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Ecmc Foundation

ECMC FOUNDATION is a nationally focused foundation whose mission is to improve higher education for career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation.

$61M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
198
Grants FY2024
194
Organizations funded FY2023
39%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$30,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$3,449,045
Organizations funded a year
130 to 238
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
33
Total assets, FY2024
$2.0B

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 39% of the organizations Ecmc Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17M went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving188$55M33%
FY2023194$52M39%
FY2022180$35M41%
FY2021193$39M46%
FY2020238$51M55%
FY2019155$34M69%
FY2018180$36M79%
FY2017130$23Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$207MEmployment$83MYouth Development$9.9MPublic Benefit$9.9MCommunity Improvement$7.7MSocial Science$5.6MPhilanthropy$5.4MHuman Services$2.7MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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PA
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RI
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 811 grantees
All grantees of Ecmc Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Ecmc Education Inc$21,265,25957%
Educational Credit Management Corporation$13,414,57771%
Ecmc Group Inc$13,004,00062%
City Year Inc$11,936,55053%
State Higher Education Executive Officers Association$6,880,838551%
Jobs for the Future Inc$5,302,94063%
The Aspen Institute Inc$4,710,00051%
The Urban Institute$4,517,50052%
Institute for Citizens and Scholars$4,304,043523%
The Institute for Higher Education Policy$3,742,155438%
Association for Career & Technical Education (Acte)$3,595,787526%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$3,573,05180%
New America Foundation$3,509,00064%
National Career Technical Education Foundation$3,497,937571%
Nc State University$3,492,1334n/a
Seachange Capital Partners Inc$3,055,000237%
Association of Community College Trustees$3,051,125423%
National Alliance for Partnerships In Equity Education Foundation Inc$2,755,500380%
American Council on Education$2,723,77343%
Wested$2,690,0773n/a
New Tech Network$2,578,9931n/a
Excelencia in Education Inc$2,503,145632%
California Competes$2,465,000369%
Achieving the Dream Inc$2,422,859710%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$2,352,50050%
Ithaka Harbors Inc$2,275,29531%
Education Design Lab$2,003,936365%
Georgia State University Foundation Inc$2,001,04314%
Southern Education Foundation Inc$2,000,000114%
Buck Institute for Education$1,943,90429%
Foundation for California Community Colleges$1,777,39061%
The Bottom Line Inc$1,760,00036%
Public Agenda Inc$1,740,000256%
John N Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education$1,735,000347%
Jeremiah Program$1,672,50075%
Sinclair Community College$1,620,6234n/a
Complete College America Inc$1,574,400215%
Commonwealth of Kentucky$1,551,3561n/a
The Rand Corporation$1,538,14440%
The Manufacturing Institute$1,500,000113%
Ohio State University Foundation$1,474,96720%
Beyond 12 Education Inc$1,465,000315%
Mdrc$1,445,00051%
Community College Baccalaureate Association Inc$1,414,179399%
Growing Inland Achievement$1,410,000228%
Uaspire Inc$1,367,50646%
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities$1,363,50417%
One Million Degrees$1,357,000314%
Institute for Evidence-Based Change$1,347,975239%
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$1,336,60030%
Third Sector Capital Partners Inc$1,325,000312%
Let's Get Ready Inc$1,300,000219%
College Forward$1,300,000219%
World Education Inc$1,288,15633%
Women Employed$1,242,000227%
The Big Picture Company$1,235,391217%
National Public Radio Inc$1,235,00050%
Strada Collaborative Inc$1,210,00021%
Open Syllabus Inc$1,200,000296%
Campaign for College Opportunity$1,195,000620%
Community Partners$1,172,80861%
University of Texas$1,169,9912n/a
American Indian College Fund$1,135,00031%
Center for Occupational Research and Development Inc$1,119,993334%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$1,100,00031%
College Possible Inc$1,100,00023%
Believe in Students Inc$1,090,000352%
National Skills Coalition$1,075,00028%
Claremont Graduate University$1,060,00031%
Veterans Education Success Inc$1,050,000269%
La-Tech Org$1,050,000161%
Nash$1,047,000321%
California State University Long Beach Research Foundation$1,041,24421%
Business - Higher Education Forum$1,028,500230%
Roadtrip Nation Ltd$1,015,00016%
Texas Community College Education Initiative$1,000,000214%
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Inc$1,000,00014%
Columbus Learning Center Management Corp D/B/A Community Education Coalition$1,000,000110%
Reach University$1,000,00015%
Propel America$999,994210%
Institute for Educational Leadership$968,419310%
The Asia Society$964,98023%
Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc$960,11121%
Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education Inc$936,900344%
