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Nonprofit · EIN 94-2460352

THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP

Tax-exempt · SAN JOSE, CA 95124

Financials

$4.1M$4.7M2023$4.2M$4M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2024990$4,221,475$3,983,590$237,885$3,313,135$4,162,060-$848,925
December 31, 2023990$4,058,720$4,700,284-$641,564$1,708,782$2,796,244-$1,087,462
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$0
Program service revenue
$4,221,304
Investment income
$171
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,420,000
Other salaries and wages
$1,235,612
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$2,996,033
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$11,002
Occupancy
$281,324
Travel
$26,754
Depreciation
$7,770
Program services (functional)
$3,494,697
Management and general (functional)
$422,730
Fundraising (functional)
$66,163

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,708,782
Total assets, end of year
$3,313,135
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,162,060
Net assets, end of year
-$848,925
Land, buildings and equipment
$781
Net assets without donor restrictions
-$848,925
Gross receipts
$4,221,475
Employees
17
Volunteers
400
Year formed
1977
State of legal domicile
CA

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, 2024, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
AHMAD THOMASCEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$555,000$10,350
PETER LEROE-MUNOZHIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
40$250,000$11,500
LAURA WILKINSONHIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
40$235,000$0
NADIA ANDERSONHIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
40$230,000$0
DANIEL KOSTENBAUDERHIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
40$150,000$7,500
JED YORKCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
6$0$0
ERIC YUANVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
JAMES GUTIERREZVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
VICTORIAVICKI HUFF ECKERTTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
4$0$0
AART DE GEUSEXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0$0
AHMAD THOMASEXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0$0
ALAN LOWEEXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0$0
KIM POLESEEXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0$0
PAUL KINGEXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0$0
RAO MULPURIEXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0$0
42 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
SHARON RYANEXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0
TOM WERNEREXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0
VINTAGE FOSTEREXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
4$0
TONI VANWINKLEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ANDREW HARRISONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
RAQUEL GONZALEZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
STEVE CONLYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JIGAR SHAHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
CARINA RUIZ SINGHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DEAN FEALKBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
TRAVIS KIYOTABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DAVID CHUNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LEE LAMBERTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ALLEN NAPETIANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
KEN GOLDMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
LAURA GUIOBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DAVID HEARDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JAIME WONGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
STACY FELDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ERIC HENRYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
BOBBY BELLBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
RON LOPESBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
DOUG GRAHAMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ERIC KUTCHERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JUAN SALAZARBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JEFFREY JEFF THOMASBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
STACY OWENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
TARKAN MANERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
CHRIS PATTERSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
BRYAN MCLAUGHLINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
WILLIAM BILL NAGELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
CYNTHIA TENIENTE-MATSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
JULIE SULLIVANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
YAAD ORENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ELIZABETHLIZZ VILARDOBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
SAM COBBSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
PAPIA GAMBELINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
CYNTHIA LARIVEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
RUDY REYESBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
MATT ROSSIEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
ERIC HOUSERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
CYNTHIA TREGILLISBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
2$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 58 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
AHMAD THOMASCEO
Trustee or director, Officer
40$645,000$11,250
PETER LEROE-MUNOZHIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
40$243,529$11,250
LAURA WILKINSONHIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
40$235,000$0
NADIA ANDERSONHIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
40$216,517$0
TIM MCRAEHIGHEST PAID EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
40$168,046$8,750
JED YORKCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
36$0$0
JAMES GUTIERREZVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
36$0$0
ERIC YUANVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
36$0$0
VICKI HUFF ECKERTTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
36$0$0
PAUL A KINGVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
36$0$0
ALAN LOWEVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
36$0$0
RAO MULPURIVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
36$0$0
KIM POLESEVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
36$0$0
SHARON RYANVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
36$0$0
TOM WERNERVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
36$0$0
VINTAGE FOSTERVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director
36$0$0
ANDREW HARRISONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
BOBBY BELLBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
CARINA RUIZ SINGHBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
CATHERINE ZIMMERMANNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
CHRIS PATTERSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
CYNTHIA TENIENTE-MATSONBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
CYNTHIA LARIVEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
CYNTHIA TREGILLISBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
DAVID CHUNBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
DAVID HEARDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
DAWNET BEVERLEYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
DEAN FEALKBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
DOUG GRAHAMBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
ELIZABETH VILARDOBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
ERIC L WILLIAMSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
ERIC KUTCHERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
ERIC HOUSERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
JAIME WONGBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
JANET LAMKINBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
JASON BLEAUBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
JEFFREY THOMASBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
JULIE SULLIVANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
JUSTIN FEMMERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
KEN GOLDMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
LAURA GUIOBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
LEE LAMBERTBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
MARC BLAKEMANBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
MARY HUSSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
MATT ROSSIEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
NICK LOVRIENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
RAQUEL GONZALEZBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
RON LOPESBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
RUDY REYESBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
SAM COBBSBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
STACY FELDBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
STACY OWENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
STEVE CONLYBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
TARKAN MANERBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
TONI VANWINKLEBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
TRAVIS KIYOTABOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
WILLIAM NAGELBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0
YAAD ORENBOARD MEMBER
Trustee or director
12$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
5306 KUNKEL DR, SAN JOSE, CA 95124-6013
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
AHMAD THOMAS, 2460 N FIRST ST 260, SAN JOSE, CA 95131
Signed the 990
AHMAD THOMAS, CEO
Phone
(408) 501-7864
Return prepared by
ROBERT LEE & ASSOCIATES LLP

