Texas · Nonprofit
COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION
COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION (Texas) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,180,926 to it, the largest being THE ONESTAR NATIONAL SERVICE COMMISSION INC ($1,339,173). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $6.2M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Collegiate Edu-Nation does
Mission
To end generational poverty in rural America by empowering rural school districts and communities to support and educate students/youth, beginning at home, continuing from the first day of Pre-K through postsecondary, leading to meaningful careers for lifetime success.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Pillar One team of Collegiate Edu-Nation (CEN) supported rural and small districts by providing tools, training, and frameworks rooted in the Essential Elements. Core activities included professional learning, instructional support, district planning, and conference presentations to strengthen teaching, leadership capacity, and student pathways.Metrics and Outcomes26 districts served and 582 educators trained through Research-Based Instructional Strategies (RBIS) in Mathematics and English Language Arts & Reading (ELAR) for K-8.Developed a method to combine Five Star Ratings across the eight Essential Elements, creating a measurable framework for assessing and celebrating district progress.Guided schools in developing strategic plans, mission and vision statements, belief systems, and Portrait of a Graduate frameworks.Advanced project-based and place-based learning, including agriculture-focused initiatives that connected students to emerging agri-tech careers.Delivered conference presentations in multiple tracks, including artificial intelligence (AI), rural education, and college and career readiness.
$1,749,300 spent67% of program spendingPillar Two advanced rural workforce and community pathways by supporting adult learners and strengthening regional talent ecosystems across rural Texas. Through postsecondary coaching, Registered Apprenticeship expansion, and place-based community engagement, CEN increased credential attainment and workforce placement while building cross-sector partnerships and scalable regional hub models supported by philanthropic investments.Metrics and OutcomesSupported adult learners across 40+ rural Texas communities through coaching, career navigation, and workforce placement support.Served 218 adult learners in high-demand fields including healthcare, nursing, teaching, manufacturing, HVAC, and skilled trades.Established or deepened 61 employer, college, and community partnerships to expand pre-apprenticeship and Registered Apprenticeship pathways.Engaged 300+ community stakeholders (mayors, economic development leaders, county judges, educators, healthcare systems, and industry partners) in coordinated workforce strategies.Scaled regionally aligned hub models to support industry training, apprenticeships, and civic leadership initiatives across West, Central, and East Texas.
$725,070 spent28% of program spendingPillar Three advanced rural empowerment by launching new initiatives and expanding national advocacy and partnership efforts to elevate rural priorities in education and workforce development. Through national convenings, virtual learning, student exposure opportunities, and multi-state expansion efforts, CEN strengthened rural voice, increased cross-sector alignment, and accelerated the spread of effective rural models.Metrics and OutcomesHosted the inaugural National Rural Empowerment Conference, convening rural K12 districts, higher education partners, and employers with cross-sector sessions on rural education-to-workforce pathways.Launched a recurring Rural Lunch & Learn Series, providing accessible virtual professional learning on stakeholder-identified rural priorities (e.g., apprenticeships, broadband-enabled learning, teacher pathways).Began the Ask the Expert student series, connecting rural middle and high school students with industry and postsecondary professionals to increase exposure to high-value careers and credentials.Launched the National Rural Ambassadors Program, equipping rural educators, students, and community partners to elevate rural success stories and…
$149,843 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,624,213.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2023 to 2024, from $1.8M to $3.8M (+106%).
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: 2021 6% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 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.
Board chair
Susan Holley
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income rose $50k → $1.9M.
3 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION’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
COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
53% 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 COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 80% · 2021 52% · 2022 75% · 2023 42% — 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
17% of COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 47% 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
71% of COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $590k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $282k on record.
- Department of Agriculture$282k
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 COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
53%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION?
- COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION (Texas) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,180,926 to it, the largest being THE ONESTAR NATIONAL SERVICE COMMISSION INC ($1,339,173). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $6,180,926 in grants to COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION?
- THE ONESTAR NATIONAL SERVICE COMMISSION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,339,173 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLEGIATE EDU-NATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 17 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