Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC
THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,997,807 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($14,884,574). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.4M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $24M
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What The Coleridge Initiative Inc does
Mission
Working with governments to ensure that data are more effectively used for public decision-making by providing a platform to securely link confidential data within and across states and agencies, and by providing data literacy training to agency staff.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The administrative data research facility (adrf) is a federally certified secure data facility where colerdige hosts administrative data sets from state and federal agencies. Working inside the adrf, agency staff can link and analyze data sets to answer critical questions, while guaranteeing confidentiality and privacy.
$2,417,870 spent$1,986,890 earned by the program33% of program spendingGeneral program - the coleridge initiative is a not-for-profit organization, originally established at new york university, that is working with governments to ensure that data is more effectively used for public decision-making. We achieve this goal by working with government agencies to create value for the tax payer from the careful use of data, by building new technologies to enable secure access to and sharing of confidential microdata, and by training agency staff to acquire modern data skills.
$3,281,393 spent45% of program spendingResearch & training - coleridge works with analysts from state and federal agencies to answer critical questions using adminstrative data, in order to make evidence-based policy decisions. We achieve this by storing, linking, and analyzing sensitive data, as well as training agency staff to acquire modern data skills.
$1,547,373 spent$1,888,764 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,246,636.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $3.7M to $7.3M (+99%).
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: 2020 17% · 2021 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC’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. 2 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Michael Holland
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $1.9M → $6.6M.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE 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
THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 87%; 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: 2020 47% · 2021 67% · 2022 65% · 2023 61% — growing more concentrated.
“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
75% of THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
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
THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k 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
THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC is better cushioned than half of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.9M on record — $2.9M federal, $44k state.
- Department of Agriculture$2.3M
- Department of Education$451k
- National Science Foundation$120k
- Platform as a Service$44k
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 THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE 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 THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC?
- THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,997,807 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($14,884,574). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $23,997,807 in grants to THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,884,574 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COLERIDGE INITIATIVE INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 11 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing