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English Speaking Union of the United States - National Headquarters

To utilize english as a catalyst to foster global understanding and good will by providing educational opportunities and cultural exchange for students, educators, and recent immigrants.in a shrinking world dominated by dollars and digits, unprecedented numbers of displaced persons, the esu believes in building a better world through the…

$685k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$28k
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 2025.

Education$313kArts & Culture$200kEmployment$10k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $92,145, the rows itemized in this filing. The $685,336 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $593,191 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $84k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$30M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARCADIA UNIVERSITY$27,720
ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER$21,425
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY$15,000
OPERA ORLANDO INC$10,000
ADULT LITERACY LEAGUE$10,000
ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY$8,000
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%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ARCARDIA UNIVERSITY: $51k → 7%ESU NATIONAL: $20k → 17%CREALDE SCHOOL OF ART: $10k → 11%ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $11k → 13%ATLANTA SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $8k → 13%OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $12k → 9%ARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $28k → 7%ESU NATIONAL: $10k → 17%ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL: $10k → 13%OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY: $13k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $6k → 9%ADULT LITERACY LEAGUE: $10k → 13%OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $13k → 14%ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER INC: $23k → 13%OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $13k → 14%ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $21k → 13%OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $11k → 14%ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER INC: $20k → 13%OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $11k → 14%ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER INC: $20k → 13%ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER INC: $20k → 13%ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $20k → 13%ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATRE: $14k → 13%ORLANDO SHAKESPEARE THEATER: $13k → 13%OPERA ORLANDO INC: $10k → 13%ADULT LITERACY LEAGUE: $10k → 13%UCF FOUNDATION: $100k → 13%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.
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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$366k · 6 repeat orgs$158k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
4

Total granted

$366k
$140k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+16%

Still filing today

83%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k 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
EducationArts & CultureEmploymentOther
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

  • OS
    Orlando Shakespeare Theater Inc
    8× · 2017–2025 · $152k · revenue +42%
  • AU
    ARCADIA UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2025 · $79k · revenue +21%
  • OU
    OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $76k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue +16%
  • CO
    CONGREGATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ST ANN'S SHRINE
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • CA
    CREALDE ARTS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +55%
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
Florida Institute of Technology Inc

Florida institute of technology's mission is to provide high-quality education to a culturally diverse student body in order to prepare students for entering the global workforce, seeking higher-education opportunities, and serving within…

Education
2
American Repertory Theatre Co Inc

Seeks to expand the boundaries of theater, producing, performing and presenting works of literary, experimental and educational value. provide a home for outstanding artists, a training ground for young artists (including an extensive…

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
5
Sarah Lawrence College

At sarah lawrence college, our mission is to graduate citizens of the world who are diverse in every definition of the word, who take intellectual and creative risks, and who are able to focus exceptional intellectual discipline (continued…

Education
6
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
7
Niagara University

Niagara university educates its students and enriches their lives through programs in the liberal arts and through career preparation, informed by the catholic and vincentian traditions.

Education
8
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
9
The American College of Greece

To add distinctive and sustainable value to our students as well as greece, american education, hellenic heritage, and the global community through transformative teaching, scholarship, and service.

International
10
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
11
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
12
Lafayette College

Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Central Florida Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Crealde Arts 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

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 12 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
7/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INCARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $78,890 · EducationARCADIA UNIVERSITYOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $76,000 · EducationOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INCADULT LITERACY LEAGUE INC: $20,000 · EducationADULT LITERACY LEAGUE INCUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $18,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATIONOrlando Shakespeare Theater Inc: $152,310 · Arts & CultureOrlando Shakespeare Theater IncOPERA ORLANDO INC: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA ORLANDO INCAtlanta Shakespeare Company Inc: $8,000 · Arts & CultureOrange County Public Schools: $20,500 · OtherOrange Cou…CONGREGATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT ST ANN'S SHRINE: $20,000 · OtherCONGREGATI…CREALDE ARTS INC: $10,000 · OtherCREALDE AR…Federation Employment and Guidance Service Inc: $10,000 · Employment
Education$292,890Arts & Culture$170,310Other$50,500Employment$10,000

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 budgetOrlando Shakespeare Theater Inc: $152,310 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARCADIA UNIVERSITY: $78,890 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $76,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetADULT LITERACY LEAGUE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPERA ORLANDO INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFederation Employment and Guidance Service Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetAtlanta Shakespeare Company Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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.

Universal Orlando Fou…The Dr P Phillips Fou…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Universal Orlando Foundation IncFL13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · The Dr P Phillips Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 English Speaking Union of the United States - National Headquarters funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from English Speaking Union of the United States - National Headquarters. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%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
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 12 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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