Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING
CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,927,580 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($2,359,470). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.4M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Consortium for School Networking does
Mission
Empowering educational leaders to leverage technology to realize engaging learning environments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Consortium for School Networking's k-12 school network annual conference is the premier national event for school systems leaders committed to transform learning with technology.the 2025 annual conference held in seattle, wa is designed to help education leaders better understand the changing roles needed to create the new face of learning. This year's theme of continuously connected and constantly learning addresses how school systems can create digital learning ecosystems to challenge and inspire their students, encourage innovation and deepen learning in a hyper-connected world. In 2025, the conference served 1,331 attendees originating from locations around the world.
$1,978,751 spent$1,222,093 earned by the program40% of program spendingLeadership initiatives: cosn helps education technology leaders address key challenges in the transition to a digitally enabled learning environment. Support, resources, and tools are provided for school district administrators, educators, and educational organizations to leverage the power of technology to improve student learning. Cosn offers assistance and expertise in three critical areas of educational technology- leadership and vision, instructional focus, and it management. These focus areas help districts create a comprehensive digital transformation of learning environments.
$1,611,440 spent$339,547 earned by the program32% of program spendingProfessional development, coalition and capacity building: cosn believes that school technology directors acting alone cannot transform education. The cto works most effectively when part of a team that recognizes and values the power of technology to transform learning, instruction, and administrative efficiencies throughout the organization. Cosn provides a rich set of resources, educational materials, and activities suitable for all school system/school district leaders. Hot technologies and trends must be put into the context of learning with real examples of what works, what doesn't, and ideas of how to get there from where you are today. Successful teams include the superintendent and curriculum leaders as well as experienced ctos. Institutional membership in cosn supports and assists school system leaders in building needed team capacity and provides essential membership benefits. The success of technology within a school system depends on system-wide support and leadership, and most important, a culture of innovation continuous improvement.
$1,265,554 spent$1,449,896 earned by the program25% of program spendingEducate and inform decision makers around key policies and the value of technology to transform learning. Communicate the impact of policy made at the federal level to school districts.
$119,901 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,975,646.
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 $1.6M to $3.1M (+98%).
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 8% · 2023 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Keith Kruger
CEO
Board chair
Diane Doersch
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $148k → $571k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING’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
CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 73% · 2020 77% · 2021 84% · 2022 78% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $512k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING is better cushioned than half 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 CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $649 on record.
- Registration for Meetings&Conf$649
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 CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING: 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 CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING?
- CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,927,580 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($2,359,470). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,927,580 in grants to CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,359,470 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSORTIUM FOR SCHOOL NETWORKING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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