Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION
COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,569,056 to it, the largest being Lumina Foundation for Education Inc ($910,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $-1859148
What Council for Opportunity in Education does
Mission
To further the expansion of college access and success services throughout the united states.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Conference and seminars:conduct annual conference and seminars to disseminate information and educate members and attendees on educational opportunity programs.
$2,886,720 spent$2,889,910 earned by the program38% of program spendingInformation dissemination:distributing information to members on issues relevant to low income and first-generation students involved in post secondary education.
$1,408,188 spent18% of program spendingProgram and professional development:professional development personnel working with college access and success practitioners and institutions to learn or enhance strategies in working with low-income and first-generation communities.
$1,154,196 spent$854,461 earned by the program15% of program spendingGrants:professional development personnel working with college access and success practitioners and institutions to create successful programs to have low-income, first-generation students succeed in higher education.
$1,300,168 spentof which $201,554 as grants17% of program spendingGovernment relations:gathering and summarizing current and proposed legislation relevant to member interest.
$879,351 spent12% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,628,623.
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.
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 $3.2M to $6.0M (+86%).
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 9% · 2018 10% · 2019 8% · 2020 7% · 2021 8% · 2022 8% · 2023 4% · 2024 5% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Mara Luna
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $35k → $807k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel). These are real filings, and they are not money COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION raised.
From the IRS filings of COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION’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
COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
58% 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 COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 47% · 2019 97% · 2020 45% · 2021 71% · 2022 76% · 2023 47% — 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
38% of COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $207k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.2M on record — $5.2M federal, $25k state.
- Department of Education$3.3M
- National Science Foundation$1.2M
- Federal Communications Commission$740k
- Membership in Organizations$20k
- Registration - Agency Direct$4k
- Replacement Warrants$2k
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 COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION: 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 COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION?
- COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,569,056 to it, the largest being Lumina Foundation for Education Inc ($910,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $3,569,056 in grants to COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION?
- Lumina Foundation for Education Inc is the largest funder on record, with $910,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL FOR OPPORTUNITY IN EDUCATION 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.
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 13 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing