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Sme Education Foundation

A.

$7.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
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.

Education$1.8MRecreation & Sports$10kYouth Development$9k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $100,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $7,525,238 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $7,425,238 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.
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$32M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
MCKENZIE CENTER FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY$10,000
WHEELING HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
SAN PASQUAL HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
WALKER CAREER CENTER$10,000
METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WAYNE TOWNSHIP$10,000
HOLLENSTEIN CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CENTER$10,000
WADSWORTH HIGH SCHOOLS$10,000
SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
INNOVATION CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL$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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WORCESTER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 11%SAINT MICHAEL-ALBERTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 5%HELENA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 9%CENTRAL COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $15k → 14%INDIANA COUNTY TECHNOLOGY CENTER: $10k → 14%ROCKLIN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 6%SAN PASQUAL HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 11%NORWALK-LA MIRADA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 14%EAGLE MOUNTAIN - SAGINAW ISD: $18k → 11%HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF: $10k → 13%GRAND HAVEN AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $22k → 8%ROMEO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $11k → 10%INNOVATION CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 11%JACKSON COUNTY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 13%WHITEHALL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $17k → 15%KETTERING UNIVERSITY: $918k → 16%SAGINAW ISD: $10k → 18%MT PLEASANT HIGH SCHOOL GI-TEC: $10k → 19%ALABAMA TECHNOLOGY NETWORK: $25k → 18%OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35k → 15%LEBANON SCHOOL DISTRICT: $35k → 15%J I CASE HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 10%METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT OF WAYNE TOWNSHIP: $10k → 16%WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS: $30k → 7%CENTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 14%TOOLING UNIVERSITY: $63k → 17%TRI-RIVERS JOINT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 17%WHEELING HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 14%JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $10k → 15%HELENA SCHOOL DISTRICT #1: $10k → 9%CENTRAL COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 14%INDIANA COUNTY TECHNOLOGY CENTER: $10k → 14%HOLLENSTEIN CAREER & TECHNOLOGY CENTER: $10k → 11%CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 12%ROMEO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $10k → 10%WHITEHALL HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 15%RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $17k → 10%WALKER CAREER CENTER: $10k → 16%WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS: $15k → 7%WHEELING HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 14%CENTRAL COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL: $10k → 14%INDIANA COUNTY TECHNOLOGY CENTER: $10k → 14%EAGLE MOUNTAIN-SAGINAW ISD: $10k → 11%ROMEO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS - ROMEO HS: $10k → 10%WHITEHALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS: $10k → 15%RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $10k → 10%WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS: $10k → 7%LEYDEN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 212: $13k → 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

MT
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
KY
VA
NC
SC
AL
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.

28%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$501k · 12 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
22

Total granted

$501k
$1.2M

Still filing today

0%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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
EducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • WC
    WADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS
    7× · 2017–2024 · $164k
  • RU
    RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    7× · 2017–2024 · $47k
  • CC
    CENTRAL COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
    6× · 2017–2022 · $43k

Funded once

  • KU
    Kettering University
    one grant, 2022 · $918k · revenue -10%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS
    2× · 2019–2020 · $63k · revenue -13%
  • LR
    LEBANON R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2019 · $35k
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
Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation Fund Inc

Established in 2006, the gwinnett county public schools foundation fund, inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)3 charitable organization dedicated to providing financial resources to enrich and enhance education in gwinnett county public schools. the…

Education
2
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
3
Dixie Technical College

Train students to master essential skills they will take directly to the workforce enabling them to support their families strengthen the community and contribute to local industry while advancing their careers.

Education
4
Parker Core Knowledge Inc

Parker Core Knowledge is committed to providing its students an academic advantage by building a solid foundation of knowledge, skills and character, while challenging each individual to become a critical thinker, responsible citizen and…

Education
5
Andrews University

Education

Education
6
Trinity Collegiate School

To be a college preparatory school of academic excellence rooted in the faith, values and caring of the judeo-christian tradition.

Education
7
The Topeka Public Schools Foundation

To enhance educational opportunities for all students through a partnership of our community and its public schools.

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8
Rochester Community and Technical Colleg

Improve lives with the support of quality, affordable, accessible higher education.

Education
9
Northcentral Technical College Foundation Inc

The ntc foundation develops relationships that enable individuals, businesses and the community to advocate for and provide resources in support of northcentral technical college in accomplishing its mission.

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10
School District No 110 Foundation

The School District 110 Foundation provides scholarship-based financial support to qualifying Waconia High School graduating seniors preparing to enter colleges, universities, technical, trade, or vocational schools. Additional financial…

Philanthropy
11
King's Ridge Christian School

King's Ridge Christian School is a Christian community providing a college preparatory education equipping students to know, to serve, and to believe.

Education
12
Raritan Valley Community College

Raritan Valley Community College is an educational community that works to develop critical thinking, foster intellectual curiosity, promote leadership, encourage social responsibility and support personal growth.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grand Rapids Public Schools Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation. 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

10 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. 10 of the 40 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/10
Grantees still filing
3/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kettering University: $917,656 · EducationKettering University+3 more: $28,000 · EducationWADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLS: $164,250 · OtherWADSWORTH CITY SCHOOLSRACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $47,000 · OtherRACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICTCENTRAL COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT: $42,624 · OtherCENTRAL COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICTTownship Highshcool District 214: $38,000 · OtherWHITEHALL DISTRICT SCHOOLS: $37,333 · OtherLEBANON R-III SCHOOL DISTRICT: $35,000 · OtherROMEO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS: $30,500 · OtherGRAND HAVEN AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $29,383 · OtherMSD OF WARREN TOWNSHIP: $28,000 · OtherEAGLE MOUNTAIN- SAGINAW ISD: $28,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $25,000 · Other+22 more: $217,228 · Other+22 moreSOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS: $62,500 · Community ImprovementOZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · PhilanthropySTMA Youth Baseball Association Inc: $10,000 · Recreation & Sports
Education$945,656Other$722,318Community Improvement$62,500Philanthropy$35,000Recreation & Sports$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKettering University: $917,656 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetSOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS: $62,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetSTMA Youth Baseball Association Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetGRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetWORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetEast Cooper Stem Booster Fund: $8,000 over 1y, 33% 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.

  • Who funds Kettering University ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS ↗
  • Who funds OZARKS TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds STMA Youth Baseball Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds GRAND RAPIDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds East Cooper Stem Booster Fund ↗

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.

For Inspiration and R…Michigan College Acce…Share Our StrengthGenYOUTH IncorporatedRound It Up America I…I Car Education Found…Project Lead the Way …Project Lead the Way …Michigan Elementary a…Michigan Physical Fit…Dick's Sporting Goods…State Alliance of Mic…
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)NH51.7× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Michigan College Access Network · Share Our Strength · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Round It Up America Inc · I Car Education Foundation · Project Lead the Way Inc · Project Lead the Way Inc · Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association Inc · Michigan Physical Fitness Health and Sports Foundation · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · State Alliance of Michigan YMCAs (0050)

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 40 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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