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Skillup Coalition

Skillup's mission is to provide a guided and supported path to ensure every worker has high opportunity employment.

$30k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$30k
Largest
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$1.4MEmployment$742kHuman Services$250kCommunity Improvement$13k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$9.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LITERACY CENTER OF WEST MICHIGAN$30,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY22–23, $250k) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MERIT AMERICA: $40k → 14%COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF SCIOTO COUNTY INC: $158k → 22%COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF SCIOTO COUNTY INC: $53k → 22%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
MI
MA
OH
PA
RI
CA
CO
KY
MD
AZ
DC
LA
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 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.

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Code to Work Inc

An employer-led initiative aimed at transforming the hiring process. we use a skills-based approach to identify, train and hire talent. the traditional credentials-based focus must evolve to give all qualified job seekers a chance to prove…

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2
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
3
Upwardly Global

Upwardly global removes employment barriers for immigrant, refugee, and asylee professionals while advancing the inclusion of their skills into the u.s. economy.

Employment
4
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
5
Pathway to Work

Promote employment outcomes consistent with the knowledge, talent, and abilities of individuals prepare participants for work experiences aligned with their strengths develop resources to provide participants with work experiences and to…

Employment
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Open Campus Media Inc

Higher education shapes the future of every community in america-determining who moves up the economic ladder, where good jobs develop, and how regions prosper. this promise depends on the public's ability to see and understand how their…

Arts & Culture
7
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
8
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
9
Towards Employment Inc

We champion the potential of every person to succeed in a rewarding career, while working to create an equitable and inclusive workforce for tomorrow. we do this by providing skill development for in demand jobs, comprehensive supports,…

Employment
10
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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The Attainment Network

The attainment network builds networks that transform education-to-workforce systems, erase persistent and pervasive equity gaps, expand opportunities for learners, and meet the economic demands for a highly skilled and educated workforce.

Education
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Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corporation

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to provide access to and conduct activities in furtherance of higher education.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Propel America; the most unlike its peers is Prison University Project Inc Dba Mount Tamalpais College. 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

28 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. 28 of the 35 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)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Bay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School: $200,000 · EducationBay Area Hybrid College Initiati…PRISON UNIVERSITY PROJECT INC DBA MOUNT TAMALPAIS COLLEGE: $200,000 · EducationPRISON UNIVERSITY PROJECT INC DB…AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $50,000 · EducationAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUNDARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · EducationARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDAT…MOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationMOREHOUSE COLLEGEPROPEL AMERICA: $46,000 · EducationPROPEL AMERICASLCC FOUNDATION: $32,000 · EducationLiteracy Center of West Michigan: $30,000 · EducationEDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $233,000 · EmploymentJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INCPER SCHOLAS INC: $133,000 · EmploymentPER SCHOLAS INCPHILADELPHIA WORKS INC: $50,000 · EmploymentPHILADELPHIA WORKS INCJOBTRAIN INC: $49,000 · EmploymentJOBTRAIN INCCLIMB HIRE INC: $48,000 · EmploymentCLIMB HIRE INCINNER-CITY COMPUTER STARS FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Employment+2 more: $30,000 · EmploymentFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUS…JEREMIAH PROGRAM: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRAMCollege Unbound: $100,000 · OtherCollege UnboundEVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $50,000 · OtherEVERETT COMMUNITY C…BRISTOL COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $50,000 · OtherBRISTOL COMMUNITY C…JEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE: $47,868 · OtherJEWISH VOCATIONAL &…COMPTIA TECH CAREER ACADEMY: $36,000 · OtherCOMPTIA TECH CAREER…MEDCERTS LLC: $27,000 · OtherMEDCERTS LLCDALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT: $25,000 · OtherDALLAS COUNTY COMMU…AUSTIN CAREER INSTITUTE: $19,000 · OtherSIMI VALLEY HIGH: $16,320 · OtherVASCO CAREER COLLEGE: $14,000 · OtherONE ACADIANA INC: $13,333 · OtherCOMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF SCIOTO COUNTY INC: $210,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY A…MERIT AMERICA: $40,000 · Human ServicesMERIT AMERI…The Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona: $50,000 · Community ImprovementNORTH LOUISIANA ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INC: $13,333 · Community ImprovementGREATER NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $13,333 · Community Improvement
Education$683,000Employment$563,000Housing & Shelter$400,000Other$398,521Human Services$250,000Community Improvement$76,666

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 budgetJOBS FOR THE FUTURE INC: $233,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION OF SCIOTO COUNTY INC: $210,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School: $200,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetFAMILY SCHOLAR HOUSE INC: $200,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $200,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetPRISON UNIVERSITY PROJECT INC DBA MOUNT TAMALPAIS COLLEGE: $200,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetPER SCHOLAS INC: $133,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCollege Unbound: $100,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetThe Womens Foundation for the State of Arizona: $50,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPHILADELPHIA WORKS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOREHOUSE COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJOBTRAIN INC: $49,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCLIMB HIRE INC: $48,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetJEWISH VOCATIONAL & CAREER COUNSELING SERVICE: $47,868 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROPEL AMERICA: $46,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMERIT AMERICA: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMPTIA TECH CAREER ACADEMY: $36,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSLCC FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetLiteracy Center of West Michigan: $30,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEDUCATION IS FREEDOM FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetINNER-CITY COMPUTER STARS FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWTIA WORKFORCE INSTITUTE: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCREATING CODING CAREERS: $14,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetONE ACADIANA INC: $13,333 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTH LOUISIANA ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INC: $13,333 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGREATER NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: $13,333 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

Social Finance IncWorkday FoundationThe James Irvine Foun…Tides FoundationGs Donor Advised Phil…The Eric and Wendy Sc…Tipping Point Communi…Crankstart FoundationCharles Koch Foundati…Jobs for the Future I…The Sobrato Family Fo…Ascendium Education S…
Social Finance IncMA22.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Social Finance Inc · Workday Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Tides Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation · Tipping Point Community · Crankstart Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · Jobs for the Future Inc · The Sobrato Family Foundation · Ascendium Education Solutions Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Jobs for the Future Inc: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
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How do I get to Skillup Coalition?

Find your warmest path to Skillup Coalition through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 35 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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