Knowledgeworks Foundation$925,00027%
Clark Atlanta University Inc$900,00020%
The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education Inc$892,160410%
Higher Learning Advocates Inc$885,100438%
Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America$875,00021%
Active Minds Inc$864,500722%
Asian and Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund$853,40044%
Scholarship America Inc$849,61010%
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning$840,70318%
University of Houston$835,0003n/a
Public Policy Institute of California$829,45670%
America Achieves Inc$825,00026%
Collegiate Edu-Nation$800,000127%
The New York Opportunity Network Inc Dba the Opportunity Network$800,00027%
Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development$800,0001n/a
The Asme Foundation Inc$800,000117%
The University of Tennessee$775,0002n/a
Thurgood Marshall College Fund$770,00021%
Education Commission of the States$769,23243%
Unloop$769,0101n/a
The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona$760,000124%
Seattle Jobs Initiative$760,000217%
Workcred Inc$758,000192%
American Association of Community Colleges$750,00014%
Brightworks$750,0001n/a
Imentor Inc$750,00013%
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education$750,0001n/a
Northern New Mexico College Foundation$750,0001n/a
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry$750,00017%
All-In Milwaukee Inc$750,000210%
Northwestern University$749,52510%
Goodwill Industries of Middle Georgia Inc$741,95412%
United Negro College Fund Inc$740,25010%
Institute for Women's Policy Research$740,00027%
National College Attainment Network$730,000219%
Edvisions Schools Inc$730,0001n/a
National League of Cities Institute Inc$710,00018%
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education$701,44322%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$700,0001n/a
Creative Visions Foundation$700,00015%
Ranken Technical College$694,93912%
Generation Hope$685,000318%
California State University Foundation$675,00019%
AgTech Innovation Alliance$668,000198%
National Student Legal Defense Network$666,640121%
Bellwether Education Partners Inc$660,10012%
University of Alaska Foundation$660,00022%
Lift Inc$660,00036%
Houston's Capital Investing in Develop- Ment and Employment of Adults Inc$660,000321%
State of Tennessee$647,6661n/a
John Jay College Foundation Inc$645,500113%
Education Writers Association$620,000324%
Innovate-Educate$615,000121%
Arkansas Community Colleges$601,000133%
College Summit Inc$600,000214%
University of California Davis$600,0001n/a
Pbs North Carolina$600,0001n/a
Bard College$600,00010%
Advance Illinois Nfp$600,000121%
California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation$585,03518%
Onward We Learn$575,000310%
Community Initiatives$570,00031%
Swipe Out Hunger$560,000326%
The Jed Foundation$554,82612%
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth$550,00012%
California State University Northridge Foundation$550,00021%
Williamson College of the Trades$548,40051%
Campus Compact$547,500118%
National Association of Counties Research Foundation$540,50024%
Credential Engine Inc$536,533229%
United Way of King County$535,00021%
John Burton Advocates for Youth$535,000211%
Tennessee Higher Education Initiative Inc$535,000338%
Alabama Possible$533,000298%
Postsecondary National Policy Institute$527,002318%
Auburn University Foundation$526,08111%
Teachers College Columbia University$525,00050%
College Track$525,00022%
California State University Channel Islands Foundation$521,82442%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles$519,576214%
Just-A-Start Corporation$511,05327%
10000 Degrees$510,00024%
Southern Scholarship Foundation Inc$509,160216%
The Partnership for College Completion$506,600124%
League for Innovation in The$504,460122%
Mission Asset Fund$500,00011%
Higher Learning Commission$500,00013%
Califonia State University East Bay Foundation Inc$500,00014%
New Moms Inc$500,00018%
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching$500,00013%
Arizona State University$500,0001n/a
Gradgears$500,000252%
IntermediaryEd$500,00010%
Better Future Forward Inc$500,000289%
The University of North Carolina Foundation Inc$500,000128%
The Common Application Inc$500,00011%
Triton College$500,0001n/a
Futuro Health$500,00013%
Chico State Enterprises$497,91511%
National Opinion Research Center$493,56010%
Corporation for a Skilled Workforce$492,160116%
The Get Schooled Foundation$490,000123%
Vassar College$485,00020%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$484,50013%
University of Hawaii Foundation$478,33431%
James B Hunt Jr Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy Fdn$475,00022%
The Rp Group Inc$470,00026%
Fort Hays State University$461,8401n/a
Center on Rural Innovation Inc$457,20019%
Appalachian State University$456,2081n/a
Empower Schools Inc$454,80018%
Grand Rapids Community College Foundation$452,20824%
National Center for Higher Education Management Systems$451,454114%
University of Central Missouri$450,0001n/a
Family Scholar House Inc$450,000115%
Open Education Global Incorporated$450,000121%
Calbright College$450,0001n/a
