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Council of Graduate Schools

Dedicated to the improvement and advancement of graduate education.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
States reached
$30k
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 2024.

Education$1.5MEmployment$716kScience & Tech$125kCommunity Improvement$80kYouth Development$10k
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 18 grants below total $310,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,255,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $945,000 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 $10k10 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $240k
$7,000
Median grant
14
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Univ Nevada Las Vegas$30,000
Univ Central Florida Board Trustees$30,000
Univ of California-San Diego$30,000
University at Albany-SUNY$30,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota$30,000
Univ of California Los Angeles$30,000
Oklahoma State University$30,000
Univ Illinois Urban-Champaign$30,000
University of North Dakota$7,000
Texas State University$7,000
Regents of the University of Minnesota$7,000
California State University Bakersfield$7,000
Oakland University$7,000
Georgia State University Research Foundation$7,000
Jackson State University$7,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The University of Arizona: $25k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE: $20k → 10%UNIV OF CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM (UC SANTA CRUZ): $32k → 13%University at Albany-SUNY: $30k → 14%CUNY Graduate Center: $20k → 17%Howard University: $27k → 14%Univ of California-San Diego: $30k → 13%MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 16%WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $31k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $32k → 10%North Carolina A&T State University: $25k → 16%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $32k → 14%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $31k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $32k → 13%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $20k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $38k → 9%Loyola University Chicago: $20k → 14%Univ Illinois Urban-Champaign: $30k → 19%The University of Southern Mississippi: $20k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $31k → 8%Univ Nevada Las Vegas: $30k → 13%THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $25k → 15%University of California Irvine: $20k → 10%UNIV OF CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM(US SANTA CRUZ): $27k → 13%CUNY GRADUATE CENTER: $20k → 17%HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $23k → 14%Univ Central Florida Board Trustees: $30k → 13%Michigan State University: $20k → 16%WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $26k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $27k → 10%NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 16%BROWN UNIVERSITY: $28k → 14%EMORY UNIVERSITY: $27k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME: $27k → 13%Purdue University: $20k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $28k → 9%LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO: $20k → 14%THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: $20k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $26k → 8%The University of Arizona: $20k → 15%Wayne State University: $22k → 21%University of Wisconsin-Madison: $21k → 10%Emory University: $22k → 14%University of Notre Dame: $22k → 13%University of Virginia: $22k → 8%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $32k → 17%NEW YORK UNIVERSITY: $27k → 17%New York University: $22k → 17%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

WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
NV
IA
IN
RI
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
AR
NC
DC
OK
MS
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 36 repeat orgs$276k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +38% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
10

Total granted

$2.0M
$156k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+62%
+38%

Still filing today

28%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 61% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth 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

  • THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2023 · $98k · revenue +47%
  • TR
    The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    3× · 2017–2019 · $80k · revenue +62%
  • NY
    New York University
    3× · 2017–2019 · $80k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA A & T STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • CG
    CUNY GRADUATE SCHOOL AUXILIARY ENTERPRISE CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +463%
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
William Marsh Rice University

As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to path breaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contributions to the betterment of our world. It seeks to fulfill this…

Education
2
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
3
Washington University

The washington university is a co-educational, nondenominational university with a long and distinguished history of teaching, research and (cont'd on schedule o)

Education
4
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
5
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
6
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford

The principal objects of the University are the advancement of learning by teaching and research, and its dissemination by every means. We work as one Oxford bringing together our staff, students and alumni, our colleges, faculties,…

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7
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
8
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University is an independent, research-oriented university with broadly based strengths in health, including medicine, nursing and dentistry; in engineering; in the arts and sciences; and in law, management and social…

Education
9
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania

The trustees of the university of pennsylvania (the "university") sees itself as having a public service mission. in such regard, the university aims to provide a rich and diverse educational environment for its students; to pioneer…

Education
10
Lehigh University

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…

Education
11
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
12
The Graduate Center Foundation Inc

The graduate center foundation is committed to promoting and safe-guarding the success of the graduate center by raising funds and managing and investing donations for use by the graduate center. the board of trustees of the foundation…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Brown University; the most unlike its peers is Rice County 4-H Federation Mn. 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

17 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. 17 of the 52 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
17/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $127,995 · OtherWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $97,986 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $80,000 · OtherARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $79,999 · OtherBOARD OF REGENTS NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $79,998 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL: $79,939 · OtherRECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $79,920 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE: $79,912 · OtherUniversity of Wisconsin Madison: $79,625 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $76,000 · OtherREGENTS UNIV OF CALIFORNIA: $68,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI: $63,000 · Other+23 more: $708,964 · Other+23 moreTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $98,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $80,000 · EducationThe Research Foundation for T…New York University: $79,999 · EducationNew York UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $79,989 · EducationUniversity of Notre Dame du L…Emory University: $79,945 · EducationEmory UniversityLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $48,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGOHOOD COLLEGE: $25,000 · EducationOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 · EducationCSU BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: $25,000 · Education+4 more: $53,000 · Education+4 moreBROWN UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · Community ImprovementRice County 4-H Federation MN: $10,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,701,338Education$643,933Community Improvement$80,000Youth Development$10,000

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 budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $98,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBROWN UNIVERSITY: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $80,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $79,999 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $79,989 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $79,945 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $48,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOOD COLLEGE: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCSU BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCUNY GRADUATE SCHOOL AUXILIARY ENTERPRISE CORPORATION: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRice County 4-H Federation MN: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $8,000 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.

  • Who funds THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BROWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds HOOD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CSU BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION ↗

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.

American Chemical Soc…The Trustees of Colum…Tulsa Community Found…National Collegiate A…Folds of Honor Founda…Columbus Foundation
American Chemical SocietyDC19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Council of Graduate Schools funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Council of Graduate Schools. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Morgan State University Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report 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 52 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.

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