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Educational Testing Service

EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE (ets) was incorporated in 1947 by the board of regents for the education department of the state of new york as an educational organization to engage in research, services and other activities in the field of educational testing.

$762k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$66k
Largest
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 FY20172024.

Education$5.3MCivil Rights$911kArts & Culture$418kInternational$334kHuman Services$317kPhilanthropy$230kCommunity Improvement$157kEnvironment$141kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 16 grants below total $348,990 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $762,250 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $413,260 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $38k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $166k
$20,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.7B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION$66,490
COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS (CCSSO)$50,000
EDUCATION LAW CENTER INC$50,000
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP EDUCATION FOUNDATION$25,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HISPANICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE$25,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW JERSEY$20,000
SHILOH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP$20,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF MERCER COUNTY$10,000
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS$10,000
TOUGALOO COLLEGE$10,000
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY$7,500
TRENTON AREA SOUP KITCHEN (TASK)$7,500
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA$7,500
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$7,500
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 (FY17–23, $545k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%VICTIMS FIRST INC: $10k → 14%AUSTIN AREA URBAN LEAGUE INC: $5k → 10%Parents Step Ahead: $28k → 14%Parents Step Ahead Inc: $25k → 14%PARENTS STEP AHEAD INC: $25k → 14%NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME: $10k → 9%PARENTS STEP AHEAD INC: $25k → 14%ANCHOR HOUSE INC: $15k → 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $30k → 17%PARENTS STEP AHEAD: $25k → 14%National Urban League: $25k → 17%Anchor House Foundation Inc: $10k → 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $25k → 17%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MERCER INC: $25k → 11%National Urban League: $25k → 17%Anchor House Foundation Inc: $10k → 11%Child Care Connection Inc: $15k → 11%Fight for Children: $5k → 14%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MERCER INC: $15k → 11%YWCA San Antonio: $10k → 16%COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MERCER COUNTY INC: $14k → 11%THE YWCA PRINCETON INC: $20k → 11%YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON NJ (YWCA): $18k → 11%THE YWCA PRINCETON INC: $13k → 11%THE YWCA PRINCETON INC: $10k → 11%UIH FAMILY PARTNERS: $20k → 11%UIH FAMILY PARTNERS: $10k → 11%UIH Family Partners: $6k → 11%EVERY CHILD VALUED: $20k → 11%Every Child Valued: $15k → 11%Every Child Valued: $15k → 11%EVERY CHILD VALUED: $15k → 11%MILLHILL CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $5k → 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

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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.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$5.4M · 54 repeat orgs$2.7M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +19% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

54 repeat relationships — 13 still active in FY2024, 41 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

54
58

Total granted

$5.4M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyEmploymentOther

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

  • CHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND
    7× · 2017–2023 · $769k · revenue +39%
  • EL
    EDUCATION LAW CENTER INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $221k · revenue +96%
  • YOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW JERSEY INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $192k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1.4M · revenue -86% · 43% of their budget
  • AL
    AFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue -50%
  • AA
    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $80k · revenue +55%

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
National Association for College Admission Counseling

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

Education
2
United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

United way's mission is to end intergenerational poverty in our region by harnessing, leveraging and strategically investing the collective power of donors, advocates and volunteers, to help individuals and families break the cycle of…

Philanthropy
3
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
6
Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey a Nj Nonprofit Corporation

The mission of the independent colleges and universities of new jersey, a new jersey non-profit corporation is to advance the interests of new jersey's independent, non-profit, public mission institutions of higher education by promoting…

7
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

8
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
9
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…

10
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
11
Njcpa Scholarship Fund

The mission of the scholarship fund is to attract the best and the brightest of new jersey students and residents into the accounting profession and to support attaining the certified public accountant designation.

12
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Jersey Seeds Inc and the most unlike its peers is Abundant New Life Ministries. 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 backsteadyCommunity FoundationsYouth Development ServicesFood Banks and PantriesPregnancy Support ServicesYouth Development CentersChild Abuse Advocacy Servic…Community College Foundatio…Lgbtq+ Community SupportDomestic Violence ServicesCommunity FoundationsEnvironmental Conservation …Independent K-12 SchoolsPolicy Research and AdvocacyYmca Youth DevelopmentCommunity Arts CentersYouth Mentoring ProgramsImmigrant Worker SupportUnited Way Affiliates
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 40 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%4%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr18%26%20–35yr14%30%35–55yr11%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%21%<5yr15%3%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr18%32%20–35yr14%13%35–55yr11%25%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 4% of your grantees by number, and just 21% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close 3% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%4/126
the rest of the field
12%
6,331/52,166

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

103 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 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 103 of the 121 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)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
96/103
Grantees still filing
66/103
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

