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National Student Clearinghouse

The mission of the NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE is to serve the education and workforce communities and all learners with access to trusted data, related services, and insights.

$60k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$18k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its 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$312kArts & Culture$14kHealth$10kFood & Nutrition$8kHousing & Shelter$8k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $44k
$10,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$71M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CODE THE DREAM INC$18,000
NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES$16,000
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF OHIO$10,000
COUNCIL OF CHIEF SCHOOL OFFICERS$8,000
THE MORGAN WALSH MEMORIAL TRUST$8,000
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 78% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $17k → 16%The Open Door: $8k → 6%Bryn Mawr College: $15k → 10%ANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY: $15k → 11%Bucknell University: $9k → 11%NATOMAS SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $17k → 12%THE MORGAN WALSH MEMORIAL TRUST: $8k → 7%LEDA: $10k → 17%Austin Community College District: $7k → 10%Excelencia in Education: $15k → 14%STEPHENS COLLEGE: $10k → 17%THE AMISTAD CENTER FOR ART & CULTURE: $6k → 11%THE FISK FUND: $10k → 14%North Carolina State University: $10k → 8%Louisburg College: $18k → 11%CODE THE DREAM INC: $18k → 11%BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF OHIO: $10k → 15%EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $18k → 14%NASSP: $14k → 6%Arrow Education Foundation: $15k → 11%SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $18k → 13%LOUISIANA COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM: $13k → 19%Dakota Woodlands: $8k → 6%The American Association of Univ Women: $7k → 14%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: $16k → 8%NVCC Foundation: $10k → 6%COUNCIL OF CHIEF SCHOOL OFFICERS: $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

MN
IL
NY
MA
SD
OH
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
TN
NC
DC
LA
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 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
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
2
Lafayette College

Chartered in 1826, lafayette college is dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education. students are engaged in a transformative educational experience that bridges the liberal arts, engineering, and interdisciplinary study. the…

Education
3
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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4
Pacific University

A diverse and sustainable learning community dedicated to discovery and excellence in teaching, scholarship and practice, pacific university inspires students to think, care, create and pursue justice in our world.

Education
5
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
6
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
7
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
8
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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9
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
10
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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11
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
12
Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, carleton college is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota. nationally recognized as the nation's top college for…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bucknell University; the most unlike its peers is Andrew Carnegie Free Library. 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

24 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. 24 of the 29 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
18/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $18,000 · EducationSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONCODE THE DREAM INC: $18,000 · EducationCODE THE DREAM INCEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $18,000 · EducationEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONSIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $17,000 · EducationSIMMONS UNIVERSITYNORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $16,000 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INCANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY: $15,000 · EducationANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARYBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationBRYN MAWR COLLEGEEXCELENCIA IN EDUCATION INC: $15,000 · EducationEXCELENCIA IN EDUCATION INCARROW EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationARROW EDUCATION FOUNDATION INCNATL ASSN OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS: $14,000 · EducationNATL ASSN OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALSLouisiana Community Technical College System Foundation: $13,000 · EducationLouisiana Community Technical College System FoundationSTEPHENS COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationFISK UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationLEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE FOR A DIVERSE AMERICA: $10,000 · EducationBucknell University: $9,000 · EducationCOUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS: $8,000 · Education+1 more: $7,000 · EducationLOUISBURG COLLEGE: $18,000 · OtherLOUISBURG COLLEGENATOMAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $17,000 · OtherNATOMAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · OtherTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION…NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYNorthern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $10,000 · OtherNorthern Virginia Community Colleg…DAKOTA WOODLANDS: $8,000 · OtherDAKOTA WOODLANDSTHE MORGAN WALSH MEMORIAL TRUST: $8,000 · OtherTHE MORGAN WALSH MEMORIAL TRUSTAustin Community College: $7,000 · OtherAustin Community CollegeCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI: $7,000 · OtherCURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISS…THE AMISTAD CENTER FOR ART & CULTURE INC: $6,000 · OtherTHE AMISTAD CENTER FOR ART & CULTU…BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF OHIO IN: $10,000 · HealthTHE OPEN DOOR: $8,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$228,000Other$106,000Health$10,000Food & Nutrition$8,000

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 budgetSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $18,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOUISBURG COLLEGE: $18,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIMMONS UNIVERSITY: $17,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetANDREW CARNEGIE FREE LIBRARY: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRYN MAWR COLLEGE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEXCELENCIA IN EDUCATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetARROW EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetNATL ASSN OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS: $14,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLouisiana Community Technical College System Foundation: $13,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetNorthern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSTEPHENS COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFISK UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEADERSHIP ENTERPRISE FOR A DIVERSE AMERICA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBucknell University: $9,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDAKOTA WOODLANDS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMISTAD CENTER FOR ART & CULTURE INC: $6,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Lumina Foundation for…Gates FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Lumina Foundation for Education IncIN13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Gates Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Student Clearinghouse funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Student Clearinghouse. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Simmons University: 1% of 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 · 0–60%
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 29 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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