What Is The Leadership Learning Community

"LLC brings together the best minds in leadership development to advance the field.  Casting a wide net of philanthropic funders, scholars and practitioners, LLC  engages a broad community whose passion is to explore, discover and disseminate both tacit and explicit knowledge and research about contemporary leadership development.  LLC anticipates the future and is a dynamic catalyst capable of creating a link from today’s issues in leadership development to tomorrow’s solutions." (Donna Stark, Vice President, Talent Management and Leadership Development, The Annie E. Casey Foundation)

We are a national nonprofit organization transforming the way leadership development work is conceived, conducted and evaluated, primarily within the nonprofit sector. We focus on leveraging leadership as a means to create a more just and  equitable society. We combine our expertise in identifying, evaluating and applying cutting-edge ideas and promising practices in the leadership development field, with access to our engaged national network of hundreds of experienced funders, consultants and leadership development programs, to drive the innovation and collaboration needed to make leadership more effective. We also offer the following consulting services to help programs and foundations optimize their leadership investment strategy: scans, evaluations and network development.


We started LLC 10 years ago because we saw the need to increase collaboration among leadership development stakeholders to deepen our understanding of how to do this work better.  We realized that we were all working towards the same goal – social change – but not leveraging each other’s insights and resources.  What started as a small convening of a handful of programs and grant-makers is now a national organization with hundreds of members across a variety of sectors.  Learn more!

Contact Us!

Case Studies