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College Success Foundation

We provide a unique integrated system of supports and scholarships to inspire underserved, low-income students to finish high school, graduate from college and succeed in life.

$6.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$4.5MYouth Development$75kFood & Nutrition$70kHuman Services$48kCommunity Improvement$45kInternational$35kCrime & Legal$29kEnvironment$14kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $165,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $5,962,846 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $5,797,846 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.
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$33M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
iUrban Teen$35,000
Congolese United Foundation$35,000
South Puget Sound Pathways$30,000
Educational Service District$25,000
African Young Dreamers$20,000
Degrees of Change$20,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $122k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE: $10k → 17%GREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE: $10k → 14%Tacoma Community House: $13k → 9%RUSSELL WILSON FOUNDATION: $10k → 9%YWCA SeattleKing Snohomish: $8k → 9%African Young Dreamers: $20k → 9%African Young Dreamers Empowe: $17k → 9%Congolese United Foundation: $35k → 9%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.
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.

4%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$177k · 4 repeat orgs$4.6M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
34

Total granted

$177k
$4.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
0%

Still filing today

50%
76%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalScience & TechYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • IURBAN TEEN
    2× · 2024–2025 · $56k · revenue 0%
  • SP
    South Puget Sound Pathways
    2× · 2024–2025 · $45k
  • ES
    EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT 105
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k

Funded once

  • SU
    SEATTLE UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $1.9M · revenue +62%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2017 · $1.9M
  • WA
    WASHINGTON AEROSPACE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $101k · revenue 0% · 41% of their budget
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
Stem Advantage

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. STEM Advantage mentors, prepares, and inspires first-generation, low-income, and underserved college students for careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). We level…

Youth Development
2
Girls in Stem
Human Services
3
College Success Foundation

We provide a unique integrated system of supports and scholarships to inspire underserved, low-income students to finish high school, graduate from college and succeed in life.

Education
4
Computing for All

We seek to break down cultural and systemic social barriers that prevent young adults of all races, genders, and abilities from exploring computer science as a potential career.

Education
5
Rainier Scholars

Cultivates the academic potential and leadership skills of underrepresented students. by creating access to opportunities and holistic support, we increase college graduation rates and empower new generations of leaders.

Education
6
Washington Ethnic Studies Now

Washington Ethnic Studies Now WAESN is a multigenerational majority POC-led nonprofit advancing Ethnic Studies and racial justice in Washington. We center people of color build youth-centered leadership and learning and organize…

Education
7
Seattle Colleges Foundation

The seattle colleges foundation catalyzes community support to advance the mission, work and impact of seattle colleges. we engage our community to transform lives, promote equity and increase access to quality, affordable education.

Education
8
The Campbell Institute

Children's institute's mission is to leverage research, practice, policy, and advocacy to shift systems toward justice for families so that all of oregon's children, prenatal to grade 5, have access to opportunity.

Unclassified
9
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Seattle Chapter

Arcs foundation advances science and technology in the united states by providing financial awards to academically outstanding u.s. citizens studying to complete degrees in science, engineering and medical research.

Education
10
Impact Public Schools

The mission of Impact Public Schools is to prepare a diverse student population to succeed in college and impact communities as the next generation of equity-driven, innovative leaders. (Continued on Schedule O)Impact Public Schools makes…

Education
11
Youthbuild Dc Public Charter School Inc

Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…

Education
12
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Washington Stem Center; the most unlike its peers is Seattle University. 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

32 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. 32 of the 40 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
12/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $1,889,437 · OtherSEATTLE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $1,889,437 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON+15 more: $348,800 · Other+15 moreIURBAN TEEN: $55,500 · EducationScholar Fund: $50,000 · EducationHERITAGE UNIVERSITY: $34,000 · EducationStemtac Foundation: $28,000 · EducationDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM: $25,000 · EducationWASHINGTON STATE STEM EDUCATION FDTN: $22,500 · EducationDEGREES OF CHANGE: $20,000 · EducationFOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS: $19,500 · EducationSTEM PATHS INNOVATION NETWORK: $18,500 · Education+1 more: $5,500 · EducationAFRICAN YOUNG DREAMERS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM INTL: $36,840 · Human ServicesCONGOLESE UNITED FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Human ServicesTacoma Community House: $12,500 · Human ServicesGREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesRUSSELL WILSON FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $7,500 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON AEROSPACE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $100,807 · Science & TechFoundation for Sustainable Community: $70,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER VANCOUVER CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Community ImprovementUnleash the Brilliance: $28,500 · Crime & LegalSAFEFUTURES YOUTH CENTER: $9,010 · Crime & LegalCHOOSE 180: $34,000 · Youth Development
Other$4,127,674Education$278,500Human Services$121,840Science & Tech$100,807Community Improvement$85,000Crime & Legal$37,510Youth Development$34,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSEATTLE UNIVERSITY: $1,889,437 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetWASHINGTON AEROSPACE SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $100,807 over 1y, 41% of budgetFoundation for Sustainable Community: $70,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetIURBAN TEEN: $55,500 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetAFRICAN YOUNG DREAMERS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM INTL: $36,840 over 2y, 10% of budgetCONGOLESE UNITED FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetHERITAGE UNIVERSITY: $34,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHOOSE 180: $34,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE GET SCHOOLED FOUNDATION: $31,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetUnleash the Brilliance: $28,500 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE ACCESS PROGRAM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHINGTON STATE STEM EDUCATION FDTN: $22,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDEGREES OF CHANGE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC ENDEAVORS: $19,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSTEM PATHS INNOVATION NETWORK: $18,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetGREATER VANCOUVER CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetKENT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $15,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetGREATER ISSAQUAH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $15,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE FEELS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetEarthGen Fka WA Green Schools: $14,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTacoma Community House: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWASHINGTON ALLIANCE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGREATER WASHINGTON URBAN LEAGUE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELL WILSON FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAFEFUTURES YOUTH CENTER: $9,010 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetYOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF SEATTLE-KING COUNTY-SNOHOMISH COUNTY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANACORTES FAMILY CENTER: $6,800 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Gates FoundationSeattle FoundationSchool's Out Washingt…The Norcliffe Foundat…Medina FoundationRaikes FoundationUnited Way of King Co…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Discuren FoundationStolte Family Foundat…Workforce Development…Inatai Foundation
Gates FoundationWA27.2× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Gates Foundation · Seattle Foundation · School's Out Washington · The Norcliffe Foundation · Medina Foundation · Raikes Foundation · United Way of King County · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Discuren Foundation · Stolte Family Foundation · Workforce Development Council Seattle-Ki · Inatai 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 College Success Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from College Success Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 40 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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