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Edu21c Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$190k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$180k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.5MYouth Development$275kArts & Culture$125kCommunity Improvement$50kPhilanthropy$43kEmployment$25kPublic Benefit$20kInternational$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $180k
$180,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$126k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE$180,000
DIGITAL EDUCATION PROJECT$10,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE: $280k → 16%BELGRADE BROOTEN ELORAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $18k → 11%DIGITAL EDUCATION PROJECT: $10k → 8%BUCK INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: $50k → 8%HIGH TECH HIGH FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%NATIONAL NETWORK OF STATE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR: $10k → 14%MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE: $104k → 9%CHALKBEAT: $10k → 17%LONG-VIEW MICRO SCHOOL: $10k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $23k → 16%THE NEA FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%THE NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME: $13k → 16%FABNEWPORT: $20k → 7%THE BIG PICTURE COMPANY: $50k → 14%LEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $30k → 12%HARMONY SCHOOL CORP: $8k → 18%BOUNDLESS FUTURE INC: $5k → 14%EDLEADER21 A NETWORK OF BATTELLE FOR KIDS: $8k → 15%HAWKEN SCHOOL: $25k → 17%EDUINNOVATION: $5k → 9%COALITION FOR ACCESS AFFORDABILITY & SUCCESS: $50k → 14%TEACHERSPARK: $10k → 10%NORTH DAKOTA UNITED: $25k → 10%THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY: $125k → 7%ALBEMARLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL: $3k → 8%VIRGINIA CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING: $125k → 11%TRANSFORM KENTUCKY EDUCATION: $3k → 14%BLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 15%WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE: $180k → 16%STANFORD UNIVERSITY: $250k → 8%HIGH TECH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $5k → 11%MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE: $50k → 9%THE FUTURE PROJECT: $235k → 17%THE NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME: $10k → 16%FABNEWPORT: $15k → 7%THE BIG PICTURE COMPANY: $5k → 14%NORTH DAKOTA UNITED FOUNDATION: $20k → 10%NORTHERN CASS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $20k → 12%VIRGINIA CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING: $75k → 11%MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE - KUPU HOU ACADEMY: $5k → 9%THE NATIONAL TEACHERS HALL OF FAME: $10k → 16%NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL OF EDUCATION: $75k → 10%NORTHERN CASS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 12%VIRGINIA CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING: $8k → 11%THE HAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: $50k → 9%IMPACT FOUNDATION: $38k → 12%THE PACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $20k → 9%HAWAII EDUCATION INSTITUTE: $6k → 9%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

ME
WA
ND
MN
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
RI
CA
CO
KY
VA
KS
SC
DC
HI
TX
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 15% of Edu21c Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Edu21c Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 2.6% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

54%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 9 repeat orgs$903k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
33

Total granted

$1.1M
$893k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+76%

Still filing today

67%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEmploymentInternationalOther
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

  • MI
    MID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE
    2× · 2017–2018 · $154k · revenue +33%
  • TB
    THE BIG PICTURE COMPANY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $55k · revenue +103%
  • FABNEWPORT INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $35k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • TF
    The Future Project Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $235k · revenue -100%
  • THE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $125k · revenue -37%
  • ND
    NORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL OF EDUCATION
    one grant, 2020 · $75k
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
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
2
Contemporary Policy Institute
Philanthropy
3
National Association of Independent Schools Inc

As the largest association of independent schools, nais co-creates the future of education by uniting and empowering our community. we do this through thought leadership, research, creation and curation of resources, and direct…

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4
Innovations in Education - a Nelson Project
Education
5
New Classrooms Innovation Partners Inc

To create and inspire better ways to give every student an educational foundation for lifelong success. we imagine a world where every student attends a school that meets them where they are, adapts to the unique ways they learn, and…

Education
6
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

Building educator excellence to give all students the opportunity for success.