Rise Education Fund$445,000218%
Skills for Chicago$445,00036%
Rutgers University Foundation$442,50030%
African American Male Education Network$430,000315%
Jobpath Inc$422,000118%
University of San Diego$419,37510%
College Success Foundation$410,12523%
Genesys Works$405,00017%
The Economic Development Group Inc$402,87518%
The University of Toledo Foundation$400,00011%
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc$400,000110%
The University of Cincinnati Foundation$400,00010%
Braven Inc$400,00013%
The Breakthrough Collaborative$400,000113%
Station 1 Laboratory Inc$400,000174%
Jewish Vocational Service Inc$400,00011%
Future Focused Education$400,000140%
National Academy of Sciences$399,99920%
Housing Northwest Inc & Subsidiaries$378,34013%
Regents Univ of California$375,0002n/a
Edsource Inc$375,00052%
Virginia Commonwealth University Foundat$371,39223%
The Howard University$368,06210%
Teen Warehouse Inc$360,00028%
Civic Nation$360,00034%
Da Vinci Schools$356,45712%
Regents of the University of California at Irvine$350,4111n/a
Eye to Eye Inc Dba the Neurodiversity Alliance$350,000120%
The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation$350,000124%
National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships Inc$340,000122%
University of Texas at San Antonio$313,7621n/a
Cape Cod Community College$310,0001n/a
New York University$301,00010%
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences$300,82020%
Regents of the University of California at Riverside$300,0001n/a
Pennsylvanias State System of Higher Education$300,0001n/a
The Reinvestment Fund Inc$300,00011%
Bright Prospect$300,000111%
The Brookings Institution$300,00010%
Natl Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education$297,000112%
Education Strategy Group$291,2801n/a
Interfaith Community Services$281,54413%
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$280,00033%
WASC Senior College and University Commission$265,00014%
Friends of South High Foundation Inc$260,000614%
Ccf Community Initiatives Fund$255,00051%
University of New Mexico$250,0001n/a
Mile 2 Consulting LLC$250,0001n/a
Apprenticeships for America Inc$250,000312%
Improve Your Tomorrow Inc$250,00012%
Inside Track Inc$250,00011%
Bipartisan Policy Center Inc$250,00050%
Miami Edtech Inc$250,000117%
Minnesota Zoo$248,6001n/a
Southern California Grantmakers$242,50071%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$240,00011%
Skillpointe Foundation$240,000411%
Operation Restoration$225,00024%
Ready to Succeed$220,000246%
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center Searac$215,00018%
Future Link Inc$200,000121%
The Century Foundation Inc$200,00012%
Notre Dame High School$200,0008n/a
National Conference of State Legislatures$200,0001n/a
Institute for Leadership Education Adva$200,000110%
Los Angeles City College Foundation$192,07541%
Davidson College$180,00020%
Delasalle High School$175,0005n/a
Natl Student Clearinghouse Research Center$164,56613%
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc$155,00070%
Paul Quinn College$155,00021%
Sacramento Loaves & Fishes$150,00060%
Unite-La Inc$150,00012%
National Center for Civic Innovation In$150,00021%
Open Campus Media Inc$150,00013%
College Innovation Project LLC$150,0001n/a
The College and Community Fellowship Inc$150,000110%
Robin Merger Corporation Inc$150,00010%
Mi Casa Resource Center$150,00015%
Communities in Schools$150,00011%
Management Leadership for Tomorrow$150,00021%
Partners for College Affordability & Public Trust$150,000138%
Partnership for Community Action$150,000136%
National Center for Research in Advanced Information and Digital Technology$150,00010%
The Los Angeles Valley College Foundation$149,900110%
Coro Southern California Inc$147,90072%
Supporting the Taylor House Inc$145,000610%
Fostering Media Connections$140,00024%
The University of Texas Foundation Inc$135,22810%
Center for Law and Social Policy$135,00021%
Northside Achievement Zone$135,00050%
Adopt-A-Classroom Inc$135,00061%
University of Louisville Research Foundation$130,49410%
Ilisagvik College$130,00021%
Scripps College$129,35020%
National Council for Workforce Education$126,720132%
Icivics Inc$125,00031%
The Michelson 20mm Foundation Inc$125,00022%
First Gen Empower$120,000233%
People Serving People Charities Inc$115,00051%
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators$115,00011%
Texas Tribune Inc$110,00011%
Moms on a Mission$105,000493%
Raise the Barr$100,000110%
University of Minnesota$100,0001n/a
Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Foundation Inc$100,00024%
Whittier College$100,00020%
On Point for College Inc$100,00014%
Alliance for a Just Society$100,00011%
The Learning Centers at Fairplex$100,00024%
Some Inc$100,00010%
East Side Neighborhood Services Inc$95,00040%
Centreville Layton School$85,00071%
Regents of the University of California$85,0002n/a
Hallie Q Brown Community Center Inc$85,00021%
Page Education Foundation$85,00033%
Children's Choice for Hearing and Talking Sacramento$85,00041%
The Colorado Nonprofit Development Center$85,00020%
Summit Academy Oic$85,00050%
The Foundation for Maine's Community Colleges$84,70021%
KIPP Minnesota$80,00030%
