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Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning

ACCELERATE - THE NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE FOR ACCELERATED LEARNING (accelerate) brings evidence-based practices to scale in public education by bridging gaps between research, policy and school systems. Accelerate's vision is that every child in this country will receive an exceptional education that helps them explore and unlock their…

$10M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
62
Grants FY2025
42
Organizations funded FY2024
62%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$3,387,500
Organizations funded a year
42 to 65
FY2023 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
26
Total assets, FY2025
$12M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 62% of the organizations Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning funded were first-time grantees, receiving 86% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving60$10M35%
FY202442$20M62%
FY202365$3.2Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Science & Tech$17MEducation$15MCivil Rights$925kEnvironment$456kPublic Benefit$455kYouth Development$410kEmployment$150kReligion$150kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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OH
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TN
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Chicago$15,387,50020%
Northwest Technical Institute$1,250,0002n/a
Colorado Energy Office$1,000,0003n/a
State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Contro$1,000,0002n/a
50can Inc$1,000,00031%
State of Ohio$1,000,0003n/a
Texas Education Agency$711,3941n/a
Cambiar Education$512,50021%
Air Education Inc$456,0002n/a
Guilford Co Public Schools$427,5002n/a
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All grantees of Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Chicago$15,387,50020%
Northwest Technical Institute$1,250,0002n/a
Colorado Energy Office$1,000,0003n/a
State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Contro$1,000,0002n/a
50can Inc$1,000,00031%
State of Ohio$1,000,0003n/a
Texas Education Agency$711,3941n/a
Cambiar Education$512,50021%
Air Education Inc$456,0002n/a
Guilford Co Public Schools$427,5002n/a
Cityschools Collaborative$330,00028%
DC Public Schools$300,0001n/a
Oko Labs Inc$275,0002n/a
Peerteach Inc$275,0002n/a
Intervene K-12 Inc$275,0002n/a
Teach for America Inc$262,50030%
Try Once Inc$257,5002n/a
Kipp Indianapolis Inc$257,50021%
New Schools for New Orleans Inc$257,50031%
DC Public Education Fund$257,50032%
Heart Math Tutoring Inc$255,00034%
Trustees of Boston University$255,00030%
Amplify$250,0002n/a
The University of Florida Foundation Inc$250,00010%
University of Maryland College Park$250,0001n/a
The Fund for Public Schools Inc$250,00011%
Carnegie Mellon University$230,00020%
Cignition Inc$225,0001n/a
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education$225,0001n/a
North Carolina Education Corps$225,00013%
Literacy Mid-South Inc$225,00014%
Coursemojo Inc$225,0001n/a
Littera Education Inc$219,5003n/a
The Innovation Project$205,00023%
Saga Innovations Inc$200,00011%
The Oakland REACH$180,00024%
Step Up Tutoring$162,50036%
Third Space Learning Inc$162,5003n/a
Joyful Readers Inc$162,50037%
Ignite Reading Pbc$157,5002n/a
The Literacy Lab$157,50021%
Jump Math Inc$157,500222%
Southeast Community Foundation$157,500219%
Read USA Inc$157,50032%
Values to Action$155,000272%
Reading Futures Inc$150,0001n/a
Tutored by Teachers Inc$150,0001n/a
Leaders of Excellence Inc$150,0002n/a
Bay Area Tutoring Asociation$150,00025%
The Mind Trust Inc$150,00010%
Air Tutors LLC$132,5002n/a
Reading and Math Inc$130,00020%
Carnegie Learning Inc$125,0001n/a
Global Online Language Services US Inc$125,0001n/a
Expanded Schools Inc$125,00011%
Teachley$125,0001n/a
Future Forward Inc$125,00018%
University of Rhode Island$102,0002n/a
Green Dot Public Schools$100,00010%
Fund for Educational Excellence Inc$100,00010%
Reading Partners$82,50020%
Fev Tutor$80,0002n/a
100 Black Men of Metropolitan Baton Rouge Ltd$75,00016%
Hamilton County Schools Tn Department of Education$75,0001n/a
Tutor Teens Inc$50,0001n/a
Arlington Independent School District$14,7001n/a
Assistments Foundation Inc$12,50020%
Success for All Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Great Oaks Foundation Inc$7,50010%
San Francisco Education Fund$7,50010%
Trilogy Mentors Inc$7,5001n/a
Black Hills Special Services Cooperative$7,5001n/a
Spelman College$5,00010%
Humanity First USA$5,00010%
The Summer Learning Collaborative Inc$5,00010%
Mytutor Learning Inc$5,0001n/a
African Heritage Inc$5,00011%
Empirical Resolution Inc$5,00010%
iEDUCATE$5,00010%
Portland Public Schools$5,0001n/a
Upchieve Inc$5,00010%
Edututor of Virginia Inc$5,00012%
The Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc$5,00010%
Baton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc$5,00010%
Learning Ally Inc$5,00010%
Hampton Tutors$5,0001n/a
Santa Fe South Schools Inc$5,00010%
Learnup Centers$5,00010%
East Carolina University Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Public Impact LLC$5,0001n/a
University of Mississippi Foundation$5,00010%
New Jersey Tutoring Corps Inc$5,00010%
The Breakthrough Collaborative$5,00010%
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund$5,00010%
Goschoolbox Inc$5,0001n/a
San Jose Public Library Foundation$5,00010%
Grand Valley State University$5,0001n/a
Virginia Learns$5,00011%
Augustine Literacy Project - Charlotte$5,00010%
Reading Assist Institute$5,00010%
