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Southern Education Foundation Inc

The southern education foundation's mission is to advance equity and excellence in education for all students in the south, particularly low-income students and students of color.

$60k
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$920kCivil Rights$815kPublic Benefit$135kPhilanthropy$110kCrime & Legal$60kInternational$60kYouth Development$56kArts & Culture$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$60,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Duval County Public School$60,000
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 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 63% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Learning Policy Institure: $295k → 8%National Equity Project: $110k → 10%Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights Los Angeles: $50k → 14%Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network: $200k → 17%Make the Road New York: $50k → 20%Workers Defense Project: $50k → 10%New Venture Fund: $100k → 14%FLORIDA CONGRESS OF PARENTS & TEACHERS: $15k → 13%The Duval County School Board: $65k → 14%Florida Immigrant Coalition: $50k → 15%Southern Poverty Law Center: $175k → 18%STAND FOR CHILDREN: $15k → 17%village of wisdom: $14k → 11%Fulton County Schools: $75k → 8%LIVE THRIVE ATLANTA: $13k → 13%NumbersBox LLC: $6k → 14%Colorado Immigrant Rights Project: $50k → 12%SOUTHERN ECHO INC: $15k → 23%American Association of School Administrators: $30k → 9%Bend the Arc A Jewish Partnership for Justice: $65k → 17%CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES: $60k → 10%NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND: $20k → 14%Duval County Public School: $60k → 14%STAND FOR CHILDREN: $14k → 17%village of wisdom: $14k → 11%Fulton County Schools: $50k → 8%LEARN 4 LIFE: $60k → 13%AMERICA SUCCEEDS: $50k → 12%American Civil Liberties Union Foundation: $175k → 17%NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND: $20k → 14%YOUTH JUSTICE PROJECT AND SOUTHERN COALITION FOR S: $60k → 11%APEX MUSEUM: $15k → 13%NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND: $20k → 14%United Way of Greater Atlanta: $10k → 13%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

NY
CA
CO
VA
TN
NC
DC
MS
AL
GA
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.

11%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$241k · 4 repeat orgs$1.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
27

Total granted

$241k
$1.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+13%

Still filing today

75%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
EducationCrime & LegalPublic BenefitCivil RightsYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • FC
    FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS
    2× · 2022–2023 · $125k
  • NP
    NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND
    3× · 2017–2020 · $60k · revenue -29%
  • STAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER INC
    2× · 2019–2020 · $29k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • LP
    Learning Policy Institute
    one grant, 2020 · $295k · revenue -4%
  • GL
    Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network
    one grant, 2017 · $200k
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $175k · revenue +43%
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
Colorado Center On Law and Policy

Colorado center on law and policy is an antipoverty organization advancing the rights of every coloradan.

Crime & Legal
2
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana

To support the work of the amercian civil liberties union of louisiana through litigation, public education and limited lobbying in support of civil liberties.

Civil Rights
3
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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4
Aclu Foundation of Texas Inc

The ACLU Foundation of Texas is the unyielding guardian and promoter of freedom, justice, equality and dignity of all people, particularly for those who are still fighting to secure the full exercise of their civil rights and liberties.…

Civil Rights
5
Ilearn Collaborative

ILearn Collaborative creates equity in education by building the capacity of educators to implement student-centered learning. We provide professional development, consulting services and a wide variety of digital resources, and we welcome…

Education
6
American Civil Liberties Union

To promote advocacy on legislative issues in support of civil rights and liberties. to advance the organization's civil rights and civil liberties agenda in the state of louisiana legislature.

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7
Atlanta Committee for Progress Inc

ACP is a group committed to identifying and providing leadership on selected issues important to driving the economic development of the city of Atlanta and for which the ACP's active involvement will make a major difference. The ACP has a…

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8
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
9
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
10
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Inc

The aclu of georgia is dedicated to preserving the civil liberties enshrined in the u.s. constitution and bill of rights. through litigation, lobbying, and communications, the aclu of georgia works to preserve and enhance the rights of all…

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11
Latino Leadership Institute

By 2050, Latinos will comprise nearly 30 of the US population. Today and in the future, the demographic destiny of the U.S will be characterized by the growing Latino population. In fact, Latinos have an impact in all aspects of life. We…

Arts & Culture
12
The National Center on Education and the Economy

The Center is dedicated to providing tools the nation needs to lead the world in education & training in a swiftly globalizing world economy.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is America Succeeds. 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

27 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. 27 of the 33 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/27
Grantees still filing
16/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network: $200,000 · OtherGay Lesbian and Straight Education NetworkAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC: $175,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INCFULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS: $125,000 · OtherFULTON COUNTY SCHOOLSDUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $65,000 · OtherDUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLSDuval County Public School: $60,000 · OtherDuval County Public SchoolCOMPLETE TENNESSEE: $60,000 · OtherCOMPLETE TENNESSEEFLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR REFORM AND EM DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND: $60,000 · OtherFLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR REFORM AND EM DBA ORGANIZ…AMERICA SUCCEEDS: $50,000 · Other+8 more: $143,498 · Other+8 moreLearning Policy Institute: $294,654 · EducationLearning Policy Institut…NATIONAL EQUITY PROJECT: $110,392 · EducationNATIONAL EQUITY PROJECTWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $50,000 · EducationWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT+2 more: $30,000 · Education+2 moreSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $175,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVER…SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE: $60,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN COALI…Make the Road New York: $50,000 · Crime & LegalMake the Road …BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC: $65,000 · Public BenefitBEND THE …NATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND: $60,000 · Public BenefitNATIONAL …Center for Public Policy Priorities: $60,000 · Public BenefitCenter fo…COLORADO IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION: $50,000 · Civil RightsFlorida Immigrant Coalition Inc: $50,000 · Civil RightsCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $50,000 · Civil RightsNEW VENTURE FUND: $100,000 · EnvironmentLIVE-THRIVE INC: $12,500 · EnvironmentLEARN 4 LIFE INC: $60,000 · International
Other$938,498Education$485,046Crime & Legal$285,000Public Benefit$185,000Civil Rights$150,000Environment$112,500International$60,000

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 budgetLearning Policy Institute: $294,654 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC: $175,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $175,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL EQUITY PROJECT: $110,392 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PUBLIC EDUCATION SUPPORT FUND: $60,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOMPLETE TENNESSEE: $60,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetFLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR REFORM AND EM DBA ORGANIZE FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND: $60,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCenter for Public Policy Priorities: $60,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCOLORADO IMMIGRANT RIGHTS COALITION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetAMERICA SUCCEEDS: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetWORKERS DEFENSE PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMake the Road New York: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFlorida Immigrant Coalition Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCOALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBETTER SCHOOLS BETTER JOBS: $30,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSTAND FOR CHILDREN LEADERSHIP CENTER INC: $28,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVillage Of Wisdom: $27,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetCOLLECTIONS OF LIFE & HERITAGE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetGEORGIA ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $15,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetLIVE-THRIVE INC: $12,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

NEO Philanthropy IncAmalgamated Charitabl…New Venture FundTides FoundationThe Ford FoundationGates FoundationThe William & Flora H…WK Kellogg FoundationSilicon Valley Commun…Rockefeller Philanthr…Marguerite Casey Foun…Annie E Casey Foundat…
NEO Philanthropy IncNY23× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NEO Philanthropy Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Gates Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · WK Kellogg Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Marguerite Casey Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation 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 Southern Education Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Southern Education Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%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
    2get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 33 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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