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The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment Inc

The national center for the improvement of educational assessment, inc.

$56k
Granted FY2024still arriving
7
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
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$100kEnvironment$38kFood & Nutrition$32kHuman Services$32kArts & Culture$25kRecreation & Sports$9kCommunity Improvement$5kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $45,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $55,568 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $10,568 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.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$9.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NCME$15,000
COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY$5,000
UNH FOUNDATION$5,000
SOUTHEAST LAND TRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE$5,000
END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER$5,000
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$5,000
SEACOAST EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT$5,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $32k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%STRAFFORD COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $12k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY: $10k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY: $5k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY: $5k → 9%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

ME
NH
WI
MA
NJ
RI
CO
DC
HI
GA
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$192k · 13 repeat orgs$54k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
13

Total granted

$192k
$54k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+92%

Still filing today

54%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionPhilanthropyHuman ServicesCrime & LegalOther
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

  • E6
    END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER
    8× · 2017–2025 · $32k · revenue +111%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY
    5× · 2020–2025 · $32k · revenue +21%
  • CM
    CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
    6× · 2017–2025 · $24k · revenue +59%

Funded once

  • SL
    Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +23%
  • UT
    UNH TECHNICAL CAMP
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +58%
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
New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute

New hampshire fiscal policy institute promotes opportunity and economic well-being for all new hampshire residents by producing and disseminating independent research and analysis to inform public policy.

Public Benefit
2
New England Center for Investigative Reporting Inc
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3
New Hampshire Women's Foundation Inc

New hampshire women's foundation invests in opportunity and equality for women and girls in new hampshire through research, advocacy, education and grant making.

Education
4
The New England College of Optometry

See schedule othe mission of new england college of optometry is to change the way people see the world.we do so by:- integrating innovative education with early and diverse clinical experiences to prepare today's optometrists for…

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5
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
6
New Hampshire Democracy Fund

To build a movement of people and organizations in New Hampshire to protect democracy and voting rights.

Civil Rights
7
Native Plant Trust Inc

The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.

Environment
8
New England Eye Institute Inc

To improve the visual health of populations through excellence in collaborative and community-oriented patient care, education and research.

Human Services
9
Natural History Institute

Natural History Institute is organized to provide leadership and resources for a revitalized practice of natural history that integrates art, science, and humanities to promote the health and well-being of humans and the rest of the…

Arts & Culture
10
New England Lawboston

New england law/boston dedicates itself to preparing students to be successful lawyers and leaders in the public and private sectors through integrated practical, theoretical and ethical education of the highest caliber and to contributing…

Education
11
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund Inc

The mission of entrepreneur fund is to advance community economic development in rural and underserved communities. we work to achieve this by actively partnering with entrepreneurs to stimulate the growth of successful businesses. our…

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12
Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc

Wentworth institute of technology is a nationally recognized private coeducational and residential university of higher education with a mission to empower, inspire and innovate through experiential learning with a core purpose of career…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Museum of New Hampshire; the most unlike its peers is Annie E Woodman Institute. 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

21 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. 21 of the 26 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)
19/21
Grantees still filing
10/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION INC: $20,000 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MEASUREMENT…SOUTHEAST LAND TRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $10,000 · OtherSOUTHEAST LAND TRUST OF NEW HAM…UNH TECHNICAL CAMP: $9,000 · OtherUNH TECHNICAL CAMPNORTHEAST ED RESEARCH ASSOC: $7,000 · OtherNORTHEAST ED RESEARCH ASSOCCity of Dover NH: $6,500 · OtherCity of Dover NHNCME: $5,000 · OtherNCMEAERA DIVISION D: $3,000 · OtherCity of Rochester: $3,000 · Other+7 more: $4,300 · Other+7 moreSEACOAST EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DOVER: $35,000 · EducationSEACOAST EDUCATIONAL ENDOWME…UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $17,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE …UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUND…PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOU…END 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $32,000 · Food & NutritionEND 68 HOURS O…COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY: $31,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY ACTI…CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $23,500 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S M…ARTS IN REACH - ENCOURAGING GROWTH THROUGH THE ARTS: $2,500 · Arts & CultureARTS IN REAC…+1 more: $150 · Arts & CultureSoutheast Land Trust of New Hampshire: $25,000 · PhilanthropySoutheast L…MOTHERHOOD BEYOND BARS INC: $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$67,800Education$62,500Food & Nutrition$32,000Human Services$31,500Arts & Culture$26,150Philanthropy$25,000Crime & Legal$1,000

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 budgetSEACOAST EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DOVER: $35,000 over 7y, 9.9% of budgetEND 68 HOURS OF HUNGER: $32,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF STRAFFORD COUNTY: $31,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $23,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL ON MEASUREMENT IN EDUCATION INC: $20,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPUBLIC SCHOOLS OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetARTS IN REACH - ENCOURAGING GROWTH THROUGH THE ARTS: $2,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLITTLE HARBOUR CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDANA-FARBER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HAMPSHIRE CONGRESS PARENTS AND TEACHERS - D/B/A DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL PTA: $250 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

New Hampshire Charita…Federal Savings Bank …Lincoln Financial Fou…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
New Hampshire Charitable FoundationNH18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: New Hampshire Charitable Foundation · Federal Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Inc · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment Inc. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 26 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 $97k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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