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National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

Building educator excellence to give all students the opportunity for success.

$4.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$780k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$90M
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
  • $250k+7 grants · $4.4M
$486,945
Median grant
6
States reached
$60M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OSBORN ELEMENTARY$780,498
SOMERSET INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT$751,195
GADSDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT$747,518
AVONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 44$698,019
GLADEWATER ISD$639,009
CROCKETT ISD$486,945
MIAMI UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT$270,079
LAURENS COUNTY$10,000
WARREN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION$10,000
NATCHITOCHES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD$10,000
SHENANDOAH SCHOOL CORPORATION$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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OSBORN ELEMENTARY: $780k → 11%GADSDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $748k → 15%Hmong College Prep Academy: $562k → 14%GLADEWATER ISD: $1.3M → 16%SOMERSET INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $1.3M → 16%CROCKETT ISD: $1.0M → 20%Saydel Community School District: $747k → 10%Manchester City Schools: $724k → 17%BROWN COUNTY SCHOOLS: $1.1M → 10%GOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $2.1M → 13%PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS: $3.9M → 16%ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $3.0M → 16%EAST FELICIANA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $867k → 16%DESOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.9M → 20%GLADEWATER ISD: $797k → 16%SOMERSET INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $850k → 16%CROCKETT ISD: $601k → 20%SAYDEL COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $642k → 10%BROWN COUNTY SCHOOLS: $617k → 10%GOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $1.7M → 13%PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS: $3.6M → 16%ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $2.1M → 16%EAST FELICIANA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $754k → 16%DESOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.4M → 20%AVONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 44: $698k → 11%GLADEWATER ISD: $639k → 16%SOMERSET INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $751k → 16%GOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $1.2M → 13%PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS: $2.9M → 16%ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.8M → 16%EAST FELICIANA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $618k → 16%DESOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.3M → 20%Athens City Schools: $786k → 15%PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS: $697k → 16%ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.7M → 16%EAST FELICIANA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $617k → 16%DESOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.1M → 20%ATHENS CITY SCHOOLS: $626k → 15%ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.1M → 16%DESOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.0M → 20%Desoto Parish School Board: $968k → 20%Arizona State University: $2.3M → 11%ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $1.6M → 11%ALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $1.2M → 23%ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.1M → 23%ALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $1.0M → 23%ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $1.0M → 23%ALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION: $627k → 23%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

MN
MA
IA
IN
OH
CO
AZ
AR
TN
SC
LA
MS
TX
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$90M · 47 repeat orgs$629k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against -19% for those funded once.

47 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 39 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
17

Total granted

$90M
$599k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
-19%

Still filing today

23%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • HC
    Hmong College Prep Academy
    3× · 2017–2019 · $1.2M · revenue +105%
  • IC
    INSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS
    5× · 2019–2023 · $908k · revenue +68%
  • LO
    LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $660k · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • RI
    Roosevelt ISD
    one grant, 2017 · $254k
  • CI
    Crocket Independent School District
    one grant, 2022 · $76k
  • GI
    GLADEWATER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2022 · $52k
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
The Language Academy of Sacramento

The las mission is to create a learning community where students: utilize bilingualism and biliteracy (spanish and english) to achieve academic excellence and apply skills in real-world situations and diverse settings; develop and exhibit…

Education
2
Legacy Schools

Operation of a public charter school in Livingston, AL.

Education
3
Emblaze Academy Charter School

Through rigorous curriculum and high quality instruction, provided within an invested and ambitious school community, emblaze academy charter school prepares all students in grades five through eight to thrive in high school and graduate…

Education
4
Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School

Education - Grades 6 through 12 Lincoln Leadership Academy Charter School (LLACS) is committed to providing a holistic learning community dedicated to the academic, emotional, social and spiritual success of each student.

Education
5
Sonoma Charter School

Sonoma charter school seeks to achieve academic excellence through engaged learning in a setting that involves students, teachers, and parents.

Education
6
Kuumba Academy Charter School Inc

Kuumba Academy Mission is to provide an innovative learning environment focused on the whole child. Kuumba Academy directors, staff and parents share a core belief that parents are the primary educators and are in partnership with Kuumba…

Education
7
Innovation Spokane Schools

To prepare a diverse range of students for a life of learning in post-secondary education, citizenship, and leadership.

