Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Institute for Educational Leadership
The INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, inc., known as iel, was incorporated on december 4, 1980, in the district of columbia, and serves to lift up underserved leaders and equip them with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to transform their communities through education with collaborative, equity-driven solutions. By cultivating…
- $822k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $37,356
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $204,453
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 31
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 10
- Total assets, FY2025
- $6.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations Institute for Educational Leadership funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $822k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $363k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $436k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $965k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $1.7M | 6% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $2.2M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $2.3M | 13% |
| FY2018 | 31 | $3.1M | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peckham Vocational Industries Inc Dba Peckham Inc | $2,252,925 | 9 | 0% |
| Cornell University | $1,440,630 | 5 | 0% |
| Playa Vista Job Opportunities and Business Services | $1,064,523 | 8 | 13% |
| Lawrence Hall | $994,045 | 9 | 2% |
| Onondaga Community College | $962,757 | 3 | n/a |
| Oasis Center Inc | $847,207 | 5 | 5% |
| Goodwill Industries of Houston | $693,819 | 6 | 0% |
| Easter Seals of Greater Houston Inc | $536,789 | 9 | 0% |
| The Children's Cabinet Inc | $533,688 | 3 | 1% |
| Trustees of Boston University | $510,081 | 6 | 0% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Institute for Educational Leadership supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Tides Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Institute for Educational Leadership
- How much does Institute for Educational Leadership give?
- Institute for Educational Leadership reported 14 grants totaling $822,151 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 31 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Institute for Educational Leadership fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (41%), Health (24%), Youth Development (8%).
- Who are Institute for Educational Leadership's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Peckham Vocational Industries Inc Dba Peckham Inc ($2.3M), Cornell University ($1.4M), Playa Vista Job Opportunities and Business Services ($1.1M).
- Does Institute for Educational Leadership fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Institute for Educational Leadership?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tides Foundation, Enterprise Holdings Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is Institute for Educational Leadership based?
- Institute for Educational Leadership is based in DC.
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