New York · Nonprofit
College Board
College Board (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,744,828 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($13,900,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2B
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $21M
- Net assets
- $2.0B
What College Board does
Mission
Our mission is to serve over 6,000 members and connect more than 7 million students to college success and career opportunity. Through our programs and initiatives, we expand opportunities for students and challenge them to own their future by practicing hard and taking advantage of every opportunity they earn.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advanced Placement Program Founded in 1955, the Advanced Placement program gives students the opportunity to take college-level coursework and exams in high school. Students who succeed on AP exams are more likely to succeed in college and can potentially earn valuable college credit. Even taking just one AP course provided students a boost in first-year grades and on-time bachelor's degree attainment. College Board is committed to expanding access and opportunities for students to challenge themselves with college-level coursework and prepare themselves for college and career. Nearly 1.2 million students in the class of 2024 took more than 4.3 million AP Exams in U.S. public high schools nationwide, as educators across the country encourage a wider range of capable students to experience the benefits of AP. Among 2024 U.S. public high school graduates, 35.7% took at least one AP Exam during high school, and 22.6% of the graduating class scored a 3 or higher (out of 5) on at least one AP exam. Over the past 10 years, the percentage of all U.S. public high school graduates earning a score of 3 or higher on at least one AP exam has grown by 2.9 percentage points.During that same…
$453,297,724 spentof which $339,838 as grants$576,355,329 earned by the program56% of program spendingSAT Suite of Assessments College Board's SAT Suite, which includes the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10, and PSAT 8/9, measures what research shows students need to succeed after high school. It also connects students with fee waivers, scholarship opportunities, free, personalized practice, and college and career planning tools. The 2024 SAT Suite of Assessments Annual Report shows that 1.97 million students in the high school class of 2024 took the SAT at least once, up from 1.91 million in the class of 2023. The SAT can connect students with colleges and scholarship opportunities to help pay for college. College Board survey results continue to showmore than 80% of students want the chance to send their scores to colleges. The majority of test takers took the assessment through SAT School Day, in-school program that dramatically expands access to SAT testing. In the class of 2024, 1.35 million students took the SAT through SAT School Day, which provides schools, districts, and states a way to offer the SAT to juniors and seniors in school, on a weekday, at no cost to students. Overall, more than 68% of SAT takers in the class of 2024 took the SAT on a school day, the highest percentage…
$203,656,850 spent$295,653,377 earned by the program25% of program spendingCollege and Career Opportunities and Enrollment By connecting students to colleges and scholarships, and providing access to credit programs, planning tools, and fee waivers for all who need them, College Board is increasing opportunities and breaking down barriers to college and helping students identify career opportunities. BigFuture: BigFuture is a free, online resource that helps students take the right first step after high school. It helps students explore careers, plan for college, and pay for college. Whether a student is interested in a four-year university, community college, or career training, BigFuture simplifies the steps students can take to start planning their future. Driven by insights from real students, educators, and industry leaders, and backed by over 100 years of College Board research, BigFuture provides personalized information that meets students' needs. And when students take important actions toward their future, they're rewarded with the chance to win scholarships. BigFuture Scholarships launched in December 2018 and are open to all students starting in 10th grade. Students who complete steps on BigFuture can win scholarship drawings-two $40,000…
$121,760,082 spentof which $2,488,763 as grants$116,649,460 earned by the program15% of program spendingOther Services Research and Advocacy - College Board's Research and Advocacy efforts are related primarily to the areas of college preparation and access, college affordability and financial aid, college admissions and completion, and the importance of teachers and school counselors. Membership - College Board works to strengthen relationships among members to achieve our shared goals through programs, services, and large-scale conferences, and seeks to foster community, expand knowledge, and enhance the education profession. Puerto Rico and Latin America - College Board Puerto Rico and Latin America develops programs and services specially designed for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and countries where the primary language is Spanish. These programs are aimed at systematizing the university evaluation and admissions processes, strengthening academic and personal orientation, and promoting educational excellence.
$35,337,274 spentof which $2,381,520 as grants$18,809,603 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $814,051,930.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $1.7B to $2.0B (+16%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of College Board’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
David Coleman
CEO/trustee
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $14M → $1.4M.
4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of College Board’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
College Board leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund College Board.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 63% · 2021 88% · 2022 41% · 2023 91% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
20% of College Board's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
81% of College Board's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $3.9M that is directly attributable, 63% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $17M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
College Board runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 696 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 696 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2024
Government funding College Board receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35.3M on record.
- CT$19.0M
- NJ$8.4M
- OR$4.5M
- OK$2.1M
- FL$968k
- VT$233k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like College Board
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 3 states
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- College Board Holding LLC · disregarded
- College Board India Global Alliance LLP · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds College Board?
- College Board (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,744,828 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($13,900,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does College Board have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $20,744,828 in grants to College Board, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of College Board?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $13,900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like College Board find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing