Indiana · Public charity
Complete College America Inc
Complete College America is a national non-profit organization working with states to significantly improve college completion and to close attainment gaps for underrepresented populations.
- $222k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 15
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 9
- Total assets, FY2024
- $23M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Complete College America Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 21 | $221k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $100k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $805k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $51k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $84k | 80% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $220k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $29k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | $215,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wiley College | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia State University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mississippi Valley State University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Langston University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Excelencia in Education Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $28,650 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 44 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $250,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Xavier University of Louisiana | $215,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wiley College | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| University of Maryland College Park | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Virginia State University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mississippi Valley State University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Langston University | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Negro College Fund Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Excelencia in Education Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Indiana University Foundation | $28,650 | 1 | 0% |
| Campaign for College Opportunity | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community College District of St Louis | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Missouri Western State University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Central Missouri | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fontbonne University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Webster University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Missouri State University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Northwest Missouri State University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harris-Stowe State University | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Milwaukee Committee for Community Development | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern University-Baton Rouge | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inland Empire Economic Partnership Found Ation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Shelton State Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| College of Southern Nevada Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Delgado Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baton Rouge Community College Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Colleges of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roxbury Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| J F Drake State Community & Technical College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Denmark Technical College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Chattahoochee Valley Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Campbell Consulting Services LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lawson State Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Asu Mid South | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Orangeburg-Calhoun Tech College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bishop State Community College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florence-Darlington Technical College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wallace State Community College - Selma | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Southeast Arkansas College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| William Woods University | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Equityworks Nw LLC | $9,875 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Kentucky University | $5,850 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Complete College America Inc 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: Folds of Honor Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Tulsa Community Foundation · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Executive Leadership Council · Ingram-White Castle Foundation · Hispanic Scholarship Fund · Women's Foundation of Alabama · National Writing Project Corporation · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · Corporation for Public Broadcasting
How this is measured
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About Complete College America Inc
- How much does Complete College America Inc give?
- Complete College America Inc reported 21 grants totaling $221,725 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 15 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Complete College America Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (97%), Community Improvement (2%), Science & Tech (1%).
- Who are Complete College America Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Research Foundation of the City University of New York ($250k), Xavier University of Louisiana ($215k), Wiley College ($100k).
- Does Complete College America Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Complete College America Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Folds of Honor Foundation, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tulsa Community Foundation.
- Where is Complete College America Inc based?
- Complete College America Inc is based in IN.
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