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PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC

PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,888,525 to it, the largest being BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC ($70,060,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$22M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$109M
Net assets
$28M
7/13 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Partnership for Education Advancement Inc does

Mission

Our mission is to support social mobility by strengthening mission-focused colleges and universities that primarly serve low income, first generation, and under-resourced students and families.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

The organization supported ecmc in providing resources to schools to package aid to students who completed the fafsa.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. Hbcu transformation deep support for schools within the hbcu network to improve enrollment,retention, and graduation rates.

    $11,736,081 spentof which $2,498,823 as grants
    51% of program spending
  2. Better fafsa supportto provide additional resources and technology to help colleges prepare to package students' financial aid as quickly and accurately as possible through better fafsa.

    $4,184,587 spent$4,326,538 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  3. Capacity building and supportcapacity building and support to mission-aligned universities.

    $6,965,083 spentof which $490,989 as grants
    30% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $22,885,751.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($451k) Expenses 100 ($191k) Net assets 100 ($260k)2019 Revenue 194 ($875k) Expenses 425 ($810k) Net assets 125 ($325k)2020 Revenue 3381 ($15M) Expenses 3931 ($7.5M) Net assets 3104 ($8.1M)2021 Revenue 9135 ($41M) Expenses 7565 ($14M) Net assets 13390 ($35M)2022 Revenue 5284 ($24M) Expenses 10801 ($21M) Net assets 14710 ($38M)2023 Revenue 2541 ($11M) Expenses 10600 ($20M) Net assets 11466 ($30M)2024 Revenue 4867 ($22M) Expenses 12665 ($24M) Net assets 10705 ($28M)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (4867)Expenses (12665)Net assets (10705)Peer revenue range

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 $8.5M to $36M (+327%).

$269k
$358k
$8.5M
$36M
$45M
$32M
$29M
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

74% of PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,251 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$260k
’18
$65k
’19
$7.8M
’20
$27M
’21
$3.2M
’22
−$8.8M
’23
−$2.2M
’24
0.5
months of
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

James Runcie

Chief executive officer

Board chair

Hamilton James

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

2018201920202021202220232024
Listed4459131313
Joined·+0+1+4+5+1+0
No longer listed·000110
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $450k → $24M.

3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC’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

PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

91% 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 PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC.

64%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 86% · 2020 100% · 2021 97% · 2022 73% · 2023 56% — 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

25% of PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

65% of PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

WA
MN
WI
NY
MA
VA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $510k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−10% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)91% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024

Organizations like PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC

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In New York

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 4%Fundraising 1%

Governance

6
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

92%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC?
PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $108,888,525 to it, the largest being BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC ($70,060,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $108,888,525 in grants to PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC?
BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $70,060,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION ADVANCEMENT INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2018–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing