Leadership Experience

What Leadership Experience does

Leadership Experience (LX) is a Phoenix, Arizona-based registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Federal ID 84-2248525) that builds community for Christian marketplace leaders through peer-based leadership development programming. Founded as a formal nonprofit in 2019 by Brian MacKay, Bryce Butler, Michael Coors, and Kyle Brown — evolving from a Marketplace One initiative dating to 2008 and refined through Access Ventures' involvement in 2015 — LX operates a nomination-based membership model that identifies Christian entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals with an "entrepreneurial posture" and admits them via Submittable, with rolling admissions for the LX 2027 cohort.

The core product is the LX Community, organized around three pillars — Durable Friendships, Contagious Generosity, and Integrated Faith — and delivered through week-long conferences featuring speakers such as Dr. Timothy Keller, Dr. Wayne Grudem, and Jonathan Coors, supplemented by ongoing peer gatherings. Supporting products include the LX Endowment (a perpetual charitable fund sponsored by the AV Foundation with the LX Board as Donor-Advisor), an Online Giving Platform accepting one-time and recurring gifts via credit card, ACH, Zelle, checks, donor-advised funds, securities, employer matching, and planned gifts, plus the LX Events & Programming surface. The technology footprint is limited to community programming, Squarespace-based web/marketing, and donation processing; no proprietary software, AI/ML capability, patents, or APIs are disclosed.

The business model is donation-driven with no disclosed membership fees. Revenue is generated entirely through charitable contributions across approximately ten giving channels and flows into general operations or the LX Endowment. The organization operates with a small core team of roughly five staff (Co-President, Community Manager, Chief of Staff, Event Planner, Operations Assistant) plus an 8-member Board of Directors chaired by Brendon Maxwell with A.W. Simmons as Treasurer, and benefits from a long-running operational partnership with Access Ventures.

Name

Leadership Experience

Legal name

Leadership Experience

Website

https://theleadershipx.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Leadership Experience (LX) is a Phoenix-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that builds community for Christian marketplace leaders through a nomination-based membership model, peer gatherings, and faith-based leadership programming, funded entirely by charitable donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Leadership Development

NAICS

Convention and Trade Show Organizers (561920), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Executive Leadership Summits (C-Suite, Board, Strategy Offsites) (THAHAMAA)

Keywords

• Christian leadership development
• Marketplace ministry
• Peer community
• Executive formation
• Faith and work

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a registered 501(c)(3) organization (Federal ID: 84-2248525), Leadership Experience generates revenue primarily through charitable donations. Accepts one-time and recurring gifts via credit card, ACH transfer, checks, Zelle, donor-advised funds, pre/post-IPO stock donations, wire transfers, mutual funds, bonds, stock donations, employer matching gifts, and planned gifts. Also accepts contributions to the LX Endowment.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Leadership Experience (LX) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that convenes senior Christian marketplace leaders — including executives and entrepreneurs — into a peer community dedicated to leadership development, spiritual formation, and mutual encouragement in their professional callings. Membership is extended by nomination, with submissions managed through an online portal, and the organization operates from Phoenix, Arizona.

Product overview

Leadership Experience (LX) is a single, unified community platform for Christian marketplace leaders. The core offering is the LX Community, which provides peer-based relationship building and spiritual formation for ambitious creator-builders. Supporting this core are additional programs including the LX Endowment (a perpetual charitable fund), Online Giving Platform (enabling donations via multiple methods), LX Nomination Process (for identifying and recruiting new members), and LX Events & Programming (conferences and gatherings featuring notable speakers). These products work together to foster durable friendships, contagious generosity, and integrated faith among Christian leaders worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Leadership Experience Membership Invitation- and nomination-based membership in a peer community for Christian marketplace executives and entrepreneurs, providing leadership development, spiritual formation, and mutual encouragement.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• M1 InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerM1 Institute is the former name of Leadership Experience (formerly M1). NCF donors are directed to grant to M1 Institute at address 106 West Osborn Rd #1088. This appears to be a legacy name/branding still used for certain donor-advised fund transactions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• C12 Group: C12 is a peer-based community of Christian CEOs and business owners that meets monthly in local forums. Most directly comparable to LX in target audience (Christian marketplace leaders), faith/work integration framing, and curated peer-group model, though C12 operates via local chapters while LX emphasizes conference-driven gatherings.
• Faith Driven Entrepreneur: Faith Driven Entrepreneur is a community and content platform for Christian founders and investors. Comparable audience (Christian marketplace leaders/entrepreneurs) and faith/work integration mission; operates more as a media/podcast community than an invitation-only event-based community like LX.
• Halftime Institute: Halftime Institute runs leadership development programs for Christian marketplace leaders pursuing "second half" impact. Comparable in faith-and-work integration focus and curated programming, though its emphasis is more on individual calling/transitions rather than ongoing peer community formation like LX.
• Q Commons: Q Commons hosts one-day gatherings for Christian leaders to discuss cultural and leadership issues from a Christian worldview. Comparable in audience (Christian marketplace leaders) and event-driven engagement model, though operates single-day events vs LX's week-long conferences.
• Christian Leadership Alliance: CLA provides training, networking, and resources for Christian leaders in ministry and nonprofit contexts. Comparable in faith-tied leadership development and conference programming, though LX focuses specifically on marketplace (not ministry) leaders.

Broad incumbents

• Vistage: Vistage is the largest executive peer-group organization in the world, with paid membership for CEOs and business leaders. Comparable in the peer-advisory model but secular in framing and significantly larger scale; LX differentiates by adding the integrated-faith dimension.
• Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO): EO is a global peer network for founders and entrepreneurs, providing forums, events, and learning. Comparable in community-based support for entrepreneur personas; LX differs in faith-tied identity and smaller, more curated scale.
• Young Presidents' Organization (YPO): YPO is a global peer community for chief executives under 45, organized into chapters. Comparable in curating peer relationships for high-achieving leaders and global footprint; LX operates at much smaller scale and with explicit faith integration.

Others

• Access Ventures: Access Ventures is a Louisville-based private operating foundation that has been a core strategic and financial partner of LX since 2015 and sponsors the LX Endowment via the AV Foundation. Included as an ecosystem/funder peer rather than a competing organization.

Emerging players

• Denison Consulting / Denison Forum: Denison Forum focuses on cultural engagement from a Christian worldview and convenes business and ministry leaders. Comparable in faith-based thought leadership aimed at leaders; LX is more explicitly community/peer-formation while Denison is more content/event-driven.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leadership-x

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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