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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
No parsed e-filed return is on record for this organization yet, so year-by-year financials are not available.
Asset, income and revenue figures come from the IRS master file (the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File), a coarse annual extract. Year-by-year figures appear once the organization's e-filed returns are in the database.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 41% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of the California State UniversityLong Beach, CA | To automate admissions to the CSU system through California's official K-12 college & career readiness platform | $750,000 | 2024 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alisa Miller | BOARD CHAIR | 2.00 | $45,000 |
| Allan Hubbard | BOARD MEMBER (RETIRED 4/10/2024) | 1.00 | $28,000 |
| Austan Goolsbee | BOARD MEMBER | 1.00 | $0 |
| Christine Pambianchi | BOARD MEMBER | 1.00 | $28,000 |
| David Wilson | BOARD MEMBER | 1.00 | $34,000 |
| Joseph Boateng | BOARD MEMBER | 2.00 | $34,000 |
| Justin Christian | BOARD MEMBER | 1.00 | $28,000 |
| Katherine Davis | BOARD MEMBER (RETIRED 4/10/2024) | 2.00 | $28,000 |
| Matthew Breitfelder | BOARD MEMBER | 2.00 | $34,000 |
| Matthew Goldberg | BOARD MEMBER | 1.00 | $28,000 |
| Pardis Mahdavi | BOARD MEMBER (elected 4/10/24) | 1.00 | $20,307 |
| Teresa Lubbers | BOARD MEMBER (elected 4/10/24) | 1.00 | $20,307 |
| William Serrata | BOARD MEMBER | 1.00 | $28,000 |
| Chauncy Lennon | VP for the Future of Learning and Work & Sr. Stratgeic Advisor | 40.00 | $421,902 |
| Courtney Brown | VP of Impact & Planning | 40.00 | $387,283 |
| Debra Humphreys | VP of Strategic Engagement | 40.00 | $374,389 |
| Erin Archer | VP for Fin and Invest/CFO | 40.00 | $392,231 |
| Hong Linh Nguyen | VP, Equity Culture, & Talent | 40.00 | $361,460 |
| Jamie Merisotis | President/CEO | 40.00 | $1,064,716 |
| Michelle Cooper | VP, Public Policy & Executive Director | 40.00 | $373,848 |
| Timothy Robinson | VP General Counsel & Chief of Staff | 40.00 | $344,721 |
| Carman Twillie Ambar | Board Member | 1.00 | $28,000 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies IncWashington, DC |
| To produce research and inform a policy agenda for Black America around the future of work and learning. |
| $750,000 |
| 2020 |
| Higher Learning AdvocatesWashington, DC | To support the organization's operations, strategic redevelopment, organizational planning, and responsive capacity changes. | $750,000 | 2023 |
| Northern Arizona University FoundationFlagstaff, AZ | To expand Northern Arizona University's universal admissions program to nine Arizona community college districts | $750,000 | 2024 |
| American Journalism Project IncWashington, DC | To support the Indiana Journalism Project. | $750,000 | 2022 |
| Illinois Community College BoardSpringfield, IL | To create or expand skills gap training for students of color in at-risk communities through support services, credential completion, and workforce training. | $745,200 | 2022 |
| The Third Way Foundation IncWashington, DC | To assess the true costs of developing and offering short-term workforce development programs at community colleges and evaluate the implications of these costs for school administrators. | $745,000 | 2024 |
| Century Foundation Inc TheNew York, NY | To expand current Industry and Inclusion cohort to include at least eight new community college-led partnerships in expanding manufacturing credentialing and employment opportunities for workers of color. | $745,000 | 2021 |
| Complete College AmericaIndianapolis, IN | to support the continued implementation of the Historically Black Community College Network | $740,000 | 2024 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY | To provide support for pilot sites creating military stackable credential pathways. | $740,000 | 2019 |
| Opportunity America Education FundWashington, NY | To conduct a national study of community college workforce education | $725,400 | 2019 |
| New America FoundationWashington, DC | To support research, policy analysis, and nonpartisan advocacy that advances federal policies that support today's students | $725,000 | 2021 |
| State Council of Higher Education for VirginiaRichmond, VA | To support aligned efforts across postsecondary institutions and the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia, advancing equitable postsecondary outcomes. | $725,000 | 2020 |
| Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesWashington, DC | To support the creation of The VALUE Institute. | $725,000 | 2018 |
| Achieving the Dream IncSilver Spring, MD | To accelerate change and develop participation proof points in the field through direct investment in institutions. | $707,800 | 2021 |
| Competency-Based Education NetworkFranklin, TN | To pilot competency-based math course redesign models to foster more equitable pathways to success at community colleges | $700,000 | 2024 |
| Education Strategy GroupChevy Chase, MD | To support the extension of the REACH Collaborative. | $700,000 | 2022 |
| Forum for the Future of Higher EducationCambridge, MA | To support a higher education coverage partnership with WGBH, Forum research, and the annual Aspen Higher Education Symposium, including participation by media organizations. | $700,000 | 2020 |
| Forum for the Future of Higher EducationCambridge, MA | To support a higher education coverage partnership with WGBH, Forum research, and the annual Aspen Higher Education Symposium, including participation by media organizations. | $700,000 | 2019 |
| Massachusetts Department of Higher EducationBoston, MA | To support aligned efforts across postsecondary institutions, communities and the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, advancing equitable postsecondary outcomes. | $700,000 | 2020 |
| WorkingNationLos Angeles, CA | To support solutions-oriented storytelling that highlights options for people seeking to invent or reinvent themselves in a rapidly changing economy. | $700,000 | 2019 |
| PBS NewsHour ProductionsArlington, VA | To support national coverage of education after high school and its relationship to economic opportunity and social mobility. | $700,000 | 2019 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY | To provide support funding for action teams in the All Learning Counts Action Network. | $700,000 | 2019 |
| National Fund for Workforce SolutionsMatched to this organization because 8 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Washington, DC | To drive coordinated policy and practice changes across workplaces, workforce, and postsecondary education systems to ensure that race does not dictate employment outcomes. | $700,000 | 2023 |
| New America FoundationWashington, DC | To support a cohort of community colleges in strengthen, modernize, and update business models to enhance workforce development offerings. | $700,000 | 2023 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202443209349104529
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202313199349101271
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202213199349107686
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202113199349109186
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202003189349100520
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201923199349103432
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.