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Funders to approach for Higher Learning Commission

Chicago, Illinois$17M revenue2 funders on file

Serving the common good by assuring and advancing the quality of higher learning.

Your prospects by chance and grant size

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$78k, your typical grantunder 1 in 1001 in 1001 in 401 in 20$10k$30k$100k$300k$1.0MChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →
Expected from this list$0–$90kover two years, from 0–1 new funder
Last two years (2023–24)$500kfrom 1 new funder

Half the value is in your top 5 funders, of 151

$0$78k$160khalf from the top 5likely range1st10thAll 151
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FunderWay inChanceLikely grant
  1. 1Ascendium Education Solutions IncSimilar grantees: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems ($500k/yr), Red Lake Nation College ($48k/yr), Education Design Lab ($2.1M/yr)1 in 22$100k
  2. 2Strada Education Foundation IncSimilar grantees: Higher Learning Advocates Inc ($350k/yr), Texas Higher Education Foundation ($680k/yr), Education Design Lab ($470k/yr)1 in 30$86k
  3. Lumina Foundation for Education IncAlready funds you$36k
  4. 3Gates FoundationSimilar grantees: Higher Learning Advocates Inc ($370k/yr), Texas Higher Education Foundation ($2.0M/yr), Education Design Lab ($1.4M/yr)1 in 74$450k
  5. 4The Joyce FoundationSimilar grantees: Higher Learning Advocates Inc ($100k/yr), American Council on Education ($120k/yr), The Institute for Higher Education Policy ($120k/yr)1 in 73$80k
  6. 5John D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationSimilar grantees: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group ($1k/yr), Hammond Education Foundation Inc ($300/yr), Hollins University Corporation ($600/yr)1 in 54$29k
  7. 6Trellis FoundationGives in Texas (60 of 104)Similar grantees: Higher Learning Advocates Inc ($71k/yr), Texas Higher Education Foundation ($260k/yr), Open Campus Media Inc ($100k/yr)under 1 in 100$95k
  8. Ecmc FoundationAlready funds you$80k
  9. 7Axim Collaborative IncSimilar grantees: Education Design Lab ($550k/yr)under 1 in 100$470k
  10. 8The Chicago Community TrustSimilar grantees: American Council of Trustees and Alumni ($15k/yr), Hampshire College Trustees ($100k/yr), Highland Community College Foundation ($53k/yr)under 1 in 100$78k
  11. 9The Andrew W Mellon FoundationSimilar grantees: Hawaii Council for Humanities ($470k/yr), American Council on Education ($2.8M/yr), Five Colleges Incorporated ($750k/yr)under 1 in 100$520k
  12. 10National Association of Student Personnel Administrators IncSimilar grantees: Educause ($530k/yr)under 1 in 100$59k
  13. 11Builders Vision FoundationNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$140k
  14. 12Achieving the Dream IncSimilar grantees: Red Lake Nation College ($40k/yr), Berkshire Community College Foundation Inc ($8k/yr)under 1 in 100$37k
  15. 13Polk Bros Foundation IncGives in Illinois (498 of 658)Similar grantees: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group ($75k/yr)1 in 91$21k
  16. 14Fulk Family Foundation IncGives in Illinois (129 of 219)Similar grantees: Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross ($50k/yr), Illinois Community College System Foundation ($25k/yr)under 1 in 100$140k
  17. 15The Seminar Network IncSimilar grantees: American Council of Trustees and Alumni ($6k/yr), Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross ($190k/yr), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools ($160k/yr)under 1 in 100$200k
  18. 16Field Foundation of IllinoisGives in Illinois (293 of 338)No similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$20k
  19. 17Walder FoundationGives in Illinois (181 of 278)Similar grantees: Nash ($54k/yr)under 1 in 100$100k
  20. 18Northwestern UniversitySimilar grantees: Health and Medicine Policy Research Group ($13k/yr), Augustana College ($30k/yr)under 1 in 100$32k
  21. 19University of ChicagoNo similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$86k
  22. 20William Randolph Hearst FoundationSimilar grantees: Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross ($5k/yr), Augustana College ($150k/yr), Sacred Heart University Incorporated ($150k/yr)under 1 in 100$120k
  23. 21ForefrontGives in Illinois (183 of 233)No similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$52k
  24. 22American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions OfficersSimilar grantees: Educause ($15k/yr), American Council on Education ($15k/yr), National Association of Colleges & Employers ($20k/yr)under 1 in 100$19k
  25. 23The Kresge FoundationSimilar grantees: Higher Learning Advocates Inc ($85k/yr), Nash ($380k/yr), American Council on Education ($230k/yr)under 1 in 100$130k
  26. 24Michael & Susan Dell FoundationSimilar grantees: Houston Christian University ($7k/yr), Education Design Lab ($25k/yr), Nash ($400k/yr)under 1 in 100$110k
  27. 25Evanston Community FoundationGives in Illinois (81 of 130)No similar grantees yetunder 1 in 100$22k