Accepts applications
Can I apply?
Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
- How to apply
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.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $85,433,733 | $72,641,003 | $73,462,589 | $1,544,151,334 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for College Access and Success TheOakland, CA | To support research, policy analysis, and nonpartisan advocacy that advances federal policies that support today's students. | $550,000 | 2023 | |
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.
| $1,525,635,254 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $54,331,663 | $90,342,377 | $89,865,542 | $1,447,572,232 | $1,437,830,377 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $103,090,471 | $65,552,907 | $69,151,951 | $1,413,211,168 | $1,372,985,522 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $177,941,571 | $96,835,332 | $82,845,134 | $1,602,580,672 | $1,583,069,846 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $124,727,424 | $70,210,915 | $70,556,639 | $1,416,758,091 | $1,402,412,447 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $124,890,321 | $87,713,868 | $92,662,132 | $1,274,092,392 | $1,250,990,063 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $66,471,132 | $77,091,548 | $82,684,117 | $1,202,918,515 | $1,174,928,588 |
| Young InvinciblesWashington, DC |
| To elevate student voices in federal postsecondary policy discussions. |
| $550,000 |
| 2019 |
| Corporation for a Skilled WorkforceHartland, MI | To extend and expand the ACE-UP community of practice. | $550,000 | 2023 |
| Roadtrip NationCosta Mesa, CA | To focus attention on the changing nature of work and broaden people's thinking about what kinds of education beyond high school can help people prepare them for jobs and additional education. | $550,000 | 2018 |
| Minnesota Public RadioSt Paul, MN | To produce in-depth broadcast news coverage of issues related to creating a better-educated country. | $550,000 | 2020 |
| Washington Monthly CorporationMatched to this organization because 4 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2021. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Washington, DC | To support independent, policy-oriented journalism about issues vital to creating a better-educated country. | $550,000 | 2018 |
| Equal MeasurePhiladelphia, PA | To provide a formative and summative evaluation for Talent Hubs. | $530,000 | 2020 |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors IncNew York, NY | To support a cohort of states committed to building coalitions, systems, and support structures to increase equity in postsecondary attainment. | $521,000 | 2018 |
| Behavioral Ideas Lab IncMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.New York, NY | To help community colleges address behavioral design in their participation design work. (Linked to Participation Design RFP project) | $517,000 | 2021 |
| American Association of Colleges and UniversitiesWashington, DC | To develop campus models connecting curricula to career preparation. | $507,000 | 2023 |
| Ditchley Foundation The | To support The Ditchley Method's social network analysis framework for use in Human Network Design's influencer engagement strategy across various Ditchley and HND convenings. | $505,000 | 2022 |
| CCF Community Initiatives FundLos Angeles, CA | To support journalism that relates the achievement of quality short-term credentials to fair and just labor market outcomes. | $500,000 | 2022 |
| San Diego State University Research FoundationMatched to this organization because 24 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.San Diego, CA | To support the National Consortium on College Men of Color (NCCMC). | $500,000 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Boston UniversityBoston, MA | To support Boston University Center for Antiracist Research | $500,000 | 2021 |
| Virginia Community College SystemRichmond, VA | To support the Virginia Community College System's deeper participation in the REACH Collaborative. | $500,000 | 2023 |
| Texas Community College Education InitiativeAustin, TX | To support the Texas Success Center's deeper participation in the REACH Collaborative. | $500,000 | 2023 |
| North Carolina Community Colleges System OfficeRaleigh, NC | To support the North Carolina Community College System's deeper participation in the REACH Collaborative. | $500,000 | 2023 |
| MDRCNew York, NY | To conduct an implementation study of SUCCESS | $500,000 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Department of Higher EducationBoston, MA | To support Massachusetts' efforts to increase African-American, Hispanic, and American Indian attainment through the Talent, Innovation, and Equity initiative. | $500,000 | 2020 |
| WASC Senior College and University CommissionAlameda, CA | To promote postsecondary student success and build accreditors' capacity to achieve accountability and quality improvement goals. | $500,000 | 2019 |
| State Higher Education Executive OfficersBoulder, CO | To provide technical assistance to the implementation of programs in the Adult Promise Initiative in various states. | $500,000 | 2018 |
| MultiplierSan Francisco, CA | To support the launch of the All We Can Save Project's learning and education work | $500,000 | 2021 |
| Prairie View A&M UniversityPrairie View, TX | To support the Prairie View A&M University Center for Race and Justice. | $500,000 | 2020 |
| Higher Learning CommissionChicago, IL | To develop and implement new quality assurance approaches that better account for the diversity of today's students' pathways and that reflect the emerging Lumina Task Force priorities for quality improvement indicators. | $500,000 | 2019 |
| Free Press Indiana IncIndianapolis, IN | To support collaboration among news outlets in Indiana through editorial partnerships and coordinated coverage. | $500,000 | 2023 |
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.