Maryland · Public charity
Achieving the Dream Inc
To lead and support a national network of community colleges to achieve sustainable institutional transformation through sharing knowledge, innovative solutions and effective practices and policies leading to improved outcomes for all students.
- $606k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 24%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $363k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $46M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 24% of the organizations Achieving the Dream Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $70k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationSocial SciencePhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $363k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $1.3M | 24% |
| FY2023 | 43 | $2.0M | 70% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $470k | 54% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $435k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $446k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $564k | 64% |
| FY2017 | 43 | $3.6M | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Education$9.0MScience & Tech$100kSocial Science$23kCivil Rights$16kHousing & Shelter$8k
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
AK
WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
KY
VA
MD
NM
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
MS
TX
FL
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community College of Philadelphia Foundation | $370,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Pierce College | $370,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Austin Community College | $345,000 | 4 | n/a |
| North Virginia Community College (Nova) | $311,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges | $300,000 | 1 | 72% |
| Cuyahoga Community College | $296,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Lorain County Community College | $285,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical College District | $261,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Patrick & Henry Community College Foundation | $235,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 117 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community College of Philadelphia Foundation | $370,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Pierce College | $370,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Austin Community College | $345,000 | 4 | n/a |
| North Virginia Community College (Nova) | $311,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges | $300,000 | 1 | 72% |
| Cuyahoga Community College | $296,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Lorain County Community College | $285,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical College District | $261,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Patrick & Henry Community College Foundation | $235,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $220,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Northern Essex Community College | $210,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Bay College | $210,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mhcc | $201,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Community College of Baltimore County | $181,906 | 2 | n/a |
| San Mateo County Community Colleges District | $179,000 | 1 | n/a |
| William Rainey Harper College | $175,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Delta College | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Renton Technical College | $160,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trident Technical College | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $150,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Mexico State University | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zane State College | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | $131,430 | 4 | n/a |
| Fort Peck Community College | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ilisagvik College | $119,821 | 3 | 0% |
| United Tribes Technical College | $111,443 | 4 | 0% |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $107,896 | 3 | n/a |
| Lumen Learning Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida State College at Jacksonville | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| East Los Angeles College Foundation | $95,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salish Kootenai College Inc | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| College of the Menominee Nation | $85,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Stone Child College | $83,332 | 2 | 0% |
| Aaniiih Nakoda College (Fort Belknap College) | $81,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Red Lake Nation College | $80,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Clark College | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gateway Community College | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Highline College | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cabrillo Community College | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Arkansas College | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Teachers College Columbia University | $68,554 | 1 | 0% |
| White Earth Tribal and Community College | $67,931 | 2 | n/a |
| Miami Dade College | $65,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Forsyth Tech Comm College | $65,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Arkansas State University Three Rivers | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Danville Community College | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas East Arkansas Community College | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Big Bend Community College | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tallahassee Community College | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Phillips Community College of University of Arkansas | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Walla Walla Community College | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eastern Shore Commmunity College | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kern Community College District | $60,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tennessee Board of Regents | $59,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State Board for Community | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Indian River State College | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Broward College | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Housatonic Community College | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jackson State University | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Queensborough Community College of Cuny | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harper College | $45,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alamo Colleges District | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maryland Foundation Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bunker Hill Community College Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 2% |
| North Central State College Child Development Center | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Monroe Community College | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Grayson College | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Berkeley City College | $34,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery College | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dallas County Community College District | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Contra Costa College | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| El Paso Community College District | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jefferson Community & Technical College | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Mississippi Delta Community C | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Muskegon Community College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Amarillo College Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arkansas Community Colleges | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal and Community College Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 28% |
| Westmoreland County Community College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sinclair Community College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia Community College System | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Everett Community College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chattanooga State Community College Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Alamo Colleges Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwestern Oregon Community College | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Aspen Institute Inc | $22,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cvcc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Berkshire Community College | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Passaic County Community College Foundation | $16,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Elgin Community College | $16,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Claflin University | $15,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Coastal Bend College | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hinds Community College | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lincoln University Foundation of Pa | $15,500 | 1 | 2% |
| College of Southern Maryland | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Community College | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amarillo Junior College District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rancho Santiago Community College District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Durham Technical Community College | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Santa Ana College Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Western Technical College | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lee College District | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Patrick Henry Commnuity College | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mott Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Faculty Student Association of Herkimer County Community College | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Student Clearinghouse | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Community College Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NYC Department of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tyler Junior College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Housing Northwest Inc & Subsidiaries | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Halifax Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Indian College Fund | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Columbia-Greene Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Berkshire Community College Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Clovis Community College | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Achieving the Dream Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 32 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 32.
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.
American Association of Community CollegesDC61.6× affinity28 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: American Association of Community Colleges · Jobs for the Future Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · American Indian Higher Education Consortium Inc · American Association of Colleges and Universities · American Indian College Fund · The Aspen Institute Inc · I Car Education Foundation · Mdrc · Foundation for California Community Colleges · Folds of Honor Foundation · Truth Initiative Foundation
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.
About Achieving the Dream Inc
- How much does Achieving the Dream Inc give?
- Achieving the Dream Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $362,500, out of $606,372 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Achieving the Dream Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (98%), Science & Tech (1%), Social Science (0%).
- Who are Achieving the Dream Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Community College of Philadelphia Foundation ($370k), Pierce College ($370k), Austin Community College ($345k).
- Does Achieving the Dream Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 24% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Achieving the Dream Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Association of Community Colleges, Jobs for the Future Inc, Ascendium Education Solutions Inc.
- Where is Achieving the Dream Inc based?
- Achieving the Dream Inc is based in MD.
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