Oregon · Nonprofit
EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER
EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,394,929 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($1,500,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What Educational Policy Improvement Center does
Mission
Our mission is to make education work for all students. We see a future where readiness and success are defined by students' engagement, adaptability, and what they can do with their knowledge rather than content mastery and testing alone. We want to be a creative catalyst inspiring, equipping, and linking schools to create this future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Program service accomplishments (2024-2025)during the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the organization advanced its mission to strengthen educational systems through applied research, technology development, and cross-sector collaboration focused on instructional quality, professional learning, and whole-child school design.edutech: instructional technology & professional learningthrough its edutech work, the organization partnered with college board to support the ongoing implementation and continuous improvement of the ap course audit, with a focus on strengthening instructional coherence and equity across advanced placement programs nationwide. This work included contributing to the refinement of audit processes and the development of new technology course frameworks.in parallel, the organization advanced the design and piloting of new professional learning technology focused on high-quality project-based learning, supporting educators in designing authentic, inquiry driven learning experiences aligned to rigorous academic standards and durable skill development. These tools are intended to help educators translate standards and course expectations into coherent, student-centered…
$3,705,850 spent$4,175,302 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,705,850.
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 2021 to 2022, from $5.3M to $4.0M (−25%).
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: 2019 7% · 2020 15% · 2021 24% · 2022 14% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER’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
Matthew Coleman
Chief executive director
Board chair
Gina Rivera
Interim board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $389k → $282k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER’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
EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 78% · 2022 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
EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER runs a healthier operating margin 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 EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.5M on record.
- Department of Education$2.5M
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 EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER: 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 EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER?
- EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,394,929 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($1,500,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,394,929 in grants to EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 5 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