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Council of Graduate Schools
Dedicated to the improvement and advancement of graduate education. As the largest national association organized specifically to represent the interests of graduate education, the Council offers many opportunities for deans and graduate school personnel to exchange ideas and share information on major issues in graduate education.
- $1.3M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $310k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $7,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Council of Graduate Schools funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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 | 16 | $310k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $160k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $300k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $215k | 55% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $60k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $372k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $444k | 21% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $414k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne State University | $127,995 | 6 | n/a |
| The Howard University | $98,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $97,986 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arizona State University | $79,999 | 3 | n/a |
| New York University | $79,999 | 3 | 0% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $79,998 | 3 | n/a |
| Emory University | $79,945 | 3 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $79,939 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne State University | $127,995 | 6 | n/a |
| The Howard University | $98,000 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $97,986 | 5 | n/a |
| University of Washington | $80,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Research Foundation for The State University of New York | $80,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arizona State University | $79,999 | 3 | n/a |
| New York University | $79,999 | 3 | 0% |
| Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education | $79,998 | 3 | n/a |
| Emory University | $79,945 | 3 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | $79,939 | 3 | n/a |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | $79,920 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Arkansas Fayetteville | $79,912 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Wisconsin Madison | $79,625 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $76,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Regents Univ of California | $68,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Southern Mississippi | $63,000 | 4 | n/a |
| University of Texas at El Paso | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Maryland College Park | $49,999 | 3 | n/a |
| Michigan State University | $48,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Loyola University of Chicago | $48,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Texas A&M University | $40,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of Texas | $39,999 | 3 | n/a |
| Purdue University | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Central Florida | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| State University of New York College at Purchase | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oklahoma State University | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Purdue University | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Hood College | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Old Dominion University Research Foundation | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Jackson State University | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oakland University | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Morgan State University Foundation Inc | $25,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of North Dakota-College of Business & Public Admin | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Csu Bakersfield Auxiliary for Sponsored Programs Administration | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of North Texas | $25,000 | 3 | n/a |
| North Carolina A&T State University | $24,983 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina a & T State University | $24,983 | 1 | n/a |
| Cuny Graduate School Auxiliary Enterprise Corporation | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| CUNY Graduate Center | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Rochester | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas State University | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Iowa State University | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Texas State University - San Marcos Research Foundation % Darryl Borgonah | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rice County 4-H Federation MN | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| University of Texas | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Council of Graduate Schools 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: American Chemical Society · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Tulsa Community Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Columbus Foundation
How this is measured
About Council of Graduate Schools
- How much does Council of Graduate Schools give?
- Council of Graduate Schools reported 18 itemized grants totaling $310,000, out of $1,255,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Council of Graduate Schools fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (62%), Employment (29%), Science & Tech (5%).
- Who are Council of Graduate Schools's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Wayne State University ($128k), The Howard University ($98k), University of Arizona ($98k).
- Does Council of Graduate Schools fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Council of Graduate Schools?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Chemical Society, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Tulsa Community Foundation.
- Where is Council of Graduate Schools based?
- Council of Graduate Schools is based in DC.
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