Education
7
Up Education Network

The principal intent of the organization is to conduct activities to advance education reform in public schools, including public charter schools. specifically, the organization will engage in activities to support and transform…

Education
8
Deans for Impact

See Schedule ODeans for Impact supports educator-preparation programs to bring the science of learning into teaching practice; partners with policymakers to ensure pathways into teaching are accessible, practice-based, and…

Education
9
Blue Engine Inc

Blue engine optimizes how educators work together to create engaging, individualized learning experiences for students.

Education
10
Harmony Dc Public Charter Schools

The mission of the charter school is to prepare students for higher learning in a safe, caring, and collaborative atmosphere through a quality learner-centered educational program with a strong emphasis on science, technology, engineering,…

Education
11
The National Center on Education and the Economy

The Center is dedicated to providing tools the nation needs to lead the world in education & training in a swiftly globalizing world economy.

Public Benefit
12
Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning

Casel is a trusted source for knowledge about high-quality, evidence-based social and emotional learning (sel). our mission is to help make evidence-based social and emotional learning (sel) an integral part of education from preschool to…

Youth Development
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Nea Foundation for the Improvement of Education; the most unlike its peers is Hawaii Education Institute. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

28 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. 28 of the 46 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/28
Grantees still filing
19/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE CORPORATION: $460,000 · EducationWHAT SCHOOL COULD BE CORPORATIONTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $250,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNI…THE BIG PICTURE COMPANY: $55,000 · EducationTHE BIG PICTURE COMPANYHAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: $50,000 · EducationBUCK INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: $50,000 · EducationFABNEWPORT INC: $35,000 · Education+7 more: $87,500 · Education+7 moreVIRGINIA CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNING: $207,500 · OtherVIRGINIA CONSORTIUM FOR LEARNINGMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE: $154,000 · OtherMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTENORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL OF EDUCATION: $75,000 · OtherNORTH DAKOTA COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONIndividual grant recipient: $55,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOALITION FOR ACCESS AFFORDABILITY & SUCCESS: $50,000 · OtherCOALITION FOR ACCESS AFFORDABILITY &…NORTHERN CASS SCHOOL DISTRICT: $30,000 · Other+18 more: $160,833 · Other+18 moreThe Future Project Inc: $235,000 · PhilanthropyThe Future Proj…Impact Foundation: $38,000 · PhilanthropyImpact Foundati…High Tech High Foundation: $25,000 · PhilanthropyHigh Tech High …+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC: $125,000 · Arts & CultureNational Teachers Hall of Fame Inc: $33,000 · Arts & CultureLEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTH DAKOTA UNITED: $25,000 · EmploymentPACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · International
Education$987,500Other$732,333Philanthropy$303,000Arts & Culture$158,000Youth Development$30,000Employment$25,000International$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWHAT SCHOOL COULD BE CORPORATION: $460,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Future Project Inc: $235,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetMID-PACIFIC INSTITUTE: $154,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BETTER ANGELS SOCIETY INC: $125,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE BIG PICTURE COMPANY: $55,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHAWAII ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS: $50,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBUCK INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetImpact Foundation: $38,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetFABNEWPORT INC: $35,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetNational Teachers Hall of Fame Inc: $33,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetLEARN FRESH EDUCATION CO: $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetChallenge Success: $30,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA UNITED: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHAWKEN SCHOOL: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHigh Tech High Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA UNITED FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetPACIFIC AMERICAN FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCIVIC NEWS COMPANY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHARMONY SCHOOL CORPORATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHAWAII EDUCATION INSTITUTE: $6,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGETTING SMART COLLECTIVE: $5,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetTHE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHARLESTON SHARED FUTURE: $2,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetEducation Action Forum of Maine: $2,000 over 1y, 14% 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.

The William & Flora H…Walton Family Foundat…Boston Foundation IncSilicon Valley Commun…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…
The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCA14.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Edu21c Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edu21c Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Edu21c Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Edu21c 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.

    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 46 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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