· Private foundation
Council for Investment in Education
Organize itinearies & lectures with universities and professors, advetise & publish promotional material for students, coordinate arrangments, tuition for undergraduate students.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k12 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | $12,500 |
| GRANITE EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $6,000 |
| UTAH FESTIVAL OPERA | $3,500 |
| BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $3,000 |
| UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY | $3,000 |
| WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF SALT LAKE | $3,000 |
| UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
| SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | $2,000 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE | $2,000 |
| ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY | $1,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO | $1,000 |
| SALT LAKE EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +25% for those funded once.
13 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GEGranite Education Foundation7× · 2018–2025 · $68k · revenue +27%
- NHNeighborhood House Association6× · 2020–2025 · $13k · revenue +50%
- YMYOUTH MAKING A DIFFERENCE3× · 2021–2024 · $2k · revenue +310%
Funded once
- YYOUTHLINCgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +36%
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $4k
- HCHUNTSMAN CANCER INSTITUTEone grant, 2020 · $3k
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.
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.
Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…
The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
See Schedule O. See explanation for Form 990, Part I, Line 1 - Organization's Mission above.
Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…
Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.
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…
The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
The university of denver (du) is a higher educational institution, providing both undergraduate and graduate degrees - the mission of the university of denver is to promote learning by engaging with students (continued on schedule o)in…
See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.
Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 43 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds Granite Education Foundation ↗
- Who funds Neighborhood House Association ↗
- Who funds WESTMINSTER UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds YOUTHLINC ↗
- Who funds Belmont University ↗
- Who funds YOUTH MAKING A DIFFERENCE ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Marquette University ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds Salt Lake Education Foundation ↗
- Who funds HUNTSMAN CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
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: Sorenson Legacy Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Council for Investment in Education funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Council for Investment in Education. Bigger dots raise more.
- University of Portland: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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