INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

650 POYDRAS ST STE 1400, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130-6116

In care of

% MIZELL V NKOSI

Principal officer (990 for 2025)

Mizell v Nkosi, 650 Poydras Street, Suite 1400, NEW ORLEANS, LA 701306116

Signed the 990

Mizell v Nkosi, President

Phone

(504) 460-6727

Mission

ILI fosters equitable community-centered solutions to social economic environmental and public health challenges through innovation collaboration storytelling and capacity building. ILI empowers local leaders community-based organizations practitioners and residents by providing tools technical assistance structured inquiry methods strategic facilitation and implementation support that strengthen community-driven problem solving and long-term resilience. ILI facilitates collaboration among nonprofits philanthropy public agencies businesses academic institutions and community stakeholders through research training media-enhanced storytelling fiscal sponsorship technology-supported knowledge sharing and practitioner-informed frameworks that advance sustainable community development civic engagement environmental justice and systems change.

Program accomplishments

• The Institute for Local Innovations ILI has made remarkable strides in empowering women-led not-for-profit organizations through its robust capacity-building initiatives and sponsorship support. ILI has consistently supported these organizations by providing comprehensive training programs mentoring and resources tailored to their needs. By enhancing their strategic planning project management fundraising and leadership skills ILI has effectively enabled these women leaders to address social and community challenges. Through its commitment to fostering gender equality and inclusive development ILI has created a supportive ecosystem for women leaders fostering collaboration networking and knowledge sharing. As a result women-led not-for-profit organizations have significantly impacted lives and created sustainable change in their communities.
  Expenses $320,000 · grants $147,615 · revenue $225,000
• ILI contributed its expertise in strategic facilitation and community-centered planning to support visioning and engagement efforts in Africatown Mobile AL in collaboration with the Eastern Research Group ERG. Through a series of stakeholder sessions listening tours and capacity-building dialogues ILI helped elevate resident voices and align community priorities with environmental justice and redevelopment goals. This work included designing and leading culturally competent engagement strategies identifying local assets and barriers and co-developing actionable pathways to support environmental restoration and economic revitalization. By fostering trust and transparency between residents public agencies and technical partners ILI helped advance a shared vision for Africatowns future that honors its history centers its people and builds a foundation for long-term resilience.
  Expenses $30,000 · revenue $30,000
• ILI utilized its Mi Rialiti platform to capture and preserve the lived experiences of senior residents-primarily those aged 70 and older-in Atlantas historic Pittsburgh neighborhood in partnership with the Annie E. Casey Foundation Civic Site. This initiative focused on documenting the stories of long-time community members who have lived in the neighborhood for over 50 years using place-based and media-enhanced storytelling tools to archive their memories insights and reflections. By serving as a digital container of the neighborhoods history while it remains in living memory Mi Rialiti allowed residents to share their voices in their own words and images fostering intergenerational dialogue and cultural continuity. The project not only honored the elders contributions but also informed future planning and development efforts by grounding them in authentic community-rooted narratives.
  Expenses $40,000 · revenue $40,000
• ILI advanced practitioner-led innovation collaboration storytelling and implementation-focused initiatives designed to foster equitable community-centered solutions to social economic environmental and public health challenges. Through its Ideation Studios STEM storytelling initiatives and the continued development of COMPENDIUM ILI strengthened community-driven problem solving knowledge sharing civic engagement and leadership development across multiple sectors and communities. ILI empowered local leaders community-based organizations practitioners entrepreneurs students and residents through structured inquiry methods strategic facilitation technology-supported knowledge sharing media-enhanced storytelling and implementation-oriented engagement designed to strengthen long-term resilience and community capacity. Through the University of Chicago Leadership Society Initiative LSI ILI expanded its Communities of Practice model connecting practitioners mission-driven organizations community stakeholders and emerging leaders through collaborative learning practitioner-informed frameworks and implementation-focused engagement. ILIs work aligned innovation entrepreneurship environmental justice sustainability public health and civic problem solving with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDGs emphasizing inclusive innovation equitable access to technology and community-centered impact. The organization also continued implementation of a multi-year STEM storytelling initiative designed to help bridge the digital skills divide by providing students and emerging leaders access to iPads digital storytelling tools structured inquiry methods and hands-on narrative communication training.
  Expenses $116,615

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

45-5538768

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

2014

Accounting year ends

December

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Community improvement and capacity building (S20)

Assets (IRS master file)

$13,594

Income (IRS master file)

$624,704

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-5538768).

Questions about INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC

What is the EIN of INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC?

The employer identification number (EIN) of INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC is 45-5538768.

Is INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.

Are donations to INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC due?

The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Who is the principal officer of INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Mizell v Nkosi.

Who are the officers and directors of INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC?

The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 8 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL INNOVATIONS INC have?

On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $624,704, expenses of $611,110 and total assets of $13,594 at year end.

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