Chapter One Nfp$5,00010%
Axiom Learning Inc$5,0001n/a
Ohio Excels$5,00010%
HomeWorks Trenton$5,00010%
Concentric Educational Solutions Inc$5,0001n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$5,0001n/a
Graspable Inc$5,0001n/a
Hoot Reading$5,0001n/a
Education Analytics Inc$5,00010%
Itutor Com Inc$5,0001n/a
Horizons National Student Enrichment Program Inc$5,00010%
Evanstonskokie Community Consolidated School District 65$5,0001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Chicago: $15,387,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budget50can Inc: $1,000,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCambiar Education: $512,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCityschools Collaborative: $330,000 over 2y, 7.5% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $262,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKipp Indianapolis Inc: $257,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetNew Schools for New Orleans Inc: $257,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetDC Public Education Fund: $257,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetHeart Math Tutoring Inc: $255,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $255,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Florida Foundation Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Fund for Public Schools Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $230,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Carolina Education Corps: $225,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetLiteracy Mid-South Inc: $225,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetThe Innovation Project: $205,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetSaga Innovations Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Oakland REACH: $180,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetStep Up Tutoring: $162,500 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetJoyful Readers Inc: $162,500 over 3y, 6.5% of budgetThe Literacy Lab: $157,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJump Math Inc: $157,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetSoutheast Community Foundation: $157,500 over 2y, 19% of budgetRead USA Inc: $157,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetValues to Action: $155,000 over 2y, 72% of budgetBay Area Tutoring Asociation: $150,000 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetThe Mind Trust Inc: $150,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetReading and Math Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetExpanded Schools Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFuture Forward Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetGreen Dot Public Schools: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFund for Educational Excellence Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetReading Partners: $82,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budget100 Black Men of Metropolitan Baton Rouge Ltd: $75,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetAssistments Foundation Inc: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSuccess for All Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGreat Oaks Foundation Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Education Fund: $7,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpelman College: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHumanity First USA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Summer Learning Collaborative Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAfrican Heritage Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetEmpirical Resolution Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetiEDUCATE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUpchieve Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEdututor of Virginia Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Jewish Community Center in Manhattan Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaton Rouge Youth Coalition Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 65.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

America Achieves IncNY41× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: America Achieves Inc · Gates Foundation · New Schools Fund · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Cityschools Collaborative · Overdeck Family Foundation Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Educational Credit Management Corporation · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning

How much does Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning give?
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning reported 62 grants totaling $10,387,117 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 65 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
What does Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (50%), Education (42%), Civil Rights (3%).
Who are Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: University of Chicago ($15M), Northwest Technical Institute ($1.3M), Colorado Energy Office ($1.0M).
Does Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 62% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include America Achieves Inc, Gates Foundation, New Schools Fund.
Where is Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning based?
Accelerate - the National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning is based in TN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 117 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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