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Education Leaders of Color Inc

To catalyze the academic and economic advancement of young people of color by harnessing the power of our multi-racial, multi-sector, and values-aligned membership network.

$175k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$3.6MCivil Rights$655kYouth Development$415kEmployment$350kCommunity Improvement$350kHuman Services$326kPublic Benefit$211kArts & Culture$114kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$35,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$13M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
482FORWARD$40,000
IDRA - INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION$35,000
SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA NETWORK$35,000
THE EXPECTATIONS PROJECT INC$25,000
EDUCATION JUSTICE ALLIANCE$25,000
PASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–22, $326k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 34% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ALIENTO EDUCATION FUND: $100k → 11%ELLA BAKER INSTITUTE INC: $111k → 20%ALIENTO EDUCATION FUND: $15k → 11%INSTITUTO LAB: $100k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
DE
AZ
NM
NC
DC
LA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$3.0M · 17 repeat orgs$3.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +162% since the first grant, against +39% for the ones you funded once.

17 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
31

Total granted

$3.0M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+162%
+39%

Still filing today

94%
84%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentEmploymentCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CE
    CAMBIAR EDUCATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $311k · revenue +884%
  • CB
    COLLEGE BEYOND INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $273k · revenue +340% · 64% of their budget
  • GH
    GENERATION HOPE
    2× · 2020–2022 · $211k · revenue +456%

Funded once

  • MD
    Maslow Development Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue -61%
  • BE
    BRICK EDUCATION NETWORK
    one grant, 2022 · $111k
  • LL
    LAUREL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTEgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $111k · revenue +235%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Building Bridges Education

Building Bridges Education (BBE) is a non-profit organization at the forefront of creating transformative, high-impact programming. BBE is committed to equity-driven initiatives that empower students to embark on journeys of…

Education
2
School Board School

At School Board School, we are activating a diverse coalition of education advocates and aspiring school board members to create significant and sustainable change in their school system. We prepare them with the skills, mindsets,…

Education
3
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

To transform systems, structures and public narratives to advance race equity and excellence in education.

Housing & Shelter
4
National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

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

Education
5
Ilearn Collaborative

ILearn Collaborative creates equity in education by building the capacity of educators to implement student-centered learning. We provide professional development, consulting services and a wide variety of digital resources, and we welcome…

Education
6
The Equity Institute

Equity institute is an education-based nonprofit organization that partners with schools and communities to develop equitable and sustainable learning environments.

Education
7
360 Accelerator Education Partners

360 Accelerator provides leadership development services to public education leaders.

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8
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
9
E3 Education Excellence & Equity

E3 transforms educational equity by reframing excellence. through training, coaching, and specialized tools, e3 supports educators to embrace the diverse lived experiences of all students and supports students in actualizing their…

Crime & Legal
10
Education Justice Academy

Education Justice Academy EJA creates high quality school board governance leadership by recruiting local leaders and preparing them to lead school systemsOur participants are trained in policy budgeting shared governance and community…

Education
11
Leading Educators Inc

Leading educators partners with school systems to build and sustain the conditions, teaching, and leadership to ensure that the students furthest from opportunity succeed in school and in life.

Education
12
Equal Opportunity Schools

Equal opportunity schools' mission is to strengthen educator and system leader capacity to break down barriers to increase access, belonging, and success in rigorous college and career-prep secondary school courses for students of color…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Latinos for Education Inc and the most unlike its peers is Instituto Lab. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyIndependent K-12 SchoolsImmigrant Worker SupportFood Banks and PantriesSchool District FoundationsPolicy Research and AdvocacyYouth Development ServicesSchool Parent Organizations
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 10 years old; the field is 16. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%7%<5yr14%44%5–10yr19%33%10–20yr16%9%20–35yr13%7%35–55yr16%2%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%5%<5yr14%38%5–10yr19%40%10–20yr16%8%20–35yr13%8%35–55yr16%2%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 5% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 4% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
4%2/54
the rest of the field
13%
240,394/1,819,511

