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THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC

THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC (Alabama) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,045 to it, the largest being THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$272k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$200k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What The Higher Education Partnership Foundation Inc does

Mission

To advocate the importance of higher education in bettering the lives of people in alabama.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The foundation provided leadership training and promoted awareness of higher education in the state of alabama.

    $327,505 spentof which $30,700 as grants$272,157 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $327,505.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($283k) Expenses 100 ($257k) Net assets 100 ($47k)2024 Revenue 193 ($545k) Expenses 131 ($337k) Net assets 541 ($255k)2025 Revenue 96 ($272k) Expenses 127 ($328k) Net assets 423 ($200k)
202320242025
Revenue (96)Expenses (127)Net assets (423)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 2023 to 2024, from $284k to $589k (+107%).

$284k
$589k
$379k
202320242025
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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2023 88% · 2024 92% · 2025 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

92% of THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$26k
’23
$208k
’24
−$55k
’25
14
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

Gordon Stone

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

202320242025
Listed777
Joined·+0+5
No longer listed·05
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5 → $16.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
2
1

1 of 2 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 THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION 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 HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

100%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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

100% of THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.

AL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $45 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−20% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve13.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
71%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Alabama Higher Education Partnership · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC?
THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC (Alabama) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,045 to it, the largest being THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,045 in grants to THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC?
THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE HIGHER EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 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