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The I-car education foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting collision repair educational programs, schools, and students to create qualified, entry-level employees and connect them with an array of career opportunities.

$11M
Granted FY2025still arriving
72
Grants FY2025still arriving
30
States reached
$58k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Employment$1.9MEducation$251kScience & Tech$45kCrime & Legal$18k
02FY2025 · 72 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 72 grants below total $619,975, the rows itemized in this filing. The $11,376,310 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,756,335 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 $10k51 grants · $294k
  • $10k–50k20 grants · $269k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $58k
$5,000
Median grant
30
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTER-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON AUTO COLLISION REPAIR$57,600
STANLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$24,468
THADDEUS STEVENS COLLEGE$24,186
MAXWELL HIGH SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY$20,000
NORTH GEORGIA TECH COLLEGE$20,000
KENNEDY KING COLLEGE$15,000
LIVERMORE HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE$15,000
CAREER ACADEMY & TECHNICAL SCHOOL$14,999
BRIDGERLAND APPLIED TECH COLLEGE$10,097
NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE$10,000
WARREN TECH$10,000
DELGADO COMM COLLEGE$10,000
EHOVE CAREER CENTER$10,000
HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%EAST VALLEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10k → 11%MONTACHUSETT REGIONAL VO TECH HIGH SCHOOL: $25k → 11%THADDEUS STEVENS COLLEGE: $24k → 9%CAREER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10k → 11%LEBANON COUNTY CAREER CTR: $12k → 11%DAUPHIN COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL: $10k → 12%CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE: $10k → 9%EDEN AREA ROP: $10k → 10%EL CAMINO COLLEGE: $10k → 14%NEW YORK AUTOMOTIVE & DIESEL INSTITUTE: $15k → 13%ERIE 2 CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS BOCES LOGUIDICE CENTER: $25k → 18%COLLIN COLLEGE: $10k → 5%LOCKHART HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 15%JUDSON HIGH SCHOOL: $11k → 16%TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE: $25k → 23%NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE: $20k → 13%LORENZO WALKER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $15k → 10%HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $10k → 17%CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECH COLLEGE: $25k → 12%NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL: $13k → 11%CAREER ACADEMY & TECHNICAL SCHOOL: $15k → 9%CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMM COLLEGE: $12k → 10%STANLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $24k → 13%WESTOVER HIGH SCHOOL: $12k → 16%NEW ENGLAND INST OF TECH: $20k → 7%BRIDGERLAND APPLIED TECH COLLEGE: $10k → 12%ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL: $25k → 6%PAULDING COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 8%MAXWELL HIGH SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY: $20k → 9%CHATTAHOOCHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $15k → 11%LANIER TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $16k → 12%NORTH GEORGIA TECH COLLEGE: $20k → 14%WARREN TECH: $25k → 7%AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $15k → 9%THORNTON FRACTIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: $25k → 14%GAITHERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL: $17k → 8%ASSABET VALLEY VOC TECH: $15k → 8%ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 6%MAXWELL HIGH SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY: $15k → 9%LIVERMORE HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 10%ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL: $15k → 6%MAXWELL HIGH SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY: $13k → 9%INTER-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON AUTO COLLISION REPAIR: $60k → 14%ETOWAH HIGH SCHOOL: $13k → 6%INTER-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON AUTO COLLISION REPAIR: $58k → 14%KENNEDY KING COLLEGE: $25k → 14%KENNEDY KING COLLEGE: $17k → 14%KENNEDY KING COLLEGE: $15k → 14%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

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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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.4M · 126 repeat orgs$425k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +81% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

126 repeat relationships: 54 still active in FY2025, 72 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

126
89

Total granted

$2.4M
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+81%
+29%

Still filing today

7%
4%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $103k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationCrime & LegalPhilanthropyEmploymentOther
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

  • IC
    INTER-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON AUTO COLLISION REPAIR
    2× · 2021–2025 · $118k · revenue +28%
  • CC
    CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +280%
  • AC
    AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $28k · revenue +192%

Funded once

  • TS
    TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE DISTRICT
    9× · 2017–2025 · $25k
  • NA
    NORTH ARKANSAS COLLEGE
    5× · 2017–2025 · $20k
  • NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue +36%
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
Dakota County Technical College Foundation

The dctc foundation's mission is to foster student success and elevate the academic experience at dakota county technical college by securing resources through strong partnerships with employers, alumni, and the community.

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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
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
4
The Foundation for Florida Gateway College Inc

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

Education
5
Texas College

To ensure that the student body experiences balanced intellectual, psychological, social and spiritual development, aimed at enabling them to become active productive members of society where they live and work.

Education
6
Jefferson Community College Foundation Inc

The mission of the jefferson community college foundation is to work in partnership with the college, the community and alumni to enhance the educational opportunities provided by the college.

Education
7
Whatcom Community College Foundation

The wcc foundation strengthens educational opportunities by providing student scholarships, supporting faculty and staff development, and assisting with key college initiatives.

Education
8
Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation Inc

The ccccef is a non-profit organization supporting the mission of cape cod community college, its students, its faculty, and its community endeavors, by raising and managing funds, encouraging endowments, and supporting the college's…

Education
9
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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10
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
11
Cankdeska Cikana Community College

To provide higher education opportunities, at the community college level, including vocational and technical training. as a tribal community college, we emphasize the teaching and learning of dakota culture and language toward the…

Education
12
Central Community College Foundation Inc

The foundation's mission is to advance opportunities for quality educational services in nebraska-based institutions.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Contra Costa College Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Norwalk High School Atheltic Booste. 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

37 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. 37 of the 231 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/37
Grantees still filing
28/37
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

INTER-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON AUTO COLLISION REPAIR: $117,802 · Other+187 more: $2,592,757 · Other+187 moreAIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $28,000 · EducationROSEDALE TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $21,750 · EducationNEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $20,000 · EducationHUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,000 · EducationCOASTAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · EducationCUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationTHE SNO ISLE SKILLS CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationLAKE TECHNICAL COLLEGE INC: $4,000 · Education+1 more: $2,800 · EducationNORWALK HIGH SCHOOL ATHELTIC BOOSTE: $22,500 · Crime & LegalUAW- Labor Employment and Training Corp: $5,000 · EmploymentTHE DELAWARE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $4,618 · Philanthropy
Other$2,710,559Education$102,550Crime & Legal$22,500Employment$5,000Philanthropy$4,618

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINTER-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON AUTO COLLISION REPAIR: $117,802 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $34,529 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetAIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $28,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetNORWALK HIGH SCHOOL ATHELTIC BOOSTE: $22,500 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetROSEDALE TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $21,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMORRISON R WAITE HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION INC: $19,486 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOASTAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetUAW- Labor Employment and Training Corp: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCUESTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SNO ISLE SKILLS CENTER FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetTHE DELAWARE COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $4,618 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetLAKE TECHNICAL COLLEGE INC: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRanken Technical College: $2,800 over 6y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds INTER-INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON AUTO COLLISION REPAIR ↗
  • Who funds CONTRA COSTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORWALK HIGH SCHOOL ATHELTIC BOOSTE ↗
  • Who funds ROSEDALE TECHNICAL COLLEGE ↗

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.

GenYOUTH IncorporatedIL70.9× affinity84 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: GenYOUTH Incorporated · American Association of Community Colleges · Round It Up America Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · The George W Bush Foundation · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Action for Healthy Kids · The Mr Holland's Opus Foundation · Share Our Strength · Save the Music Foundation · Reading Is Fundamental 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 I Car Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from I Car Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Lake Technical College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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.

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 231 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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