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

50 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 50 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
20
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/50
Grantees still filing
31/50
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CAMBIAR EDUCATION — $311,111 · EducationCAMBIAR EDUCATIONGENERATION HOPE — $211,111 · EducationGENERATION HOPETHE HIGHLAND PROJECT INC — $211,111 · EducationTHE HIGHLAND PROJECT INCMARCY LAB INC — $200,000 · EducationMARCY LAB INCRISE COLORADO — $170,000 · EducationNACA-INSPIRED SCHOOLS NETWORK — $150,000 · EducationCENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY — $120,000 · EducationVAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION — $120,000 · EducationGO Public Schools — $115,000 · EducationLAUREL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $111,111 · EducationARRAY EDUCATION INC — $111,111 · Education+18 more — $1,379,810 · Education+18 moreTHE FELLOWSHIP BMEC INC — $220,000 · OtherTHE FELLOWSHIP BMEC INCIMMSCHOOLS — $205,000 · OtherIMMSCHOOLSBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC — $115,000 · OtherBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INCBRICK EDUCATION NETWORK — $111,111 · OtherBRICK EDUCATION NETWORKNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FAMILY CHILD CARE — $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FA…THE WAYFINDER FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherTHE WAYFINDER FOUNDATIONCHOICE GROUP INC — $100,000 · OtherCHOICE GROUP INCCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE — $100,000 · OtherCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGEVillage Of Wisdom — $100,000 · OtherVillage Of WisdomEXALT YOUTH — $100,000 · OtherEXALT YOUTHCentral Arts Alliance — $113,500 · OtherCentral Arts Alliance+4 more — $107,000 · Other+4 moreSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC — $250,000 · Employment4th Dimension Leaders Inc — $100,000 · EmploymentAliento Education Fund — $115,000 · Human ServicesElla Baker Institute Inc — $111,111 · Human ServicesInstituto Lab — $100,000 · Human ServicesCOLLEGE BEYOND INC — $273,000 · PhilanthropyMaslow Development Inc — $150,000 · Community ImprovementBeloved Community Inc — $100,000 · Community ImprovementNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC — $115,000 · Civil RightsLatino Educators Advancing Leadership (LEAL) — $100,000 · Civil Rights
Education$3,210,365Other$1,471,611Employment$350,000Human Services$326,111Philanthropy$273,000Community Improvement$250,000Civil Rights$215,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCAMBIAR EDUCATION — $311,111 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetCOLLEGE BEYOND INC — $273,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetSER-JOBS FOR PROGRESS OF THE TEXAS GULF COAST INC — $250,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE FELLOWSHIP BMEC INC — $220,000 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetGENERATION HOPE — $211,111 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetTHE HIGHLAND PROJECT INC — $211,111 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetIMMSCHOOLS — $205,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetMARCY LAB INC — $200,000 over 2y, 22% of budgetRISE COLORADO — $170,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetNACA-INSPIRED SCHOOLS NETWORK — $150,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetCENTER FOR ADVANCING COMMUNITY — $120,000 over 2y, 69% of budgetVAN NESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION — $120,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC — $115,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetGO Public Schools — $115,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetAliento Education Fund — $115,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC — $115,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCentral Arts Alliance — $113,500 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetLAUREL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — $111,111 over 1y, 11% of budgetARRAY EDUCATION INC — $111,111 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetElla Baker Institute Inc — $111,111 over 1y, 27% of budgetAMERICA ON TECH INC — $105,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetWATTS OF POWER FOUNDATION CORPORATION — $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetPROPEL AMERICA — $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLATINOS FOR EDUCATION INC — $100,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetSCHOOL BOARD PARTNERS — $100,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budget4th Dimension Leaders Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBARD COLLEGE — $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRooted School Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetTHE WAYFINDER FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetMoonshot edVentures — $100,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetVillage Of Wisdom — $100,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetEXALT YOUTH — $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetARIZONA LATINO LEADERS IN EDUCATION — $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetFAMILIES IN SCHOOLS — $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBeloved Community Inc — $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFOOD CONNECT CO — $42,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budget482 FORWARD — $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION — $35,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA NETWORK — $35,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetTHE SOMERVILLE FOUNDATION INC — $34,810 over 1y, 58% of budgetEducation Justice Alliance — $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetTHE EXPECTATIONS PROJECT INC — $25,000 over 1y, 24% of budgetPASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN — $15,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetEIGHT MILLION STORIES INC — $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

New Schools FundWalton Family Foundat…WK Kellogg FoundationCamelback VenturesGates FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Charles and Lynn Schu…Margulf FoundationNew Profit IncTides FoundationMichael & Susan Dell …Rockefeller Philanthr…
New Schools FundCA44.7× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Schools Fund · Walton Family Foundation Inc · WK Kellogg Foundation · Camelback Ventures · Gates Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation · Margulf Foundation · New Profit Inc · Tides Foundation · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Education Leaders of Color Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 69%
  • 4th Dimension Leaders Inc — 69% of income from government
  • National Black Justice Coalition Inc — 17% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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the interactive map of money crossing state lines