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National Skills Coalition

NATIONAL SKILLS COALITION (nsc) fights for a national commitment to inclusive, high-quality skills training so that more people have access to a better life, and more local businesses see sustained growth.

$650k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
22
States reached
$40k
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 2024.

Employment$3.6MEducation$1.0MCommunity Improvement$673kPublic Benefit$385kPhilanthropy$332kCivil Rights$315kHuman Services$130kPublic Safety & Disaster$50kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
22
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NC BUDGET & TAX CENTER$40,000
CHICAGO JOBS COUNCIL$40,000
UNITED WAYS OF TEXAS$40,000
WISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP$40,000
INDIANA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION$40,000
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF SEATTLE$40,000
NYATEP$40,000
THE BOSTON FOUNDATION$25,000
UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT$25,000
CALIFORNIA EDGE COALITION$25,000
NASHVILLE CHAMBER PUBLIC BENEFIT FDN$25,000
GEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE$25,000
UNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN$25,000
LOUISIANA BUDGET PROJECT$25,000
THE LITERACY COOPERATIVE$25,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $295k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 24% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NC JUSTICE CENTER: $100k → 8%MISSISSIPPI LOW INCOME CHILD CARE INITIATIVE: $10k → 19%MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60k → 24%NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $75k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $25k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $25k → 8%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
AR
TN
NC
DC
LA
MS
AL
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 38 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
38

Total granted

$4.8M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+4%

Still filing today

89%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EmploymentEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • AO
    Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation
    2× · 2020–2021 · $450k · revenue +29%
  • GB
    GEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC
    5× · 2018–2024 · $250k · revenue +20%
  • TN
    THE NASHVILLE CHAMBER PUBLIC BENEFIT FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $240k · revenue +128% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • AO
    Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc
    one grant, 2019 · $200k · revenue +18%
  • ES
    EDUCATION STRATEGY GROUP LLC
    one grant, 2021 · $184k
  • MC
    MICHIGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $130k · revenue +43%
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
Massachusetts Regional Employment Board Association

The massachusetts workforce association (mwa) is a statewide membership association that leads, advocates and convenes on behalf of the massachusetts workforce development system.

Employment
2
Association of Washington Cities

The association of washington cities builds connections between our state's diverse cities and towns, while providing our members with the support needed to thrive through delivery of data-driven education, nationally recognized pooling…

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3
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
4
Michigan Chamber of Commerce

To promote conditions favorable to job creation and business success in michigan.

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5
National Council for Workforce Education

NCWE promotes student success and excellence in education and training by providing the link between policy and practice.

Education
6
Montana Chamber of Commerce

To create and sustain an optimal business climate, business prosperity and a strong montana economy through advocacy, education and collaboration, working to provide an empowered and educated workforce, reduce business growth obstacles,…

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7
Workforce Investment Council of Clackamas County

Clackamas workforce partnership serves youth, adult, and dislocated workers through its partnerships with private industry and workforce development providers. our job is to develop a highly skilled workforce that creates sustained…

Employment
8
Greater Washington Partnership

We identify shared opportunities and core challenges and offer solutions to the region's most critical issues including skills and talent, regional mobility, infrastructure and inclusive economic growth.

Recreation & Sports
9
Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board Inc

EWIB efficiently coordinates employment-related services in concert with a multitude of state and local agencies at benefit to both businesses and job-seekers. These services offer new opportunities and/or skills to the regional workforce,…

Employment
10
Tulsa Regional Chamber (Fka Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce)

The tulsa regional chamber transforms the tulsa region by attracting and retaining employers, talent and tourism for long-term prosperity.

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11
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

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12
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce

Chamber's mission: design and advance opportunities and solutions for a thriving regional economy that are inclusive and globally competitive. 1) advocacy - be a bold advocate for business as a driver of a strong economy that enables…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Capital Workforce Partners Inc; the most unlike its peers is Regional Workforce Collaborative - Swpa. 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

