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ISACA Foundation

Our mission is to provide opportunities for under-represented individuals to enter security professions and support the advancement of untapped talent into leadership positions.

$435k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$13k
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, FY2022 to 2024.

Education$221k
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $65,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $435,100 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $370,100 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$7,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Claflin University$12,500
Collin College$9,000
Texas Southern University$8,000
Grand Valley State University$7,500
Georgia State University$7,500
Roosevelt University$7,500
Loyola University of Chicago$7,000
National University$6,000
02The need
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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 (FY22–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%University of Massachusetts Amherst: $20k → 12%National University: $6k → 11%UC Davis: $11k → 16%Activate and Implement LLC: $20k → 14%Collin College: $9k → 5%Texas Southern University: $8k → 16%Claflin University: $13k → 25%Howard University: $25k → 14%Clark Strategic Communications Inc: $10k → 15%Grand Valley State University: $8k → 8%University of Alabama: $7k → 17%Fayetteville State University: $6k → 16%Gwinnett Technical College: $10k → 9%Georgia State University: $8k → 13%Loyola University of Chicago: $7k → 14%Montgomery College: $10k → 8%University of Massachusetts Amherst: $10k → 12%University of California: $8k → 16%Roosevelt University: $8k → 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

IL
MI
NY
MA
CA
UT
MD
NC
SC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL

Grants abroad, by region: $79k on the FY2024 return

Schedule F, as filed: 5 regions, all to individuals. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Sub-Saharan Africa$32k · 41% · 26 people

Stated purpose: Scholarships

East Asia and the Pacific$15k · 18% · 16 people

Stated purpose: Scholarships

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$13k · 16% · 9 people

Stated purpose: Scholarships

South Asia$12k · 15% · 11 people

Stated purpose: Scholarships

Central America and the Caribbean$8k · 10% · 8 people

Stated purpose: Scholarships

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. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
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.

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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
2
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
3
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
4
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
5
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
6
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
7
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
8
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
9
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
10
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
11
Texas Christian University

Texas christian university is an institution of higher education which includes nine major academic units: liberal arts, science and engineering, business, education, fine arts, communication, honors, nursing and health sciences, and the…

Education
12
Manhattanville University

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Claflin University; the most unlike its peers is Gwinnett Tech Foundation 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

8 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. 8 of the 20 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
4/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $30,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSActivate and Implement LLC: $20,000 · OtherActivate and Implement LLCUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVIS: $10,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA- DAVISWestern Governors University: $10,000 · OtherWestern Governors UniversityClark Strategic Communications Inc: $10,000 · OtherClark Strategic Communications IncCOLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITY: $9,000 · OtherCOLLIN COUNTY COMMUNITYTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · OtherTEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITYGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · OtherGRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITYRoosevelt University: $7,500 · OtherRoosevelt UniversityGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $7,500 · OtherGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $7,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVISBOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $6,500 · OtherFAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · OtherTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $25,000 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITYCLAFLIN UNIVERSITY: $12,500 · EducationCLAFLIN UNIVERSITYMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONTexas A&M Foundation: $10,000 · EducationTexas A&M FoundationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $7,000 · EducationLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGONATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $6,000 · EducationNATIONAL UNIVERSITYGWINNETT TECH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Other$140,000Education$70,500Philanthropy$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLAFLIN UNIVERSITY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGWINNETT TECH FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTexas A&M Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoosevelt University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 1y, 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 THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GWINNETT TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MONTGOMERY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Texas A&M Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Roosevelt University ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Tulsa Community FoundationOK12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Community 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 ISACA Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from ISACA Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 ISACA Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to ISACA 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 20 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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