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Higher Education Research and Scholarship Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Higher Education Research and Scholarship Foundation

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$349k
Granted FY2017
39
Grants FY2017
15
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k25 grants · $162k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $187k
$7,000
Median grant
15
States reached
$42
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Community College of Baltimore Foundation$25,000
NWACC Foundation$20,000
Anne Arundel Community College Foundation$20,000
Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundatio$16,000
Westchester Community College Foundation$12,000
NVCC Educational Foundation$12,000
Blue Ridge CTC Foundation$12,000
Montgomery College Foundation$10,000
LCCC Foundation$10,000
Chesapeake College Foundation$10,000
TTC Foundation$10,000
College of Southern Maryland Foundation$10,000
Frederick Community College Foundation$10,000
MTC Foundation$10,000
FRCC Foundation$9,000
02The need
02

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 (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 67% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LCCC Foundation: $10k → 11%HACC Foundation: $7k → 12%NTC Foundation: $5k → 11%Westchester Community College Foundation: $12k → 9%Central Carolina Technical College Foundation: $6k → 14%NWACC Foundation: $20k → 8%Lake Sumter State College Foundation: $3k → 10%Hilsborough Community College Foundation: $6k → 13%Dr Patricia Nelson Scholarship Fund: $6k → 11%Fayetteville Technical Community College Foundatio: $16k → 16%Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Foundation: $7k → 15%Columbus Technical College Foundation: $7k → 18%Augusta Technical College Foundation: $7k → 18%Southeastern Technical College Foundation: $7k → 21%Central Georgia Technical College Foundation: $6k → 23%FRCC Foundation: $9k → 10%Pueblo Community College Foundation: $7k → 15%Blue Ridge CTC Foundation: $12k → 11%Kishwaukee College Foundation: $3k → 13%NVCC Educational Foundation: $12k → 6%John Tyler Community College Foundation: $6k → 7%Lord Fairfax Community College Foundation: $7k → 7%BRCC Educational Foundation: $7k → 8%Thomas Nelson Educational Foundation: $9k → 14%Tidewater Community College Foundation: $9k → 19%Frederick Community College Foundation: $10k → 6%Anne Arundel Community College Foundation: $20k → 6%Montgomery College Foundation: $10k → 8%College of Southern Maryland Foundation: $10k → 8%Chesapeake College Foundation: $10k → 10%Community College of Baltimore Foundation: $25k → 11%Hagerstown Community College Foundation: $7k → 12%Wor Wic Foundation: $8k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
MA
PA
CT
CA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AR
NC
SC
GA
FL
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 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 Foundation for Florida Gateway College Inc

The foundation provides academic scholarships and financial support to the college.

Education
2
Columbia State Community College Foundation

The columbia state community college foundation encourages friends, alumni, economic partners and others to invest their time and resources toward improvement of education at columbia state community college and making higher education…

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3
Lower Columbia College Foundation

Lower columbia college foundation's mission is to provide financial support where public funds are not sufficient, and to gather public support for the enhancement of educational opportunities at lower columbia college.

Education
4
Hudson Valley Community College Foundation

To receive and maintain funds to aid and advance the welfare, development, purposes and programs of hudson valley community college, its students and alumni.

Education
5
Mid-State Technical College Foundation Inc

Through the generosity of donors, the foundation invests in student success and supports mid-state technical college's strategic plan.

Education
6
Northeast State Community College Foundation

To promote the cause of higher education and the mission of northeast state community college; to expand educational opportunities; and to acquire, manage, and administer foundation funds to achieve those objectives.

Education
7
Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation Inc

The purposes of the foundation are to foster public understanding of, and support for, forsyth technical community college and to solicit and promote donations of any kind for the exclusive benefit of the college.

Education
8
Coastal Carolina Community College Foundation Inc

The college foundation is organized and exists to help support the purpose and objectives of coastal carolina community college and to provide financial and other support beyond that which can be obtained through normal sources. funds…

Education
9
St Charles Community College Foundation Inc

To improve the quality of life in our community by securing private and public funds to strengthen educational and cultural opportunities, and to enhance community awareness of the college and the foundation.

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10
Beaufort County Community College Foundation Inc

Provides scholarships for beaufort county community college students.

Education
11
Northcentral Technical College Foundation Inc

The ntc foundation develops relationships that enable individuals, businesses and the community to advocate for and provide resources in support of northcentral technical college in accomplishing its mission.

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12
Chattanooga State Community College Foundation

To benefit and carry out the educational purposes of chattanooga state community college.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Virginia Peninsula Community College Educational Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Ntc Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 39 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)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Community College of Baltimore Foundation: $25,000 · OtherCommunity College of Baltimore FoundationNWACC Foundation: $20,000 · OtherNWACC FoundationBlue Ridge CTC Foundation: $12,000 · OtherBlue Ridge CTC FoundationNVCC Educational Foundation: $12,000 · OtherNVCC Educational FoundationFrederick Community College Foundation: $10,000 · OtherMTC Foundation: $10,000 · OtherLCCC Foundation: $10,000 · OtherTTC Foundation: $10,000 · OtherCHESAPEAKE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · OtherFRCC Foundation: $9,000 · OtherTidewater Community College Foundation: $9,000 · OtherWor Wic Foundation: $8,000 · Other+12 more: $70,600 · Other+12 moreANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDA…FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 · EducationFAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLL…MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONCOLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND FOUNDATI…VIRGINIA PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $9,000 · EducationVIRGINIA PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEGE …GREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · EducationGREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INCSOUTHEASTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · EducationSOUTHEASTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDA…HAGERSTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 · EducationHAGERSTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATI…HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 · EducationHARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOU…Pueblo Community College Foundation: $7,000 · EducationPueblo Community College FoundationCENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · EducationBRIGHTPOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 · PhilanthropyNTC FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$215,600Education$116,000Philanthropy$12,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $16,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetWESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCHESAPEAKE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetVIRGINIA PENINSULA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREENVILLE TECH FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetBLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHEASTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHAGERSTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $7,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPueblo Community College Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRAL CAROLINA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetARAPAHOE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRIGHTPOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNTC FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAKE-SUMTER STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Ibm International Fou…Verizon FoundationT Rowe Price Program …Charities Aid Foundat…Renaissance Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Network for GoodThe Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Donor Advised Charita…
Ibm International FoundationNY15.3× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · Verizon Foundation · T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Higher Education Research and Scholarship Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Higher Education Research and Scholarship Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%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
    5get 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Higher Education Research and Scholarship Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Higher Education Research and Scholarship 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 39 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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