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Ecmc Group Inc

Ecmc group, inc's mission is to help students succeed by creating, providing and investing in innovative educational opportunities.

$106M
Granted FY2024still arriving
14
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$83M
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$705MPublic Benefit$28MEmployment$456kYouth Development$363kInternational$158kPhilanthropy$52kPublic Safety & Disaster$40kCommunity Improvement$31kOther$0
02FY2024 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $154k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $244k
  • $250k+3 grants · $105M
$47,560
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.7B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ECMC FOUNDATION$82,935,000
EDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION$12,611,000
ECMC EDUCATION INC$9,600,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$193,700
REVE ACADEMY$50,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL TWIN CITIES$48,750
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH$47,560
BESTPREP$25,500
JOBS FOR THE FUTURE$21,800
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SACRAMENTO INC$10,100
HIRED$7,750
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC$7,500
MATTER$5,100
READING PARTNERS TWIN CITIES$5,013
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 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%JOBS FOR THE FUTURE: $22k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $218k → 11%Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest Inc: $51k → 14%CRHS Sacramento Work Study Inc: $21k → 12%Coro Southern California: $100k → 14%ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY: $100k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION: $21k → 14%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $20k → 13%The Ohio State University Foundation: $100k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $194k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST INC: $20k → 14%CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INC: $18k → 14%ZENITH EDUCATION GROUP INC: $145.0M → 11%ANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION: $25k → 14%Zenith Education Group Inc: $134.0M → 11%ECMC FOUNDATION: $82.9M → 11%ECMC FOUNDATION: $58.5M → 11%ECMC FOUNDATION: $51.6M → 11%METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $26k → 14%THE UCLA FOUNDATION: $107k → 14%ECMC Foundation: $46.7M → 11%MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $52k → 14%ECMC Education Inc (formerly Zenith Education Group Inc): $43.5M → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $48k → 14%ECMC Foundation: $30.2M → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $45k → 14%ECMC Education Inc: $29.8M → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $45k → 14%ECMC Education Inc: $26.6M → 11%Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest Inc: $45k → 14%ECMC EDUCATION INC: $26.3M → 11%ECMC EDUCATION INC: $19.0M → 11%EDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $15.2M → 11%EDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $12.6M → 11%ECMC EDUCATION INC: $9.6M → 11%Cristo Rey Corporate Internship: $76k → 11%CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL TWIN CITIES: $49k → 11%CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL TWIN CITIES: $48k → 11%CRISTO REY CORPORATE INTERNSHIP: $37k → 11%Cristo Rey Corporate Internship: $25k → 11%Cristo Rey Corporate Internship: $20k → 11%BESTPREP: $40k → 11%BESTPREP: $35k → 11%BestPrep: $26k → 11%BESTPREP: $26k → 11%BestPrep: $25k → 11%BESTPREP: $20k → 11%REVE ACADEMY: $50k → 11%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

MN
IL
MA
OH
CA
NM
DC
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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$733M · 14 repeat orgs$594k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 5 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
13

Total granted

$733M
$461k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+6%

Still filing today

93%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $133k 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
EducationInternationalPublic BenefitCivil RightsEmploymentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • EF
    ECMC FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $270M · revenue +76% · 100% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $758k · revenue +137%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH
    8× · 2017–2024 · $273k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +6%
  • AA
    ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $100k · revenue +38%
  • CS
    CORO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +269%
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
Junior Achievement of Chicago

To inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy

International
2
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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3
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
4
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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5
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
6
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
9
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
10
Minnesota State Council On Economic Education

Mcee equips minnesotans with the economic and personal financial knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and thrive in our complex world. we fulfill our mission by teaching teachers through top quality professional development and…

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11
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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12
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Junior Achievement North; the most unlike its peers is Crhs Sacramento Work Study Inc. 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

32 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. 32 of the 34 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
19/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ECMC EDUCATION INC: $433,783,534 · EducationECMC EDUCATION INCECMC FOUNDATION: $269,935,000 · EducationECMC FOUNDATION+7 more: $1,115,958 · EducationEDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $27,799,000 · Public Benefit+1 more: $100,000 · Public BenefitCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $217,294 · OtherBESTPREP: $186,985 · OtherMINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $52,000 · OtherREVE ACADEMY: $50,000 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL TWIN CITIES: $48,750 · Other+7 more: $83,584 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $272,645 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SACRAMENTO INC: $95,225 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $47,500 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $45,000 · InternationalJunior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc: $17,500 · InternationalJunior Achievement of Georgia: $17,500 · InternationalANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Civil RightsCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 · Civil RightsAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 · Human ServicesJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $21,800 · EmploymentHIRED: $7,750 · Employment
Education$704,834,492Public Benefit$27,899,000Other$638,613International$495,370Civil Rights$46,000Human Services$40,000Employment$29,550

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 budgetECMC EDUCATION INC: $433,783,534 over 8y, 78% of budgetECMC FOUNDATION: $269,935,000 over 5y, 100% of budgetEDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION: $27,799,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $757,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $272,645 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetBESTPREP: $186,985 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $106,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCORO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $100,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SACRAMENTO INC: $95,225 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetMINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $52,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetREVE ACADEMY: $50,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INC: $47,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $26,250 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $21,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS FOUNDATION INC: $21,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCRHS Sacramento Work Study Inc: $20,984 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE INC: $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJunior Achievement of Southeast Texas Inc: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia: $17,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $15,708 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL CHAMBER DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMINNESOTA BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS DOWNTOWN COUNCIL: $8,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHIRED: $7,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMATTER: $5,100 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.

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.

Ecmc FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Hb Fuller Company Fou…The Walser FoundationEducational Credit Ma…Wells Fargo FoundationOtto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Hubbard Broadcast…Fr Bigelow Foundation
Ecmc FoundationMN21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ecmc Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Hb Fuller Company Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Educational Credit Management Corporation · Wells Fargo Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Fr Bigelow 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 Ecmc Group Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ecmc Group Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 34 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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