Oregon · Nonprofit
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,441,817 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($2,750,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $3.4M
- Net assets
- $355k
What National Council for Workforce Education does
Mission
NCWE promotes student success and excellence in education and training by providing the link between policy and practice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The National Council for Workforce Education is committed to promoting excellence and growth in workforce education. As an affiliate council of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), NCWE provides a national forum for administrators and faculty in workforce education and basic skills, as well as representatives of business, labor, military, and government, to affect and direct the future role of two-year and other post-secondary institutions in workforce education and economic development. NCWE provides the link between policy and workforce education and economic develeopment by providing support, research and critical information to members on current and future trends and policies.NCWE VISION:By placing a strong emphasis on student success in exemplary programs, NCWE serves as the national leader providing resources and expertise to community colleges to enhance their efforts in preparing the current and future workforce in a global economy.
$1,371,986 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,371,986.
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 $369k to $1.0M (+180%).
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.
78% of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION’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. 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
Sarah Kate Kinder
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $127k → $1.2M.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE 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
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2018 100% · 2021 84% · 2022 87% · 2023 92% — 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.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION 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
Organizations like NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE 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 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION?
- NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,441,817 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($2,750,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $3,441,817 in grants to NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR WORKFORCE EDUCATION 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.
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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 4 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