Washington, D.C. · Public charity
National College Attainment Network
Our mission is to build, strengthen, and empower communities and stakeholders to close equity gaps in postsecondary attainment for all students.
- $580k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 36
- Grants FY2025
- 37
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $48,450
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 65
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 26
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations National College Attainment Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $703k 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 | 35 | $570k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 37 | $1.3M | 22% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $390k | 52% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $210k | 86% |
| FY2021 | 61 | $2.0M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $500k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 65 | $2.1M | 91% |
| FY2017 | 19 | $183k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admithub Pbc | $624,799 | 1 | n/a |
| Michigan College Access Network | $241,119 | 7 | 1% |
| Education Forward Arizona | $197,019 | 6 | 2% |
| College Now Greater Cleveland Inc | $167,180 | 6 | 0% |
| College Possible Inc | $154,856 | 5 | 0% |
| Alabama Possible | $141,305 | 6 | 7% |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $138,651 | 2 | n/a |
| Onward We Learn | $130,397 | 6 | 1% |
| College Success Foundation | $128,344 | 5 | 0% |
| Woodward Hines Education Foundation | $127,467 | 5 | 1% |
Show all 148 grantees
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($260k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget National College Attainment Network supplied at peak.
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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: Educational Credit Management Corporation · Ecmc Foundation · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Round It Up America Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · AT&T Foundation · Project Lead the Way Inc · Trellis Foundation · The George W Bush Foundation
How this is measured
Compare National College Attainment Network with peer funders
About National College Attainment Network
- How much does National College Attainment Network give?
- National College Attainment Network reported 36 grants totaling $579,586 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 65 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does National College Attainment Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (83%), Human Services (3%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are National College Attainment Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Admithub Pbc ($625k), Michigan College Access Network ($241k), Education Forward Arizona ($197k).
- Does National College Attainment Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as National College Attainment Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Educational Credit Management Corporation, Ecmc Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education Inc.
- Where is National College Attainment Network based?
- National College Attainment Network is based in DC.
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