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· Public charity

Catalyst Education Inc

To mobilize and leverage the collective expertise in education to strengthen schools, school systems, and education nonprofits to ensure equity and excellence for all kids.

$243k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$452kArts & Culture$19kPublic Benefit$19kHuman Services$7k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $234,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $243,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $9,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $20k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $114k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$19,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Colorado Dept Of Education$50,000
OSSE District of Columbia$50,000
New Mexico Public Ed Dept$46,000
Parent Power Lab Inc$19,000
Parent Leadership Train Inst$19,000
Dreams KC$15,500
Hope Leadership Academy$14,250
Art as Mentorship$7,000
McEL United Inc$6,750
Heart of America Indian Ctr$6,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $85k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 78% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%Para Los Ninos: $10k → 14%McEL United Inc: $11k → 13%People of All Colors: $19k → 8%Heart of America Indian: $13k → 15%McEL United Inc: $7k → 13%Heart of America Indian Ctr: $7k → 15%Parent Power Lab Inc: $19k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
NM
KS
DC
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$188k · 5 repeat orgs$309k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
11

Total granted

$188k
$145k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+14%

Still filing today

60%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $164k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPublic BenefitArts & CultureOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • HO
    HEART OF AMERICA INDIAN CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $19k · revenue +31%
  • AA
    ART AS MENTORSHIP INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $19k · revenue +28%
  • MU
    MCEL UNITED INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $18k · revenue +185%

Funded once

  • NM
    New Mexico Public Ed Dist
    one grant, 2022 · $26k
  • UT
    URBAN TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERED COMMUNITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $19k · revenue +106%
  • PO
    PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS SUCCEED ORGANIZATION
    one grant, 2023 · $19k · revenue -36%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.

Education
2
Kuumba Academy Charter School Inc

Kuumba Academy Mission is to provide an innovative learning environment focused on the whole child. Kuumba Academy directors, staff and parents share a core belief that parents are the primary educators and are in partnership with Kuumba…

Education
3
American Leadership Academy - Charlotte

Operation of a public charter school.

Education
4
Multicultural Academy Charter School

It is the mission of the multicultural academy charter school to educate the whole child by providing a safe environment where students can learn and teachers can instruct while emphasizing the importance of parental involvement in the…

Education
5
Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School

Education - Grades 6 through 12 Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School (LLACS) is committed to providing a holistic learning community dedicated to the academic, emotional, social and spiritual success of each student.

Education
6
Citizens Leadership Academy East

To prepare middle school students to lead in academics service, and civic engagement during high school, college and beyond.

Education
7
Transformational Education Inc

Leader in me is a whole-school transformation model and process developed in partnership with educators that empowers students with the leadership and life skills they need to thrive in the 21st century.

Education
8
Chicago Education Partnership

To create a school that dramatically transforms the lives of k-8 students and prepares them for success in college and in life through: the delivery of a rigorous and personalized academic program, a focus on holistic education, and the…

Education
9
The Language Academy of Sacramento

The las mission is to create a learning community where students: utilize bilingualism and biliteracy (spanish and english) to achieve academic excellence and apply skills in real-world situations and diverse settings; develop and exhibit…

Education
10
Chicago Public Education Fund

The chicago public education fund (the fund) is a nonprofit organization that improves public schools in chicago by investing in the talented educators who lead them.

Education
11
Tomorrow's Leadership Collaborative Charter School

The mission of tlc is to educate diverse students through a rigorous, standards-based, collegepreparatory program to become conscientious, caring, and responsible 21st century citizens. tlc is grounded in an inclusive vision of teaching…

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12
Polaris Charter Academy

To organize and operate a charter school in chicago, il and engage in other education activities permissable under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Latinos for Education Inc; the most unlike its peers is Capitol Region Education Councilfoundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OSSE District of Columbia: $84,600 · OtherOSSE District of ColumbiaColorado Dept Of Education: $50,000 · OtherColorado Dept Of EducationTexas Education Agency: $47,500 · OtherTexas Education AgencyNew Mexico Public Ed Dept: $46,000 · OtherNew Mexico Public Ed DeptNew Mexico Public Ed Dist: $25,787 · OtherNew Mexico Public Ed DistDREAMS KC: $15,500 · OtherDREAMS KCNew Mission High School: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $9,000 · OtherURBAN TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES: $19,000 · EducationURBAN TECHNOLOGY EM…LATINOS FOR EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · EducationLATINOS FOR EDUCATI…HOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $14,250 · EducationHOPE LEADERSHIP ACA…NORTHWOOD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 · EducationNORTHWOOD ACADEMY C…Distinctive Schools of Illinois: $10,000 · EducationDistinctive Schools…CHICAGO TECH ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationCHICAGO TECH ACADEM…CAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCILFOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · EducationCAPITOL REGION EDUC…Parent Power Lab Inc: $19,000 · Human ServicesParent Power Lab In…HEART OF AMERICA INDIAN CENTER: $19,000 · Human ServicesHEART OF AMERICA IN…PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS SUCCEED ORGANIZATION: $19,000 · Human ServicesPEOPLE OF ALL COLOR…MCEL UNITED INC: $17,850 · Human ServicesMCEL UNITED INCPARA LOS NINOS: $10,000 · Human ServicesPARA LOS NINOSPARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE-KANSAS CITY: $19,000 · Public BenefitART AS MENTORSHIP INC: $19,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$288,387Education$85,250Human Services$84,850Public Benefit$19,000Arts & Culture$19,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetURBAN TECHNOLOGY EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES: $19,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetParent Power Lab Inc: $19,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetHEART OF AMERICA INDIAN CENTER: $19,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetPEOPLE OF ALL COLORS SUCCEED ORGANIZATION: $19,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetART AS MENTORSHIP INC: $19,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetMCEL UNITED INC: $17,850 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLATINOS FOR EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: $14,250 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHWOOD ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARA LOS NINOS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDistinctive Schools of Illinois: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICAGO TECH ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAPITOL REGION EDUCATION COUNCILFOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

Health Forward Founda…New Schools FundEwing Marion Kauffman…Greater Kansas City C…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Health Forward FoundationMO15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Health Forward Foundation · New Schools Fund · Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation · Greater Kansas City Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Catalyst Education Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Catalyst Education Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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