Education
8
Elevate Academy

Public Education.

Education
9
Alliance Charter Academy

Our mission is to personalize learning through a collaboration of family, community and school; to nurture the innate curiosity of our students; ignite their passion for learning; and prepare them for lifelong success.

Education
10
Washington Leadership Academy Public Charter School

Wla combines best practices in teaching and learning, with the latest in educational technology to create an unparalleled high school experience. students will graduate from wla prepared for college, career, and lives of public leadership.

Education
11
American Legacy Academy

Provide students with an education that is both classical and American in its orientation

Education
12
Vega Collegiate Academy

Vega Collegiate Academy is designed with an extended school day and a slightly longer school year focusing on developing strong skills in literacy and math. It executes an academically rigorous curriculum aligned with common core standards…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Partnership Academy Inc; the most unlike its peers is Significant Educators dba Bethune Elementary. 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

17 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. 17 of the 67 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS: $11,153,385 · OtherPERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLSST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $9,974,055 · OtherST JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARDDESOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $7,997,357 · OtherDESOTO PARISH SCHOOL BOARDRAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $6,416,651 · OtherRAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARDTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: $5,690,021 · OtherTEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMGOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $4,944,622 · OtherGOSHEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLSARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $3,996,500 · OtherEAST FELICIANA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD: $3,697,295 · OtherSOMERSET INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $3,022,766 · OtherGLADEWATER ISD: $2,759,552 · Other+43 more: $21,158,709 · Other+43 moreALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $4,053,327 · EducationALGIERS CHA…Hmong College Prep Academy: $1,212,990 · EducationHmong Colle…INSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS: $908,172 · EducationINSPIRENOLA…LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE INC: $660,136 · EducationLEGACY OF E…Significant Educators dba Bethune Elementary: $653,585 · EducationSignificant…Partnership Academy Inc: $570,119 · EducationPartnership…SOJOURNER TRUTH ACADEMY: $531,067 · EducationSOJOURNER T…STONEBRIDGE WORLD SCHOOL: $386,409 · Education+4 more: $251,231 · EducationGreater Educational Opportunities Foundation: $258,759 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR EQUITY & ADEQUACY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE INC: $7,000 · Community Improvement
Other$80,810,913Education$9,227,036Arts & Culture$258,759Community Improvement$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $4,053,327 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetHmong College Prep Academy: $1,212,990 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetINSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS: $908,172 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetLEGACY OF EXCELLENCE INC: $660,136 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetSignificant Educators dba Bethune Elementary: $653,585 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetPartnership Academy Inc: $570,119 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetSOJOURNER TRUTH ACADEMY: $531,067 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetSTONEBRIDGE WORLD SCHOOL: $386,409 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetGreater Educational Opportunities Foundation: $258,759 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMEB ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATOR DIVERSITY INC: $121,231 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLEARNING FOR LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: $95,128 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetEDUCATION COMMISSION OF THE STATES: $95,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBATTELLE FOR KIDS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTENNESSEE ORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINI: $8,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCENTER FOR EQUITY & ADEQUACY IN PUBLIC SCHOOL FINANCE INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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 ALGIERS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Hmong College Prep Academy ↗
  • Who funds INSPIRENOLA CHARTER SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds Significant Educators dba Bethune Elementary ↗
  • Who funds Partnership Academy Inc ↗
  • Who funds SOJOURNER TRUTH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds STONEBRIDGE WORLD SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Greater Educational Opportunities Foundation ↗

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.

Share Our StrengthMarketing Education R…Project Lead the Way …Project Lead the Way …GenYOUTH IncorporatedFor Inspiration and R…Save The Children Fed…Baton Rouge Area Foun…The Greater New Orlea…Walton Family Foundat…Gates FoundationAmazonsmile Foundation
Share Our StrengthDC31.7× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Share Our Strength · Marketing Education Retail Alliance Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Save The Children Federation Inc · Baton Rouge Area Foundation · The Greater New Orleans Foundation · Walton Family Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · Amazonsmile 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 National Institute for Excellence in Teaching funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Institute for Excellence in Teaching. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
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
    9report 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.

    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 67 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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