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American Council on Education
Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. The council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student population, shapes effective public policy, and promotes a more inclusive future.
- $24k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $94M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations American Council on Education funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $47k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $106k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $82k | 83% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $139k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $164k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $74k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Triangle Institute | $316,349 | 4 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $23,237 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of International Education Administrat | $21,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Alabama State University Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Civic Nation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Benedict College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced) | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Writers Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Atlantic University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 38 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Triangle Institute | $316,349 | 4 | 0% |
| Arkansas State University | $23,237 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of International Education Administrat | $21,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Alabama State University Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Civic Nation | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Benedict College | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Board of Regents of the University of California (Merced) | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Education Writers Association | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Florida Atlantic University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cape Cod Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of South Florida | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| James Madison University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Womans University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Davenport University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dominican University of California | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Allan Hancock College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of North Dakota-College of Business & Public Admin | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amarillo Junior College District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kjzzkbaq (Through Maricopa Community Colleges) | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lamar University | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Ct State University | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas Southern University | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Suffolk University | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prairie View a and M University | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston Community College Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Austin College | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Depaul University | $7,040 | 1 | 0% |
| California State University Maritime Academy | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Connecticut | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Central Arkansas | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Equal Justice Works | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Inside Higher Ed Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Committee for Education Funding | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Western Kentucky University | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget American Council on Education supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · American Chemical Society · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Corporation for Public Broadcasting · Tulsa Community Foundation · American Council of Learned Societies · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Partnership for Education Advancement Inc · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · National Writing Project Corporation · World Learning Inc
How this is measured
About American Council on Education
- How much does American Council on Education give?
- American Council on Education reported 2 itemized grants totaling $20,000, out of $24,150 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does American Council on Education fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (93%), Science & Tech (5%), Health (1%).
- Who are American Council on Education's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Research Triangle Institute ($316k), Arkansas State University ($23k), Association of International Education Administrat ($22k).
- Does American Council on Education fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Council on Education?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation, American Chemical Society.
- Where is American Council on Education based?
- American Council on Education is based in DC.
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