The Sanneh Foundation$80,00031%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$80,0002n/a
HOPE 4 Youth$80,00043%
Green Dot Public Schools$80,00040%
Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care Inc$80,00060%
Healing Women of Atlanta$80,0004n/a
Kids in Need Foundation$80,00040%
Sierra Forever Families$75,00030%
Institute for Nonprofit News$75,00011%
Altasea at the Port of Los Angeles$75,00013%
Collegespring Inc$75,00012%
Partnership for Education Advancement Inc$75,00019%
Uncommon Individual Foundation$75,00013%
Single Mom Strong Inc$75,000353%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$75,00010%
ColaborativoPR Inc$75,000119%
Linked Learning Alliance$75,00013%
Leadersup$75,00012%
Admithub Pbc$75,0001n/a
CalMatters$75,00011%
Downtown Women's Center$75,00050%
Opportunity America Educational Fund$75,00017%
Digital Promise Global$75,00010%
Minds Matter of the Twin Cities Inc$75,000330%
Equipher Inc$75,0004n/a
Greater New Orleans Development Foundation$75,00014%
Future Is Now Schools$75,0001n/a
Colorado Center on Law and Policy$75,00014%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$73,00040%
The Posse Foundation Inc$72,70130%
Avenues for Youth$70,00031%
Inglewood Educational Foundation$70,000145%
Locker Project$70,00023%
Bestprep$70,00051%
Achieve Twin Cities$65,00040%
The Forge for Families$65,00041%
Junior Achievement North$65,00050%
Four Paws to Freedom$65,000355%
Guilford College$65,00020%
Credit Abuse Resistance Education$65,000512%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design$65,00020%
Hmong Early Childhood Coalition$60,00035%
Carrie Steele-Pitts Home Inc$60,00032%
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science$60,00020%
Sanford School$60,00060%
School District of New Richmond$60,0005n/a
Ind School District 717$60,0005n/a
The Partnership Plan for Stillwater Area Public Schools$60,00054%
Every Meal$60,00030%
Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc$60,00030%
Food & Friends Inc$60,00060%
Communities in Schools of Nevada Inc$60,00040%
School on Wheels Inc$56,25040%
Texas Community College Teachers Association$56,13318%
Proyecto Pastoral$55,00031%
Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools$55,00046%
Albuquerque Academy$55,00050%
Ann Bancroft Foundation$52,50033%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$51,0002n/a
Macphail Center for Music$50,00050%
New Mexico Wildlife Center Inc$50,000111%
Homeboy Industries$50,00010%
California Council on Economic Education$50,00017%
Iyg Inc$50,00023%
About Kidz$50,0002n/a
Cesar Chavez Committee of Tarrant County$50,0001n/a
Church of St Charles Borromeo$50,0005n/a
Mentor & Match Foundation$50,0001n/a
People Incorporated$50,00020%
Independent School District 196$50,0005n/a
Brooke School Foundation Inc$50,00030%
The Scga Foundation$50,00011%
Sacramento Childrens Museum$50,0002n/a
Washington Monthly Institute$50,00014%
The Lift Community Development$50,00027%
Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management$50,00010%
Mikeroweworks Foundation$50,00011%
Impact Teen Drivers Fund$50,00051%
Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation$50,00010%
City University of New York$50,0001n/a
Dayspring Center Inc$50,00026%
Eagleforce Robotics$50,0002n/a
Prosper Foundation$50,0001n/a
Hopewell Music Cooperative-North$50,0002n/a
Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque Inc$50,00050%
North Branch Area Education Foundat$50,000527%
Woodson Center$47,50020%
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery$47,50040%
Nami Minnesota$45,00021%
Teach for America Inc$45,00030%
Minneapolis Public School$45,0002n/a
Funders Together to End Homelessnes$45,00021%
Camp Odayin$45,00023%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc$40,00020%
Hope International Ministries Inc$40,00020%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$40,00020%
B's Girls Foundation Inc$40,000277%
Wallin Education Partners$40,00020%
826 Msp$40,00042%
Neighborhood House$40,00020%
Aidvantageus Dept Education$40,0001n/a
Indiana University Foundation$40,00030%
Dawning Family Services Inc$40,00022%
The Banyan Foundation$40,00012%
Broken Men Foundation$40,000210%
We Can Ride Inc$40,00024%
Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing Inc$36,00012%
Youth Mentoring Action Network$35,00014%
Hidden Genius Project$35,00020%
Healgrief$35,000229%
Career Gear Houston$35,000210%
Think New Mexico$35,00032%
Remerge Inc$35,00021%
Girls Empowered Mentally for Success Inc$35,000230%
Great River School Charter School No 4105-07$35,00030%
Baker University$35,00020%
Finding Our Voices$35,00027%
Orono Public Schools$35,0002n/a
Graham Expeditionary Middle School$35,00021%
Step Up for Students - Florida Inc$32,50020%
Center for Pan Asian Community Services$30,00010%
Boy With a Ball Global Inc$30,00022%
Church of the Nativity$30,0003n/a
Compton Community College District$30,0001n/a
St Croix Preparatory Academy$30,00030%
Ability Center of Virginia$30,00015%
Prosperityme$30,00011%
The Reisman Institute Inc$30,0001n/a
THE CATOCTIN FOUNDATION dba LOUDOUN FREE CLINIC$30,00013%
Community Family Centers Inc$30,00020%
Educate Fairfax$30,00014%
