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SEARCH INSTITUTE mission is to cultivate strengths, relationships, and opportunities necessary for young people to learn, grow, contribute, and thrive.

$164k
Granted FY2022
4
Grants FY2022
2
States reached
$82k
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, FY2018 to 2022.

Education$1.1MYouth Development$301kPublic Benefit$219kEmployment$5k
02FY2022 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $122,757, the rows itemized in this filing. The $164,343 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $41,586 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2022

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $82k
$15,856
Median grant
2
States reached
$3.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY$81,901
P16PLUS COUNCIL OF GREATER BEXAR COUNTY FOUNDATION INC$15,856
ALDINE SCHOOLS$15,000
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO$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 (FY18–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 87% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%CITY YEAR: $126k → 16%THE SANNEH FOUNDATION INC: $5k → 14%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $124k → 10%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $135k → 16%GENERATION CITIZEN: $117k → 17%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $79k → 16%ALDINE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT: $40k → 16%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA: $45k → 13%KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 20%CAMP FIRE: $114k → 15%YOUTHBUILD USA: $5k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: $14k → 13%NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING: $98k → 15%CITY YEAR: $61k → 16%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $82k → 10%GENERATION CITIZEN: $68k → 17%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $77k → 16%ALDINE SCHOOLS: $15k → 16%CAMP FIRE: $85k → 15%NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING: $84k → 15%CITY YEAR: $39k → 16%GENERATION CITIZEN: $34k → 17%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $30k → 16%CAMP FIRE: $26k → 15%NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING: $44k → 15%COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $10k → 16%CAMP FIRE: $10k → 15%COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS SAN ANTONIO: $8k → 16%P16PLUS COUNCIL OF GREATER BEXAR COUNTY FOUNDATION INC: $16k → 16%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
PA
MO
KY
VA
KS
TX
FL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 6 repeat orgs$230k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
6

Total granted

$1.2M
$214k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+100%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22
EducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CF
    CAMP FIRE
    4× · 2018–2021 · $235k · revenue +2%
  • NC
    NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $225k · revenue +160%
  • CITY YEAR INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $225k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $135k
  • BB
    Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Americagraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $45k · revenue +197%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG
    one grant, 2021 · $14k · revenue -14%
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
Citizen Schools Inc

In fiscal year 2025, the agency operated an americorps maker fellowship, placing 7 americorps vista members at 6 different education focused organizations in ca, ma, and ny. americorps members worked on capacity building projects to expand…

Education
2
Youthbuild Global Inc

With love and respect, we partner with opportunity youth to build the skillsets and mindsets that lead to lifelong learning, livelihood, and leadership. youthbuild strives to create a world where all young people are seen for their…

Employment
3
Communities in Schools of Central Texas

Communities in schools of central texas (cisct) ensures students have holistic support, removing academic and nonacademic barriers to their success in school.

Education
4
National Association of Independent Schools Inc

As the largest association of independent schools, nais co-creates the future of education by uniting and empowering our community. we do this through thought leadership, research, creation and curation of resources, and direct…

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5
Communities in Schools

Surround students with a community of support and empower them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Education
6
Aacsb International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Aacsb international provides quality assurance of business school programs, the latest in business education intelligence, thought leadership, and learning and development services.

Education
7
Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc

Cisnc's mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. cisnc serves as the backbone for its statewide network of 20 independent nonprofit organizations that serve local…

Human Services
8
The Common Application Inc

The common application is a not-for-profit membership organization of over 1,100 colleges and universities across the globe committed to access, equity, and integrity in the college admission process. every year, over 1.5 million students…

Education
9
Mastery Charter High School

All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams.

Education
10
Child Welfare League of America

Child welfare league of america engages its network of public and private agencies and partners to advance policies, best practices, and collaborative strategies that result in better outcomes for vulnerable children, youth, and families.

Human Services
11
Golden Gate University

Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…

Education
12
Fielding Graduate University

We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is City Year Inc; the most unlike its peers is Illinois Youthbuild Coalition Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 14 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $225,372 · EducationNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INCVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $206,176 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITYCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $203,567 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO+2 more: $29,756 · EducationCITY YEAR INC: $224,999 · OtherCITY YEAR INCPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $135,006 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYAldine Independent School District: $55,000 · OtherAldine Independent School Distric…Big Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $45,000 · OtherBig Brothers Big Sisters Of Ameri…+2 more: $15,000 · OtherCAMP FIRE: $235,000 · Youth DevelopmentCAMP FIREGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $219,195 · Youth DevelopmentGENERATION CITIZEN INC+1 more: $5,000 · Youth Development
Education$664,871Other$475,005Youth Development$459,195

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAMP FIRE: $235,000 over 4y, 2.6% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR FAMILIES LEARNING INC: $225,372 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCITY YEAR INC: $224,999 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGENERATION CITIZEN INC: $219,195 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $206,176 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF SAN ANTONIO: $203,567 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters Of America: $45,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetP16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County Foundation Inc: $15,856 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: $13,900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetILLINOIS YOUTHBUILD COALITION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Fidelity Investments …
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA4.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Search Institute funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Search Institute. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 21%
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: 21% of income from government
  • City Year Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report 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 14 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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