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We open the doors for Indonesia's next generation

LEADS stands for Leadership, Education and Development Scholarship. We take young Indonesians into the field, from a classroom on Masalembu Island to a delegate's seat in Istanbul.

International Youth Leaders Summit — Istanbul · Türkiye
Tapak Asa — career inspiration class · Ciamis, Jawa Barat
Ngajar tor Ngabdi — Masalembu Island · Kepulauan 3T, Jawa Timur

Partners and institutions we have worked with

  • PT Raharja Energi Cepu Tbk
  • Kemenko Marves RI — TKN PSL
  • Akdav Community, Türkiye
  • KBRI Seoul
  • KJRI Istanbul
  • KBRI Kuala Lumpur
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi
  • Universitas Bahaudin Mudhary Madura
  • Institut Pertanian Bogor
  • AIESEC UI
  • Kitabisa.com
  • Youth Rangers Indonesia
  • Matahari Kecil
  • Pustakawan ID
  • Bale Buku
  • Jakarta Mendunia
  • Sadewa
  • Ruang Pangan
  • FFL
  • Benteng Pangan Mandiri

What we do, and who it is for

Leads Indonesia is a youth foundation founded in 2019. Every foundation programme belongs to one of three arms, and we run CSR programmes with corporate partners under the same foundation.

A CSR programme, stage by stage

Each step ends with a document you can take into a board meeting.

  1. Design

    We build a Theory of Change with you: activities, outputs, outcomes and long-term impact, with the assumption behind every link written down, one by one.

    What you get

    A defensible ToC map
  2. Deliver

    Our team and volunteers deliver on the ground: six regions, since 2019, with photographic documentation and a report for every activity.

    What you get

    A running programme, fully documented
  3. Measure

    We compute Social Return on Investment: stakeholders, outcomes and proxy values with their sources.

    What you get

    An SROI ratio with every proxy sourced

Case study: Sukajadi village, Bogor

Sukajadi Asri — opening of the Rancage RW 08 eco-village · Desa Sukajadi, Bogor

One village’s kitchen waste, now feed and fertiliser.

Over about twelve weeks, with the Kampung Ramah Lingkungan community and the Sukajadi village tourism group, we did three things, then handed the work over.

  1. Built a Black Soldier Fly maggot installation that breaks household organic waste down into animal feed and frass fertiliser.
  2. Formed an independent management group from the villagers themselves.
  3. Strengthened their farming and business capacity, so it runs without us.

What PT Raharja Energi Cepu Tbk invested

IDR 36.9 million

Social value returned, five-year horizon

IDR 80.8 million

Every rupiah comes back as

2.19 : 1

Social payback in 1.2 years

And if our figures were too generous? Cut every proxy value by 20%. The ratio is still 1.87 : 1.

Related SDGs

  • SDG 4
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 11
  • SDG 12
  • SDG 13
PT Raharja Energi Cepu Tbk

PT Raharja Energi Cepu Tbk (RATU)

CSR partnership agreement No. REC/CO/06.202/VII/2026, signed 7 July 2026. Leads Indonesia acts as implementing partner for four programmes under the RATU Berdaya, RATU Setara and RATU Lestari pillars.

Total value
IDR 195 million
Programmes
4
Regencies
2

Sumenep and Bogor regencies

The foundation's three programme arms

  • Tapak Asa — career inspiration class · Ciamis, Jawa Barat
    The education arm

    Semua Bisa Belajar

    Brings learning to the children hardest to reach, from the outermost islands to orphanages. Every programme is free and open to all.

    • Sekolah Dongeng
    • Student Talk
    • Bedah Rasa Tanpa Sekat
    • Panggung Dongeng Nusantara
    • Good News From Education
    • +2 more
  • The leadership arm

    Leads Academy

    Equips young people with the skills to lead, to speak in public and to think critically through classes, bootcamps and scholarships.

    • SkillBloom Class
    • Pelatihan Kepemimpinan & Public Speaking
    • Bootcamp & Webinar
    • Leads Scholarship
  • International Youth Leaders Summit — Seoul · Korea Selatan
    The international arm

    International Youth Leaders Summit

    Puts Indonesian youth at the same table as delegates from around the world. Five batches across Türkiye, South Korea and Malaysia.

    • Cikgu Indonesia
    • Leadership Forum
    • International Conference
    • Embassy & PPI Visit
    • Social Project & Survival

The impact tools we use

We built both ourselves. The 2.19 : 1 ratio on this page was worked out in the calculator, and both are free to try.

Screenshot of SROI Calculator: the four steps to a ratio
Screenshot of ToC Builder: the workspace for building programme logic

Our reach so far

CMN beneficiaries to 2023
1,675
Source: Cakrawala Muda Nusantara activity records (Catatan Kegiatan), cumulative to 2023
Programme regions
6
Source: Regions where a programme has run: Masalembu, Gili Raja, Greater Jakarta, Purwakarta, Ciamis, Lampung
IYLS batches, 3 countries
5
Source: Leads Indonesia company profile, p. 15: Türkiye, South Korea, Malaysia (2022 — 2023)

Latest milestones

  1. 2026

    First corporate CSR partnership

    Signing a cooperation agreement with PT Raharja Energi Cepu Tbk (RATU) worth IDR 195 million for four programmes across Sumenep and Bogor regencies.

  2. 2025

    Cikgu Indonesia Batch 3

    Cikgu Indonesia opens its third batch, preparing young teachers for the Sanggar Bimbingan learning centres in Malaysia.

  3. 2024

    Focus on local communities

    Partnering with local communities to strengthen leadership programmes at grassroots level.

See every milestone