Friends of Jaclyn Inc$30,00024%
Project 150$30,00021%
Appetite for Change Inc$30,00020%
Academy of the Holy Angels$30,0003n/a
Twin Cities Catalyst Music Inc$30,00027%
The Santa Fe Opera$30,00030%
Reading Partners$30,00020%
Auguste Escoffier Educational Fund Inc$30,0001n/a
Kennett Education Foundation Inc$30,00028%
Partners for Rural Impact Inc$30,00010%
Martha's Table Inc$30,00030%
Capital Area Food Bank Inc$30,00030%
I Have a Dream Foundation - Los Angeles$30,00012%
Latino Network$27,50020%
Twin Cities Rise$27,50011%
Hired$27,50020%
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership$27,50024%
Neuroshifts Inc$25,000118%
Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Inc$25,00011%
Third Sector New England Inc$25,00010%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California$25,00010%
Heart of Los Angeles Youth Inc$25,00010%
Batavia Players Inc$25,0001n/a
The Fathers Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Volusia Flagler$25,00021%
Lien Doan Huong Viet$25,0001n/a
Totino-Grace High School$25,0001n/a
Hers-Higher Education Resource Services$25,00011%
Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges$25,00011%
Windmill Animal Rescue$25,0001n/a
Community Life Line Christian Church$25,0001n/a
Pillsbury United Communities$25,00010%
University of New Mexico Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$25,00010%
Cal Poly Pomona Philanthropic Foundation$25,00020%
Alliance for Children's Rights$25,00010%
Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest$25,00012%
Growth Public Schools$25,00011%
Team Sacramento Martial Arts Association$25,0001n/a
Fairytale Town Inc$25,00011%
Excellent Education Development$25,00010%
Florida Lions Conklin Centers$25,00011%
Long Beach Unified School District$25,0001n/a
Children's Castle Theater$25,0001n/a
Southern California Public Radio$25,00010%
Friends of Joshua House Foundation$25,00014%
Driving Force Group Inc$25,0001n/a
Outside the Box Inc$25,00011%
Educational Opportunity Center$25,0001n/a
Society for the Blind Inc$25,00011%
The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company$25,00021%
Long Beach State Foundation$25,00020%
Babies Need Boxes$25,0001n/a
Early Learning Indiana Inc$25,00010%
Albany County School District #1$25,0001n/a
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools$25,0001n/a
A Kid's Place of Tampa Bay Inc$25,00011%
Robertson County Schools$25,0001n/a
Detroit Recovery Project$25,00011%
The Pourhouse Inc$25,000111%
Kipp Socal Public Schools$25,00010%
Loyola Marymount University$25,00010%
Asian Pacific American Leadership Foundation$25,00017%
Wheeler Avenue Christian Academy$25,0001n/a
Preserve Academy Flight Crew$25,000120%
Kipp Metro Atlanta Collaborative Inc$25,00010%
Boys II Men Inc$25,000111%
H2o for Life$25,00013%
Metropolitan Ministries Inc$25,00010%
Hmong Museum of Minnesota$25,0001n/a
Corners Outreach LLC$25,00011%
Evans Scholars Foundation - Miami$25,00026%
Womenventure$25,00011%
Indianapolis Public Schools$25,0001n/a
Notre Dame High School of Batavia Educational Foundation Inc$25,00015%
Ronald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest$25,00010%
St Anne Catholic School$25,0001n/a
College Mentors for Kids Inc$25,00012%
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks$25,0001n/a
United Recovery Fund$25,00014%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas Inc$25,00010%
Indiana Special Olympics Inc$25,00011%
High School Inc Academies Foundation$25,00018%
Fathers and Families Resourceresearch Center Inc$25,00011%
United Way of Humphreys County$25,00019%
Nashville Public Education Foundation$25,00011%
Northern Voices$25,00015%
Folds of Honor Foundation Minnesota Inc$25,00012%
Austin Area Urban League$25,00011%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities$25,00010%
Como Friends$25,00011%
Minnesota Association of Colleges for Teacher Education$25,000140%
World Savvy$25,00011%
Embracing Legacy Inc$25,0001n/a
Hooked on Fishing Not on Violence Foundation$25,0001n/a
Golden Generations Inc$25,0001n/a
Each One Teach One Inc$25,0001n/a
Plaza Community Center Inc Dba Plaza Community Services$25,00010%
Houston Jumpers Yb$20,0001n/a
Los Angeles Trade Technical College Foundation$20,00012%
Northern Nevada Literacy Council$20,00012%
Thinkwatts Foundation$20,00012%
Twinspire Together We Inspire$20,000117%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay Inc$20,00010%
Junior Achievement USA$20,00010%
St Coletta of Wisconsin Inc$20,00010%
America Needs You$20,00010%
Thinkself Inc$20,00012%
SOAR For Youth$20,00013%
A Place Called Home$20,00010%
Wausau School Foundation Inc$20,0002n/a
East Metro Integration District 6067 Dba Equity Alliance Mn$20,0001n/a
Melting Pot Foundation USA Inc$20,00012%
North Fulton Community Charities Inc$20,00010%
Georgia Center for Opportunity Inc$20,00011%
Dress for Success Houston$20,00011%
Saint Paul Public Schools$20,0001n/a
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Literacy Minnesota$20,00010%
Breakthrough Twin Cities$20,0001n/a
Dana Michelle Pettaway Faithful Servant Ministries Inc$20,0001n/a
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$20,00020%
Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf Dba Open Cupboard$20,00010%
