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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.

$100k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
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States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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 2024.

Employment$443kEducation$279kSocial Science$140kYouth Development$24kCommunity Improvement$10kPhilanthropy$10k
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$100,000
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 71% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%GREATER OMAHA CHAMBER FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%TEMPLE - MS ADDISALEM HAILU: $24k → 22%SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $40k → 16%GREENVILLE CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $20k → 10%NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: $70k → 14%DETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER: $10k → 21%MID-AMERICA REGIONAL CHAMBER: $10k → 15%COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER: $10k → 17%STATE OF COLORADO - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & EMPLOYMENT: $20k → 12%STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $100k → 16%COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND: $12k → 17%THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%ONE ACADIANA: $10k → 17%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION: $24k → 22%NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: $70k → 14%COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND: $10k → 17%THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $24k → 11%ONE ACADIANA: $10k → 17%THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA: $28k → 22%THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $21k → 11%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE - SCHOOL OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES: $28k → 22%THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA: $24k → 22%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE - SCHOOL OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES: $24k → 22%THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA: $21k → 22%CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE - SCHOOL OF CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL STUDIES: $21k → 22%GRADUATE PHILADELPHIA (GP): $234k → 22%GRADUATE PHILADELPHIA (GP): $7k → 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

MI
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CO
NE
MO
TN
SC
DC
LA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 56% of The Graduate Network Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 48% of the giving stays in PA; by stated purpose, 0%.

The Graduate Network Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 29% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$638k · 7 repeat orgs$258k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$638k
$158k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+84%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’24
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • GP
    GRADUATE PHILADELPHIA
    2× · 2020–2021 · $241k · revenue +3%
  • NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $140k · revenue +1%
  • THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $70k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • SA
    SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION FUND DBA SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2018 · $40k · revenue +10%
  • TU
    TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $24k
  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    one grant, 2020 · $24k · 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.

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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
2
National Association of College and University Attorneys

To advance the practice of higher education attorneys for the benefit of the institutions they serve.

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3
National Association for College Admission Counseling

Empowering college admission counseling professionals through education, advocacy, and community.

Education
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
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
6
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
7
American Council On Education

Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
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
10
Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

Leading the way to the best kc region by convening innovative leaders, collaborating with like-minded organizations, advocating for positive change, and helping small businesses grow.

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Council for Higher Education Accreditation

The council is dedicated to serving students and their families, colleges and universities, sponsoring bodies, governments and employers by promoting academic quality through formal recognition of higher education accrediting bodies and…

Education
12
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 Graduate Philadelphia; the most unlike its peers is Chestnut Hill College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

14 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. 14 of the 17 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRADUATE PHILADELPHIA: $241,191 · EducationGRADUATE PHILADELPHIACHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE: $72,500 · EducationCHESTNUT HILL COLLEGETHOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $69,500 · EducationTHOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCSAN ANTONIO EDUCATION FUND DBA SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: $40,000 · EducationSAN ANTONIO EDUCATION FUND DBA SAN ANTONIO EDUCATION PARTN…Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $23,500 · EducationCOLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND INC: $22,000 · EducationNEW AMERICA FOUNDATION: $140,000 · OtherNEW AMERICA FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA: $73,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIATEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $24,000 · OtherTEMPLE UNIVERSITYONE ACADIANA INC: $20,000 · OtherONE ACADIANA INCCOLORADO ENERGY OFFICE: $20,000 · OtherCOLORADO ENERGY OFFICEGREENVILLE CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · OtherGREENVILLE CHAMBER FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $20,000 · Other+2 moreSTRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementSTRADA EDUCAT…MID-AMERICA REGIONAL COUNCIL COMMUNITY SERVICES CORPORATION: $10,000 · Community ImprovementMID-AMERICA R…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy
Education$468,691Other$317,000Community Improvement$110,000Philanthropy$10,000

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 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 budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER MEMPHIS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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
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.

Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Graduate Network Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Graduate Network Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get 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
    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 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.

    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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