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Education Leaders of Color Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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

Its 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. Its 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
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
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
CO
DE
AZ
NM
NC
DC
LA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +162% since the first grant, against +39% for those 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
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

  • CE
    CAMBIAR EDUCATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $311k · revenue +884%
  • CB
    COLLEGE BEYOND INC
    3× · 2017–2022 · $273k · revenue +340% · 64% of their budget
  • TH
    THE HIGHLAND PROJECT INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $211k · revenue +205%

Funded once

  • MD
    Maslow Development Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue -61%
  • AE
    ARRAY EDUCATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $111k · revenue +97%
  • BE
    BRICK EDUCATION NETWORK
    one grant, 2022 · $111k
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Latinos for Education Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

50 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. 50 of the 54 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/50
Grantees still filing
32/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMBIAR EDUCATION: $311,111 · EducationCAMBIAR EDUCATIONTHE HIGHLAND PROJECT INC: $211,111 · EducationTHE HIGHLAND PROJECT INCGENERATION HOPE: $211,111 · EducationGENERATION HOPEMARCY 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 · EducationARRAY EDUCATION INC: $111,111 · EducationLAUREL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $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 NETWORKCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $100,000 · OtherCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGENATIONAL 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 INCEXALT YOUTH: $100,000 · OtherEXALT YOUTHVillage Of Wisdom: $100,000 · OtherVillage Of WisdomCentral 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 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 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 budgetTHE HIGHLAND PROJECT INC: $211,111 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetGENERATION HOPE: $211,111 over 2y, 6.2% 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 budgetAliento Education Fund: $115,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetGO Public Schools: $115,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetNATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION INC: $115,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBRIGHT BEGINNINGS INC: $115,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCentral Arts Alliance: $113,500 over 2y, 8.0% of budgetARRAY EDUCATION INC: $111,111 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLAUREL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE: $111,111 over 1y, 11% of budgetElla Baker Institute Inc: $111,111 over 1y, 27% of budgetAMERICA ON TECH INC: $105,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetEXALT YOUTH: $100,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMoonshot edVentures: $100,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetLATINOS FOR EDUCATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetVillage Of Wisdom: $100,000 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetSCHOOL BOARD PARTNERS: $100,000 over 1y, 8.1% of budgetBeloved Community Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILIES IN SCHOOLS: $100,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budget4th Dimension Leaders Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWATTS OF POWER FOUNDATION CORPORATION: $100,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetTHE WAYFINDER FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetARIZONA LATINO LEADERS IN EDUCATION: $100,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetPROPEL AMERICA: $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetRooted School Foundation: $100,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetFOOD CONNECT CO: $42,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budget482 FORWARD: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetSAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA NETWORK: $35,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetINTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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
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.

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

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 Education Leaders of Color Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Education Leaders of Color Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
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 54 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home