Jamaica, NY

LEAP FORWARD

EIN 47-2567825

Health & Wellness Mental Health & Counseling Faith communities Survivors of violence

Mission

To intentionally evolve humanity toward a more peaceful, loving, and interdependent community by developing practices, tools, events, educational programs, and cooperative projects that cultivate self-awareness, cooperation, resilience, and community healing.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) Contributions are tax-deductible

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About LEAP FORWARD

This profile covers LEAP FORWARD (EIN 47-2567825); the EIN was confirmed against the organization's public Form 990-PF filings and the charity's own website. LEAP FORWARD is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) private operating foundation based in the Jamaica/Briarwood area of Queens, NY and maintains an active donor-facing web presence.

The organization runs a portfolio of projects focused on consciousness and trauma healing, interfaith bridge-building, children’s wellbeing, food resilience, and cooperative technologies. In the last 2–3 years Leap Forward has expanded emergency trauma-response work (notably post-October 7th), launched community initiatives such as the Unity Supper Movement, and materially increased grantmaking and program spending to scale those efforts.

Notable achievements

Launch of The David Center (trauma care)

Supported the launch and scaling of The David Center to deliver trauma-focused, holistic mental-health care across Israel following the October 7th attacks; the initiative provided critical services to large numbers of affected individuals.

Unity Supper Movement (interfaith bridge-building)

Established and promoted the Unity Supper Movement to bring together Jewish, Muslim, Black, Christian, and other communities for shared meals and dialogue aimed at reducing polarization and rebuilding trust at the community level.

Expanded 2024 grantmaking and operations

Substantially increased financial capacity and program spending in 2024, reporting roughly $1.04M in revenue and charitable disbursements in the hundreds of thousands, enabling expanded grantmaking and program delivery.

At a glance

Total assets: $1.8M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)
EIN: 47-2567825
Location: Jamaica, NY
Website: leapforward.us
On Mahalo since: May 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Registered and operating as a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation since 2015 (tax-exempt status).

Files Form 990-PF publicly and is listed on multiple nonprofit financial and grantmaking databases, reflecting transparent annual filings through 2024.

Recognized by its community-facing initiatives (Unity Supper Movement, trauma-response programs) and active fundraising/facilitation on public donation platforms in recent years.

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