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The Graduate Network Inc

The graduate network (tgn), a national nonprofit organization, was organized to catalyze movement toward educational equity for adults particularly those adults who are historically underrepresented in the college labor market. These are the 45 million individuals in the u.s. With some college credit but no degree (comebackers). Many…

$100k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2021
50%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 8
FY2018 to FY2021
States reached, FY2024
1

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 50% of the organizations The Graduate Network Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21
EducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1$100k100%
FY20216$77k50%
FY20208$352k63%
FY20195$160k20%
FY20186$206kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Employment$443kEducation$279kSocial Science$140kYouth Development$24kCommunity Improvement$10kPhilanthropy$10k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CO
NE
MO
TN
SC
DC
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of The Graduate Network Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Graduate Philadelphia$241,19120%
New America Foundation$140,00020%
Strada Education Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Community College of Philadelphia$73,0003n/a
Chestnut Hill College$72,50030%
Thomas Edison State University Foundation Inc$69,50032%
San Antonio Education Fund Dba San Antonio Education Partnership$40,00011%
Temple University$24,0001n/a
Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education$23,50010%
College Now Greater Cleveland Inc$22,00020%
One Acadiana Inc$20,00020%
Colorado Energy Office$20,0001n/a
Greenville Chamber Foundation Inc$20,00012%
Detroit Regional Chamber$10,00010%
Mid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation$10,00010%
Greater Omaha Chamber Foundation$10,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Graduate Network Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGraduate Philadelphia: $241,191 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNew America Foundation: $140,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetStrada Education Foundation Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChestnut Hill College: $72,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThomas Edison State University Foundation Inc: $69,500 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetSan Antonio Education Fund Dba San Antonio Education Partnership: $40,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $23,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCollege Now Greater Cleveland Inc: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOne Acadiana Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetGreenville Chamber Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDetroit Regional Chamber: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMid-America Regional Council Community Services Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Omaha Chamber Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 13.

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.

Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA9.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

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How do I get to The Graduate Network Inc?

Find your warmest path to The Graduate Network Inc 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.

About The Graduate Network Inc

How much does The Graduate Network Inc give?
The Graduate Network Inc reported 1 grants totaling $100,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
What does The Graduate Network Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Employment (49%), Education (31%), Social Science (15%).
Who are The Graduate Network Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Graduate Philadelphia ($241k), New America Foundation ($140k), Strada Education Foundation Inc ($100k).
Does The Graduate Network Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Graduate Network Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
Where is The Graduate Network Inc based?
The Graduate Network Inc is based in PA.

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 17 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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