Minnesota · Nonprofit
ECMC EDUCATION INC
ECMC EDUCATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being I CAR EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $-13170915
What Ecmc Education Inc does
Mission
Ecmc education, inc.'s mission is to transform career and technical education to provide aspiring and current learners with skills to elevate their careers and communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction and student services:ecmc education, inc., dba altierus career college, is a nonprofit provider of career school training in the postsecondary education industry offering educational opportunities with an emphasis in allied health and trades. Ecmc education, inc. Engages with faculty, industry leaders, and employers to help identify skills, competencies, behaviors and certifications that fit the needs of the marketplace and enhance each graduate's ability to find a job in his or her chosen field. The schools are accredited to grant diploma and associate degrees. Ecmc education, inc. Serves a non-traditional, underserved student population: 65% of ecmc education, inc. Students are eligible for pell grants (54% are eligible for full pell grants); 73% of ecmc education, inc.'s student body is female; 87% of students are non-white; 58% of students are older than 25 years old; 62% of ecmc education, inc.'s students are first-time, first-year college students; and only 16% of students depend upon their parents or guardians' financial resources. Ecmc education, inc. Delivers services that make a student's transition from high school to a postsecondary institution as easy and…
$6,687,221 spent$386,025 earned by the program99% of program spendingGrants and scholarships:ecmc education, inc. Offers the following scholarship and grant programs to make college affordable for our students: altierus grants, in it together scholarships, employee and military scholarships. Funds are available to pay for tuition, books and fees.the altierus grant is an institutional grant program awarded on an annual basis to students of altierus schools owned by ecmc education, inc. Who demonstrate financial need. The amount and source of the grant, which can be up to $10,000 per academic year, is available for new and continuing students and may vary by student based on the demonstrated financial assistance needed and institutional grant funding availability. Altierus military scholarships offer up to 10% of tuition per term or academic period for their spouses, as well as for veterans and their dependents using va education benefits. As of december 31, 2023, ecmc education, inc. No longer enrolls any students and voluntarily ceased participation with title iv programs in alignment with the planned closures of the three campuses during 2023.
$47,329 spentof which $47,329 as grants1% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,734,550.
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 2017 to 2018, from $20M to $11M (−46%).
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 2% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 13% · 2021 11% · 2022 2% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of ECMC EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Daniel Fisher
President & CEO, ecmc group
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Against its field
ECMC EDUCATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding ECMC EDUCATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.5M on record — $15.5M federal, $172 state.
- Department of Education$15.5M
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $172
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 ECMC EDUCATION INC
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
13% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
35%
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 37 related entities
- Ecmc Group Inc · exempt
- Educational Credit Management Corporation · exempt
- Ecmc Foundation · exempt
- Ecmc Revenue Management Corporation · exempt
- Ecmc Services Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ECMC EDUCATION INC: 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 ECMC EDUCATION INC?
- ECMC EDUCATION INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being I CAR EDUCATION FOUNDATION ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ECMC EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to ECMC EDUCATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ECMC EDUCATION INC?
- I CAR EDUCATION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ECMC EDUCATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 1 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