UCSF Brain Tumor Center$20,0001n/a
Making Hope Happen Foundation$20,00024%
Allan Hancock College Foundation$20,00021%
Girls Dream Code$20,000112%
Indigenous Roots$20,00011%
Uplift North$20,00013%
University of Illinois Foundation$20,00010%
Futures Inc$20,00021%
Gwinnett Chatt Outreach Inc$20,000131%
Lakes International Language Academy$20,00010%
Caring for Kids$20,0002n/a
St Olaf College$20,00020%
Onegoal$20,00010%
Tsic Inc Dba/Take Stock in Children$20,00010%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$20,00010%
Amikids Inc (Parent)$20,00010%
Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services$20,00010%
Christian Auto Repair Shop$20,0001n/a
Moonshot edVentures$20,00011%
Junior Achievement of Georgia$20,00010%
Chula Vista Elementary School District$20,0002n/a
Spark Youth$20,00011%
Va Foundation for Independent Colleges$20,00011%
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles$20,00010%
Jobs for America's Graduates Inc$20,00020%
Los Angeles Room & Board$20,00013%
Young Artists Initiative$20,0001n/a
Mercy Learning Center of Bridgeport Inc$20,00011%
Storyark$20,000111%
Tubman$20,00010%
The Andrew McDonough B Foundation$20,00020%
Los Rios Colleges Foundation$20,00020%
Prager University Foundation$20,00020%
River Falls Community Food Pantry$20,00014%
Atascadero Unified School$20,0002n/a
Amazeworks$20,00013%
Down Syndrome Foundation$20,000118%
Junior Achievement of Sacramento Inc$20,00022%
Temecula Valley Unified School District$20,0002n/a
Africa Classroom Connection$20,00025%
Youth First Community of Promise$20,000110%
Good in the 'Hood$20,00011%
Share the Table Inc$20,00021%
The Art of Problem Solving Initiative Inc$20,00010%
Broward Education Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Path to College Foundation$20,00012%
Code Kitty$20,0001n/a
Reve Academy$20,00023%
Womens Resource Agency Inc$15,00017%
Florida Access Network$15,00011%
Star of the Sea Church$15,0001n/a
California State University Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc$15,00010%
Global Good Fund$15,00011%
Pace Center for Girlsinc$15,00010%
Lola-Helping Women in Need$15,0001n/a
California Education Round Table$15,0001n/a
El Buen Samaritano Episcopal Mission$15,00020%
STTE Foundation$15,00014%
Covenant House Texas$15,00010%
Colorado Youth for a Change$15,00010%
YouthBuild Newark Inc$15,00010%
Uatx$15,00010%
Aldo Leopld Charter School Foundation Inc$15,0001n/a
Lunar Inc$12,50017%
North Star of Chester County$10,00014%
Sexual Assault Family Violence Education Project$10,00012%
Wounded Eagle Uas Inc$10,0001n/a
Lynwood Partners Educational Foundation$10,00012%
Colorado Women's Employment & Education Inc$10,00010%
Victor Valley Union High School District$10,0001n/a
June 10 Inc$10,000134%
Clark County School District$10,0001n/a
Queensborough Community College of Cuny$10,0001n/a
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$10,00010%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$10,00010%
Discovery Science Center of Los Angeles$10,00010%
Burwen Education Foundation$10,0001n/a
Tennessee College Access and Success Network$10,00012%
Tacoma Housing Development Group$10,00018%
Hostos Community College Children's Center Inc$10,00011%
Folsom High School Athletic Boosters$10,00011%
Minnesota Music Coalition$10,00017%
Project GRAD Houston$10,00011%
Beloved Asheville$10,00010%
Pikes Peak State College Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Ednorth$10,0001n/a
Center for Community Health and Well-Being Inc$10,0001n/a
Girlstart$10,00011%
Baker Valley Unified School District$10,0001n/a
Restore Education Inc$10,0001n/a
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$10,00010%
Gemstars$10,0001n/a
Greater Wyoming Big Brothers Big Sisters$10,00010%
Glow Mentoring Program Inc$10,0001n/a
Treehouse$10,00010%
St Joan Antida High School Inc$10,0001n/a
Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County Inc$10,00010%
Ethos Inc$10,0001n/a
St David's Center$10,00010%
Marymount University$10,00010%
Old Dominion University$10,0001n/a
Los Angeles Conservation Corps$10,00010%
Turning Point of the City$10,0001n/a
Alive Ministries in Christ Inc$10,0001n/a
Loaves and Fishes Too$10,00010%
Michigan B'Nai B'Rith Hillel Foundation Inc$10,00010%
International Documentary Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Western Communities Action Network Inc$10,00011%
Career Dress$10,0001n/a
Raritan Valley Community College$10,00010%
Reid Institute$10,0001n/a
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Univ Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Juxtaposition Arts Inc$10,00010%
Social Justice Learning Institute$10,00010%
College Access Plan$10,00011%
Casa Youth Advocates Inc$10,00011%
Pikes Peak Library District Foundation Inc$10,0001n/a
Just US Girls Inc$10,000129%
Live Oak Jaguars$10,0001n/a
North Columbus Jaycees$10,0001n/a
solano Office of education$10,0001n/a
We Are Tr Foundation$10,0001n/a
Horizon Outreach$10,00011%
The Arc of Greater Prince William/Insight Inc$10,00010%
Junior Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads Inc$10,00012%
Youth Crisis Center Inc$10,00010%