INSTITUTE FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION — $1,350,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATIONAMERICAN ASSOC OF HISPANICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION — $417,180 · EducationAMERICAN ASSOC OF HISPANICS IN HIGHER EDUCATI…EDUCATION LAW CENTER INC — $220,500 · EducationEDUCATION LAW CENTER INCEWING PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $215,872 · EducationEWING PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCEducational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc — $165,000 · Education+28 more — $957,634 · Education+28 moreNATIONAL AWARENESS ALLIANCE — $195,000 · OtherNATIONAL AWARENESS ALLIANCEHISPA INC — $168,110 · OtherHISPA INCMONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION — $115,766 · OtherOcean City Board of Education — $77,979 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE — $75,000 · OtherNEW VENTURE FUND — $90,000 · OtherSHILOH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $105,000 · Other+52 more — $1,390,467 · Other+52 moreCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND — $768,500 · Civil RightsCHILDREN'S…+1 more — $5,000 · Civil RightsLAWRENCE TOWNSHIP EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $474,210 · PhilanthropyLAWRENCE T…UNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY — $200,462 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…TIDES FOUNDATION — $25,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $47,500 · Philanthropy+4 morePARENTS STEP AHEAD — $127,867 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC — $105,000 · Human ServicesTHE YWCA PRINCETON INC — $60,918 · Human ServicesCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MERCER COUNTY INC — $54,000 · Human ServicesEVERY CHILD VALUED A NJ NonProfit Corporation — $50,590 · Human ServicesANCHOR HOUSE INC — $50,556 · Human ServicesUIH Family Partners d/b/a The Father Center of New Jersey — $36,296 · Human Services+7 more — $60,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW JERSEY INC — $192,190 · Arts & CultureLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES — $165,000 · Arts & CultureMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY — $50,562 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $10,000 · Arts & CultureJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW JERSEY — $158,978 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $75,000 · International
Education$3,326,186Other$2,217,322Civil Rights$773,500Philanthropy$747,172Human Services$545,227Arts & Culture$417,752International$233,978

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetINSTITUTE FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION — $1,350,000 over 1y, 43% of budgetCHILDREN'S DEFENSE FUND — $768,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetLAWRENCE TOWNSHIP EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $474,210 over 6y, 58% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOC OF HISPANICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION — $417,180 over 8y, 20% of budgetEDUCATION LAW CENTER INC — $220,500 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetEWING PUBLIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $215,872 over 6y, 74% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER MERCER COUNTY — $200,462 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES OF NEW JERSEY INC — $192,190 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetHISPA INC — $168,110 over 6y, 9.1% of budgetEducational Leadership Foundation of New Jersey Inc — $165,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetLIFE PIECES TO MASTERPIECES — $165,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF NEW JERSEY — $158,978 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetPARENTS STEP AHEAD — $127,867 over 5y, 7.4% of budgetNational Network of State Teachers of the Year — $110,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC — $105,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHILOH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP — $105,000 over 8y, 9.1% of budgetAFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $97,150 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND — $90,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDR MELVIN C TERRELL FOUNDATION — $76,500 over 2y, 90% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF PRINCETON — $73,424 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetCOUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS — $67,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE YWCA PRINCETON INC — $60,918 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOPPORTUNITY JUNCTION INC — $60,522 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetMERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI — $56,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPRINCETON MIDJERSEY REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $56,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO — $56,188 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF MERCER COUNTY INC — $54,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetEVERY CHILD VALUED A NJ NonProfit Corporation — $50,590 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetMCCARTER THEATRE COMPANY — $50,562 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANCHOR HOUSE INC — $50,556 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE WATERSHED INSTITUTE INC — $50,512 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetBlack Doctoral Network Inc — $50,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR CITIZENS AND SCHOLARS — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION SDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $45,800 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSALZBURG GLOBAL SEMINAR INC — $37,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUIH Family Partners d/b/a The Father Center of New Jersey — $36,296 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetJobs for America's Graduates Inc — $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNEW JERSEY SEEDS INC — $30,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County Inc — $25,576 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES OF NEW JERSEY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget50CAN INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF MERCER COUNTY INC — $25,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE EDUCATION FUND INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNational Indian Education Assn — $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation IncNJ53.5× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Citizens Philanthropic Foundation Inc · Investors Foundation Inc · Pseg Foundation Inc · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Curtis W McGraw Foundation · The Provident Bank Foundation · George H and Estelle M Sands Foundation · Tenacre Foundation · Oceanfirst Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education 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 Educational Testing Service 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, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
202122232425
no gov · 140%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 21%
  • The Child Care Connection Inc92% of income from government
  • Anchor House Inc45% of income from government
  • Prevention Education Inc39% of income from government
  • The Young People's Project Inc39% of income from government
  • Hispa Inc26% of income from government
  • Isaiah House Inc21% of income from government
  • National Center for Victims of Crime Inc10% of income from government
  • Homefront Inc9% of income from government
  • United Way of Greater Mercer County8% of income from government
  • Lawrenceville Fire Company Inc3% of income from government
  • The Watershed Institute Inc3% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of New Jersey Inc1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
26report 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, FY2025

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 121 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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