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US nonprofit · EIN 473666460 · Elgin, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 473666460) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990EZ for the year to 31 May 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data
Exemption reinstated on 15 May 2018. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 May 2018 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.

World Leaders Forum Inc's network

8 people6 organisationsi8 people and 6 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (6) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

8 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
AJ PattonBoard Member2019
7 yrs
Austin RabineBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Dr Gene CrumeSecretary/Treasurer2019
7 yrs
Jacqueline RuizBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Mark VargasPresident2020
6 yrs
Merrie MeadowsVice President2019
7 yrs
Michael DuttonBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Tim SchofieldBoard Member2021
5 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Pay and hours

year to 31 May 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Mark VargasPresident2$0
Merrie MeadowsVice President2$0
Dr Gene CrumeSecretary/Treasurer2$0
Aj PattonBoard Member2$0
Jacqueline RuizBoard Member2$0
Austin RabineBoard Member2$0
Tim SchofieldBoard Member2$0
Michael DuttonBoard Member2$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
World Leaders Forum Inc
EIN
473666460
Address
1151 N State St, Elgin, IL, 60123-1404
State
Illinois
Activity (NTEE)
B82 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2019
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsAJ Patton
≥7years on the filingsDr Gene Crume
≥7years on the filingsMerrie Meadows
≥6years on the filingsMark Vargas

Latest return

year to 31 May 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 May 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$109k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$109k

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$77k$113kDeficit $36k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.