Greater Las Vegas Inner City Games$10,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Keepers of the Wild$10,00010%
Redondo Beach Unified School District$10,0001n/a
Oxford Community Schools General Fund$10,0001n/a
Greater Seattle Business Assn Scholarship Fund$10,00011%
The Education Trust Inc$10,00010%
National Links Trust$10,00010%
Achievement-A-Gallery Cte$10,0001n/a
Children's Museum Inc$10,00010%
Hold Your Horses$10,00011%
Merit America$10,00010%
Virginia Beach City$10,0001n/a
Kennett Area Community Service$10,00010%
Friends of Parks and Recreation$10,0001n/a
Bridging Freedom Inc$10,00011%
Minnesota Colorectal Cancer Research Foundation$10,00013%
Blacks United for Youth-Cobb Inc$10,0001n/a
ZOI Wholeness$10,0001n/a
Downtown on the Go$10,00013%
Safe Harbor of Chester County Inc$10,00011%
Multiculture Family Education Cntr$10,0001n/a
Mindful Littles$10,00013%
The Houston Food Bank$10,00010%
Indiana University School of Medicine$10,0001n/a
San Bernardino City Unified School District$10,0001n/a
Adelante Mujeres$10,00010%
Round Rock Isd$10,0001n/a
Simi Valley Education Foundation$10,000111%
Laramie Interfaith$10,00012%
Necedah Area School District$10,0001n/a
San Ramon Valley High School$10,0001n/a
Granite Bay Athletics Asb$10,0001n/a
Santa Ana Unified School District$10,0001n/a
Rayzor Sharp Community Development Foundation$10,0001n/a
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington$10,00010%
Tessa$10,00010%
Orange County Superintendent of Schools$10,0001n/a
Policy Works Inc$10,00012%
Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers$10,0001n/a
Jacksonville Adventist Academy$10,0001n/a
Latino Youth Leadership of Orange County$10,0001n/a
Lennox Sd State Preschool$10,0001n/a
From the Heart International Education Services (FTH)$10,0001n/a
Living Word Inc$10,0001n/a
Survivors on Purpose Inc$10,0001n/a
Elevate Oregon$10,00011%
Understood for All Inc$10,00010%
Lasa$10,00011%
St Catherine University$10,00010%
Greater Brandon Community Foundation Inc$10,00015%
Patient Care Foundation of Los Angeles County$10,00019%
The Council on Alcohol & Drugs$10,0001n/a
Blairsville Support Group Against Drugs$10,0001n/a
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska$10,0001n/a
Flanders Fields Ltd Flanders Fields$10,00011%
Sfusd$10,0001n/a
Association for the Study of Higher Education$10,00011%
Houston Area Urban League Inc$10,00010%
Duval Mycroschool Inc$10,00011%
Sankofa Foundation$10,0001n/a
Asd Hope Inc$10,0001n/a
Los Angeles County Office of Education$10,0001n/a
Colorado River Historical Society Inc$10,000113%
Atlanta Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Maine Inside Out$10,00011%
Northern New Mexico College Foundation$10,0001n/a
La Trade Technical College$10,0001n/a
Arman N Roy Foundation$10,00016%
The Pilot School Incorporated$10,00010%
Learning Collection Foundation$10,0001n/a
Old Dominion University Educational Foundation$10,00010%
Fort Worth Hope Center the Hope Center$10,00010%
Young Life$10,00010%
Emmanuel Pentecostal Church of Hoboken$10,0001n/a
The First Tee of Greater Philadelphia Inc$10,00010%
Saab National Headquarters Inc$10,0001n/a
Greensburg Salem School District$10,0001n/a
Triton College Foundation$10,00015%
St Croix Valley Restorative Services Inc$10,00013%
Good Samaritan Health Center of Gwinnett Inc$10,0001n/a
Family Promise of Gwinnett County Inc$10,00013%
Volunteer Firemans Association of Cambria County and Vicinity$10,0001n/a
Hempfield Area School District$10,0001n/a
Communities in Schools of Tacoma$10,00013%
Family Services Inc$10,00010%
Santa Clara County Office of Education$10,0001n/a
Laker Educational Foundation$10,000143%
Mt Horeb School Parent Teacher Organization$10,000121%
Hope House of Colorado$10,00010%
Hesperia Unified School District$10,0001n/a
United States Veterans Initiative$10,00010%
Crossroads Jobs Inc$10,00015%
Inside Higher Ed Inc$9,0001n/a
National University$7,50010%
El Paso Community College District$7,5001n/a
Literacy Matters Foundation$7,50011%
Butte Community College Foundation$7,50010%
African American Leadership Forum$7,50011%
Lassen College Foundation$7,5001n/a
Umpqua Community College Foundation$7,5001n/a
Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities$7,50011%
The Village Method$7,50013%
The Community College of Baltimore County Foundation Inc$7,50010%
Education Northwest$6,00010%
Give a Beat Foundation$6,00011%
Metropolitan Economic Development Association$6,00010%
California State University San Marcos Foundation$5,47310%
