ECMC Foundation is a grantmaking foundation focused on improving higher education and career success among underserved populations through evidence-based innovation.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.8M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $88.4M a year · 60% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.8M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.0 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $82.9M
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$49.9M
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$82.6M
+42% vs prior year
Spent
$76.6M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$1.9B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$82.6M
FY2024▲ +42%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$47.0M
FY2021$46.9M
FY2022$501.7M
FY2023$58.2M
FY2024$82.6M
Expenses
$76.6M
FY2024▲ +17%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$56.9M
FY2021$48.1M
FY2022$47.0M
FY2023$65.7M
FY2024$76.6M
Net assets
$1.9B
FY2024▲ +15%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$802.3M
FY2021$1.1B
FY2022$1.5B
FY2023$1.7B
FY2024$1.9B

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2001.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $68.9M Management & general 10% · $7.8M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

21 people listed on the 990; $1.8M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President, Ecmc Foundation
$599,858Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Fdn Programs & Strategy-Thru 8/2
$217,353Pt VII · Sec A
SR Dir, Program Management
$208,014Pt VII · Sec A
SR Dir, Program Management
$202,677Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$190,506Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Staff, Foundation
$164,867Pt VII · Sec A
Dir, Learning & Evaluation-Thru 11/22
$152,723Pt VII · Sec A
Former President, Ecmc Foundation
$41,750Pt VII · Sec A

Jacob Fraire’s $600K as President, Ecmc Foundation is at the 94th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Peter J Taylor——$719,867$679,533$573,155
Jacob Fraire$599,858$433,420———
Peter Taylor$41,750$447,382———
Lynn Alvarez$217,353$324,967$310,045$302,089$300,412
Jennifer Zeisler$208,014$202,400———
Sarah Belnick$202,677$181,697$169,273$147,575$143,596
Jessica Haselton$190,506$175,243———
Jennifer E Zeisler——$189,168$163,522$163,561

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides grants and investments to innovative programs and ventures that improve college graduation rates and career success for underserved students and jobseekers.

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3 programs · $68.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Strategic Grantmaking

Guided by ecmc foundation's strategic framework, commitment to systemic change and north star goal, the foundation leverages two main grantmaking strategies-initiatives and strategically responsive-both of which contain several portfolios.

$62.6Mprogram expense
02

Employee Engagement

Ecmc foundation facilitates two main opportunities-a generating outcomes (go!) program and a discretionary grant program-for staff and leadership across ecmc group to feel connected to ecmc foundation's philanthropic mission. The go! Program is a corporate initiative to fund efforts in the communities where ecmc group, inc.

$5.1Mprogram expense
03

Education Innovation Ventures

Education innovation ventures (eiv) makes below-market-rate investments into nonprofit and for-profit ventures that seek to generate both social impact and financial returns. Complementing ecmc foundation's strategic grantmaking, the eiv program uses a full spectrum of program-related investments, including debt and equity instruments…

$1.2Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Ecmc Group INCFY2024$82.9M
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$82.9M
Grants paid · 1,043 grants · $243.8M · 2020–2024
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$82.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$82.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$499K
Money outPt IX
$76.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$68.9M
Managementcol C$7.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$1.9B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$12.5M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0B
LiabilitiesLn 26$49.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
21
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$82.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$499K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$862K
Total revenueLn 12$82.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$12.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$12.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.94B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$191K
Other assetsLn 15$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0B
LiabilitiesLn 26$49.9M
Net assetsLn 32$1.9B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 517
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.3M$12.5M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.69B$1.94B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$102K$191K
Total assetsLn 16$1.70B$1.95B
LiabilitiesLn 26$38.7M$49.9M
Net assetsLn 32$1.66B$1.90B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$60.6M$60.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$915K$915K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.6M$5.4M$1.2M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$279K$230K$49K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$753K$619K$135K
Payroll taxesLn 10$390K$321K$69K
Legal feesLn 11b$110K$3K$107K
Accounting feesLn 11c$47K$47K
Investment management feesLn 11f$355K$355K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.3M$2K$3.3M
Office expensesLn 13$553K$394K$159K
Information technologyLn 14$353K$252K$102K
OccupancyLn 16$717K$510K$207K
TravelLn 17$783K$783K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$518K$369K$149K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$174K$124K$50K
InsuranceLn 23$169K$169K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$17K$438$17K
All other expensesLn 24e$262$262
Total functional expensesLn 25$76.6M$68.9M$7.8M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $82.6M$76.6M$5.9M$1.9B 990 PDF
FY2023 $58.2M$65.7M−$7.4M$1.7B 990 PDF
FY2022 $501.7M$47.0M$454.7M$1.5B 990 PDF
FY2021 $46.9M$48.1M−$1.3M$1.1B 990 PDF
FY2020 $47.0M$56.9M−$9.9M$802.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $82,572,335 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $58,528,000$82,935,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$310,916−$362,945
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,534$280
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $58,219,618$82,572,335
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $53,246,731$60,616,872
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $7,946,661$8,919,637
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,468,689$7,096,600
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $65,662,081$76,633,109
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$7,442,463$5,939,226
Part VI · Governance 8 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members8
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $82,572,335 across 5 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $280 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1d Related organizations$82,935,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$82,935,000
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $499,495$499,495
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$862,440−$862,440
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$362,665$82,572,335
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $76,633,109 across 19 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $60,616,872$60,616,872
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $915,447$915,447
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,415,138 · Management $1,166,057$6,581,195
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $229,845 · Management $49,493$279,338
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $618,541 · Management $134,692$753,233
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $321,249 · Management $69,175$390,424
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,696 · Management $107,282$109,978
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $47,114$47,114
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $355,159$355,159
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,500 · Management $3,296,057$3,298,557
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $393,867 · Management $159,354$553,221
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $251,585 · Management $101,789$353,374
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $510,453 · Management $206,524$716,977
IX-17 TravelManagement $782,844$782,844
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $368,857 · Management $149,236$518,093
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $124,208 · Management $50,253$174,461
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $169,226$169,226
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $438 · Management $16,896$17,334
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $262$262
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $68,856,249 · Management $7,776,860 · Fundraising $0$76,633,109
Part X · Balance sheet $1,951,301,209 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,267,446$12,547,953
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $21,012$17,896
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,183$211,473
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $101,586$191,259
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,679,288,242$1,920,384,504
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $13,247,727$16,030,966
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $833,060$1,917,158
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,698,761,256$1,951,301,209
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,298,440$3,866,555
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $34,981,745$43,315,562
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,398,592$2,742,256
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $38,678,777$49,924,373
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,660,082,479$1,901,376,836
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,660,082,479$1,901,376,836
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,698,761,256$1,951,301,209
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,901,376,836 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$82,572,335
XI-2 Total expenses$76,633,109
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,939,226
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,660,082,479
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$234,934,390
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$420,741
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,901,376,836

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