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Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accredits institutions of higher education by applying evidence-informed standards and processes to support continuous improvements and promote equitable student achievement and success.

$321k
Granted FY2021
6
Itemized grants FY2021
6
Organizations funded FY2021
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Itemized, FY2021
$254k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2021
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2021
$203,985
States reached, FY2021
5
Total assets, FY2021
$14M

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Inc$203,98512%
Nevada State College Foundation$10,00011%
Treasure Valley Community College Foundation$10,00011%
Foundation of Yakima Valley College$10,00011%
Chief Dull Knife College$10,00010%
College of Southern Nevada Foundation Inc$10,00011%

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About Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

How much does Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities give?
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities reported 6 itemized grants totaling $253,985, out of $320,559 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing.
What does Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2021: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Inc ($204k), Nevada State College Foundation ($10k), Treasure Valley Community College Foundation ($10k).
Where is Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities based?
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities is based in WA.

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 6 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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