College Housing Northwest$5,2501n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Ecmc Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 55 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEcmc Education Inc: $21,265,259 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetEducational Credit Management Corporation: $13,414,577 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetEcmc Group Inc: $13,004,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetCity Year Inc: $11,936,550 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetState Higher Education Executive Officers Association: $6,880,838 over 5y, 51% of budgetJobs for the Future Inc: $5,302,940 over 6y, 3.3% of budgetThe Aspen Institute Inc: $4,710,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Urban Institute: $4,517,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetInstitute for Citizens and Scholars: $4,304,043 over 5y, 23% of budgetThe Institute for Higher Education Policy: $3,742,155 over 4y, 38% of budgetAssociation for Career & Technical Education (Acte): $3,595,787 over 5y, 26% of budgetResearch Foundation of the City University of New York: $3,573,051 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetNew America Foundation: $3,509,000 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetNational Career Technical Education Foundation: $3,497,937 over 5y, 71% of budgetSeachange Capital Partners Inc: $3,055,000 over 2y, 37% of budgetAssociation of Community College Trustees: $3,051,125 over 4y, 23% of budgetNational Alliance for Partnerships In Equity Education Foundation Inc: $2,755,500 over 3y, 80% of budgetAmerican Council on Education: $2,723,773 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetExcelencia in Education Inc: $2,503,145 over 6y, 32% of budgetCalifornia Competes: $2,465,000 over 3y, 69% of budgetAchieving the Dream Inc: $2,422,859 over 7y, 10% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $2,352,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetIthaka Harbors Inc: $2,275,295 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetEducation Design Lab: $2,003,936 over 3y, 65% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc: $2,001,043 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSouthern Education Foundation Inc: $2,000,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetBuck Institute for Education: $1,943,904 over 2y, 9.3% of budgetFoundation for California Community Colleges: $1,777,390 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetThe Bottom Line Inc: $1,760,000 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetPublic Agenda Inc: $1,740,000 over 2y, 56% of budgetJohn N Gardner Institute for Excellence in Higher Education: $1,735,000 over 3y, 47% of budgetJeremiah Program: $1,672,500 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetComplete College America Inc: $1,574,400 over 2y, 15% of budgetThe Rand Corporation: $1,538,144 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetThe Manufacturing Institute: $1,500,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetOhio State University Foundation: $1,474,967 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBeyond 12 Education Inc: $1,465,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetMdrc: $1,445,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetCommunity College Baccalaureate Association Inc: $1,414,179 over 3y, 99% of budgetGrowing Inland Achievement: $1,410,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetUaspire Inc: $1,367,506 over 4y, 5.9% of budgetAssociation of Public and Land-Grant Universities: $1,363,504 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetOne Million Degrees: $1,357,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetInstitute for Evidence-Based Change: $1,347,975 over 2y, 39% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $1,336,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThird Sector Capital Partners Inc: $1,325,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetLet's Get Ready Inc: $1,300,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetCollege Forward: $1,300,000 over 2y, 19% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Lumina Foundation for Education IncIN96.3× affinity94 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · College Futures Foundation · Gates Foundation · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Educational Credit Management Corporation · The Kresge Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · The Michelson 20mm Foundation Inc · Carnegie Corporation of New York · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Eli and Edythe Broad 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.

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Find your warmest path to Ecmc Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Ecmc Foundation

How much does Ecmc Foundation give?
Ecmc Foundation reported 198 grants totaling $60,616,872 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 130 and 238 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Ecmc Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (60%), Employment (24%), Youth Development (3%).
Who are Ecmc Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Ecmc Education Inc ($21M), Educational Credit Management Corporation ($13M), Ecmc Group Inc ($13M).
Does Ecmc Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 39% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ecmc Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lumina Foundation for Education Inc, Ascendium Education Solutions Inc, College Futures Foundation.
Where is Ecmc Foundation based?
Ecmc Foundation is based in MN.

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 839 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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