61 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. 61 of the 80 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/61
Grantees still filing
42/61
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation: $450,000 · OtherAssociation of Chamber of Commerce Executives FoundationTHE NASHVILLE CHAMBER PUBLIC BENEFIT FOUNDATION: $240,000 · OtherTHE NASHVILLE CHAMBER PUBLIC BENEFIT FOUNDATIONAssociation of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc: $200,000 · OtherAssociation of Chamber of Commerce Executives IncEDUCATION STRATEGY GROUP LLC: $184,000 · OtherChicago Jobs Council: $175,000 · OtherINDIANA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION INC: $165,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $150,000 · OtherNEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS INC: $140,000 · OtherPORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $135,000 · OtherMICHIGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $130,000 · OtherUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $150,000 · Other+39 more: $1,350,158 · Other+39 moreNATIONAL FUND FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS: $422,400 · EmploymentNATIONAL FUND FO…CENTRAL SIX DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL REGION 4 INC: $150,000 · EmploymentCENTRAL SIX DEVE…JOB OPPORTUNITIES TASK FORCE INC: $125,000 · EmploymentJOB OPPORTUNITIE…WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SEATTLE-KI: $90,000 · EmploymentWORKFORCE DEVELO…UNITE-LA INC: $75,000 · EmploymentUNITE-LA INC+6 more: $65,000 · Employment+6 moreCommunity College League of California: $225,000 · EducationCommunity …THE LITERACY COOPERATIVE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $160,000 · EducationTHE LITERA…ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $100,000 · EducationARKANSAS C…FOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $60,000 · EducationFOUNDATION…INSTITUTE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: $40,000 · EducationINSTITUTE …CONNECTICUT STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $30,000 · EducationBoston Foundation Inc: $175,000 · PhilanthropyBoston Fou…UNITED WAYS OF TEXAS INC: $140,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…WISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: $140,000 · PhilanthropyWISCONSIN …UNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC: $125,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY…UNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $31,500 · PhilanthropyGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $250,000 · Public BenefitINVEST IN LOUISIANA: $160,000 · Public BenefitNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $235,000 · Human ServicesMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $60,000 · Human Services+2 more: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOLORADO CENTER ON LAW AND POLICY: $140,000 · Crime & LegalTHE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION: $14,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$3,469,158Employment$927,400Education$615,000Philanthropy$611,500Public Benefit$410,000Human Services$315,000Crime & Legal$154,000

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 budgetAssociation of Chamber of Commerce Executives Foundation: $450,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetNATIONAL FUND FOR WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS: $422,400 over 2y, 11% of budgetGEORGIA BUDGET AND POLICY INSTITUTE INC: $250,000 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetTHE NASHVILLE CHAMBER PUBLIC BENEFIT FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 6y, 29% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: $235,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetCommunity College League of California: $225,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetAssociation of Chamber of Commerce Executives Inc: $200,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetChicago Jobs Council: $175,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetBoston Foundation Inc: $175,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION INC: $165,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetINVEST IN LOUISIANA: $160,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetTHE LITERACY COOPERATIVE OF GREATER CLEVELAND: $160,000 over 5y, 6.2% of budgetCENTRAL SIX DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL REGION 4 INC: $150,000 over 4y, 20% of budgetUNITED WAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL IOWA: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOLORADO CENTER ON LAW AND POLICY: $140,000 over 4y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED WAYS OF TEXAS INC: $140,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetWISCONSIN REGIONAL TRAINING PARTNERSHIP: $140,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNEW YORK ASSOCIATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS INC: $140,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetMICHIGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ASSOCIATION: $130,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CONNECTICUT INC: $125,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJOB OPPORTUNITIES TASK FORCE INC: $125,000 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $100,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL SEATTLE-KI: $90,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Inc: $75,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUNITE-LA INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetDAYTON AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $65,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetGREATER BOSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $65,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetNC BUDGET & TAX CENTER: $65,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES: $60,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMississippi State University Foundation Inc: $60,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER RALEIGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $45,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGrand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce: $40,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: $40,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetDallas Regional Chamber: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY: $40,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $31,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION OF COMMERCE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe West Alabama Chamber Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCAPITAL WORKFORCE PARTNERS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOMOS UN PUEBLO UNIDO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPILIPINO WORKERS CENTER OF SOUTHERN: $14,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAREERRISE INC: $10,000 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.

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.

Annie E Casey Foundat…Jobs for the Future I…Lumina Foundation for…Ascendium Education S…The James Irvine Foun…Sierra Health Foundat…New Venture FundRockefeller Philanthr…Amalgamated Charitabl…Gates FoundationAmerican Bar Associat…Economic Policy Insti…
Annie E Casey Foundation IncMD29.9× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Jobs for the Future Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc · The James Irvine Foundation · Sierra Health Foundation Center for Health Program Management · New Venture Fund · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Gates Foundation · American Bar Association · Economic Policy Institute

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 Skills Coalition funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Skills Coalition. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 86%
  • United Way of Connecticut Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Capital Workforce Partners Inc: 86% of income from government
  • Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce: 0% of income from government
  • Boston Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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 80 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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