
  • A summary of the organization's 2025 program service accomplishments.

The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 13, 15

Stand for Children Leadership Center meets the remaining 14 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to teach everyday people how to join together in an effective grassroots voice in order to win concrete, long-lasting improvements for children, at both state and local levels."

Year, State Incorporated:
1996, DC

Stand for Children Leadership Center (SCLC) reports that it seeks to empower parents to support their children’s education journey and advocates for policies and the funding necessary to ensure all students have educational access. The organization partners with high schools to increase graduation rates and post-secondary readiness. SCLC's early literacy programs work to improve educational outcomes through its partnerships and implementation of its infant through second grade curriculum, along with educator professional development and early literacy tutoring. The organization also offers workshops, trainings, teen youth council, and parent engagement opportunities. In 2025, SCLC states that its educator training and peer learning programs served 199 schools across nine states.

For the year ended August 31, 2025, Stand for Children Leadership Center's program expenses were:

Program services $16,726,563
Total Program Expenses $16,726,563

Chief Executive
Jonah Edelman, Chief Executive Officer

Compensation*
$344,029

Chair of the Board
Julie Mikuta

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Co-President, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Board Size
6

Paid Staff Size
95

*2024 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Invitations to fund raising events, Television, Grant proposals, Internet

Fundraising costs were 4% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $15,071,514, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Stand for Children Leadership Center's audited financial statements for the year ended August 31, 2025.

Source of Funds
Contributions and grants $15,071,514
Program revenue $4,409,189
Investment income $2,887,913
Other income $87,500
Total Income $22,456,116

Programs: 77% Fundraising: 3% Administrative: 20%

Total Income $22,456,116
Total expenses: $21,711,729
  Program expenses $16,726,563
  Fundraising expenses $659,374
  Administrative expenses $4,325,792
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $744,387
Beginning Net Assets $47,559,038
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $48,303,425
Total Liabilities $2,080,171
Total Assets $50,383,596

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Report completed by:
BBB Wise Giving Alliance