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-2460352 or by the name THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

TO INVOLVE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS AND SENIOR MANAGERS OF MEMBER COMPANIES IN A COOPERATIVE EFFORT WITH LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO ADDRESS MAJOR PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING THE ECONOMIC HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN SILICON VALLEY.

990 for the year ended December 31, 2024

Program accomplishments

  • CIVIC IMPACTAS PART OF SVLG'S CIVIC IMPACT CENTER OF EXPERTISE, EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE STAFF ADVANCED MULTIPLE INITIATIVES IN 2024 TO EXPAND DIVERSE TALENT PIPELINES. THROUGH THE SVLG STANFORD HBCU PROGRAM, A PARTNERSHIP CONNECTING STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO SILICON VALLEY EMPLOYERS, SVLG GENERATED 14 INTERNSHIP AND NEW-GRAD APPLICATIONS FOR 40 COMPETITIVE ROLES WITH COMPANIES LIKE IBM, CADENCE, AND HNTB. AS PART OF THE BAY AREA K-16 COLLABORATIVE, A REGIONAL EMPLOYER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP, WE ALSO HOSTED THREE WORKSITE VISITS THAT CONNECTED 70 STUDENTS AND FACULTY FROM CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, CHABOT COLLEGE, AND EVERGREEN.
    Expenses $3,494,697
  • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIONTHE TECHNOLOGY + INNOVATION COMMITTEE'S MAIN EFFORTS INVOLVED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MATTERS. THE COMMITTEE KEPT MEMBER COMPANIES ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. THE LEADERSHIP GROUPS I-CAP INITIATIVE REGARDING AI POLICY ISSUES WAS ALSO UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE COMMITTEE. THE LEADERSHIP GROUP OPPOSED CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE BURDENED MEMBER COMPANIES WITH MANY REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO MAKE AI ADVANCES. WE MET WITH AI BILL AUTHORS TO SHARE MEMBER PERSPECTIVES. WE ALSO ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO THE CALIFORNIA PRIVACY PROTECTION COMMISSION'S AGGRESSIVE RESTRICTIONS ON AI DEVELOPMENT THAT WERE FAR OUTSIDE THE COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION OVER PRIVACY ISSUES.WE CONTINUED ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT MEMBER COMPANY INTERESTS RELATED TO HEAVY-DUTY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.
  • TAX POLICYDURING 2024, THE LEADERSHIP GROUP TAX COMMITTEE HAD MONTHLY MEETINGS DURING WHICH ACCOUNTING FIRMS MADE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT CURRENT TAX LAW AND POLICY TOPICS. IN ADDITION, THE LEADERSHIP GROUP SUPPORTED SEVERAL PIECES OF TAX LEGISLATION TO SIMPLIFY FILINGS, EXPAND BUSINESS-FOCUSED TAX CREDITS, AND ENHANCE BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS. THE LEADERSHIP GROUP SUCCESSFULLY OPPOSED SEVERAL BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE IMPOSED NEW TAXES OR INCREASED COSTS FOR BUSINESS, HARMING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE INNOVATION ECONOMY.THE LEADERSHIP GROUP SUPPORTED SEVERAL PIECES OF TAX LEGISLATION TO SIMPLIFY FILINGS, EXPAND BUSINESS-FOCUSED TAX CREDITS, AND ENHANCE BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS IN SILICON VALLEY.

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.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026Not on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
94-2460352
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
Exempt since
1978
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$3,313,135
Income (IRS master file)
$4,221,475

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2024$4,221,475$3,983,590$3,313,135IRS
990December 2023$4,058,720$4,700,284$1,708,782XML
990December 2022$3,933,293$6,101,942$2,006,273IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

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 94-2460352).

Questions about THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP

What is the EIN of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP?
The employer identification number (EIN) of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP is 94-2460352.
Is THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1978.
Which annual return does THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP 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 THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
Who is the principal officer of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names AHMAD THOMAS.
Who are the officers and directors of THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 57 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $555,000 (AHMAD THOMAS, CEO).
How much revenue does THE SILICON VALLEY LEADERSHIP GROUP have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $4,221,475, expenses of $3,983,590 and total assets of $3,313,135 at year end.

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