Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK
QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,139,779 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($1,284,681). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Quality Education for Minorities Network does
Mission
Qem network works with individuals, organizations, and institutions across the country to coordinate and energize efforts to improve the education of domestic talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) fields. We are dedicated to advancing domestic talent participation in stem disciplines throughout the nation through capacity building, student professional development, faculty development and research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Not described on the e-filed return.
$2,911,902 spentof which $511,586 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,911,902.
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 2022 to 2023, from $934k to $2.1M (+126%).
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 98% · 2018 93% · 2019 94% · 2020 87% · 2021 92% · 2022 80% · 2023 70% · 2024 81% · 2025 76%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Dr Mercy Mugo
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $155k → $807k.
From the IRS filings of QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK’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
QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 80%; 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: 2019 58% · 2021 98% · 2022 71% · 2023 54% — 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
QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 6 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
QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK 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 QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14.8M on record.
- National Science Foundation$13.9M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$909k
- Department of Education$10k
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 QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK: 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 QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK?
- QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,139,779 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($1,284,681). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,139,779 in grants to QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,284,681 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK 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 7 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