ECMC Group, Inc. supports Educational Credit Management Corporation and ECMC Education, Inc. ECMC Group, Inc. supports the furtherance of the exempt purpose of Educational Credit Management Corporation and ECMC Education, Inc. by creating, providing and investing in innovative educational opportunities. ECMC Group, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation whose vision is to empower underserved communities to thrive through education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$10.7M 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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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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.1B a year · 78% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$10.7M
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
25 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $5.39B in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 25.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $129.9M
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.2B
73% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 73% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$564.0M
+35% vs prior year
Spent
$152.5M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$1.6B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$564.0M
FY2021▲ +35%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$418.5M
FY2021$564.0M
FY2022$467.3M
FY2023$5.0B
FY2024$501.3M
Expenses
$152.5M
FY2021▼ -12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$173.5M
FY2021$152.5M
FY2022$680.2M
FY2023$269.1M
FY2024$281.0M
Net assets
$1.6B
FY2021▲ +42%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1B
FY2021$1.6B
FY2022$1.1B
FY2023$1.3B
FY2024$1.3B

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

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $131.8M Management & general 14% · $20.6M

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

37 people listed on the 990; $10.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Investment Officer
$1,338,903Pt VII · Sec A
President & CEO, Ecmc Group, INC. (until 07-02-22)
$1,241,931Pt VII · Sec A
Group President & CEO (eff. 07-03-22); Group Gen Counsel & Corp Sec & Ecmc Pres (until 07-02-22)
$823,522Pt VII · Sec A
CFO & Treasurer
$709,896Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Human Resources Officer
$599,164Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Information Officer
$476,549Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Investments
$449,586Pt VII · Sec A
Ecmc Education & Ecmc Group Development (eff. 02-02-22); SVP, Corp Dev & Impact Inv (until 02-02-22)
$428,413Pt VII · Sec A

Daniel Fisher’s $1.4M as President & CEO is at the 84th percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $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
Jeremy Wheaton$19,539$1,622,127———
Daniel Fisher$1,373,427$1,268,659———
Gregory a Van Guilder——$1,343,530$1,338,903$1,072,370
Jeremy J Wheaton——$1,271,506$1,241,931$1,136,906
Gregory Van Guilder$27,619$1,149,769———
Daniel S Fisher——$1,013,493$823,522$687,972
Josh Slayton——$933,694$428,413$449,053
Martin Scanlon$903,005$918,311———

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers underserved communities by funding, creating, and investing in innovative educational opportunities, grants, and sponsorships to help students thrive.

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3 programs · $131.5M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

ECMC Group, Inc. supports the furtherance of the exempt purpose of Educational Credit Management Corporation, ECMC Education, Inc., and ECMC Foundation by creating, providing and investing in innovative educational opportunities. ECMC Group, Inc.

$73.3Mprogram expense
02

Loan Portfolio Servicing

ECMC Group, Inc. and Oakdale Student Loan Funding, LLC (Oakdale), a wholly owned subsidiary of ECMC Group, Inc., have eligible lender trust (ELT) agreements with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company serves as the ELT for ECMC Group, Inc. and Oakdale. Through the ELTs, ECMC Group, Inc.

$56.9Mprogram expense
03

Through the Public Policy Program, ECMC Group, Inc. shares information among ECMC Group-related members on legislative proposals and governmental regulations that impact their operations. The program enables ECMC Group, Inc.

$1.3Mprogram 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 FoundationFY2024$1.0M
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$129.9M
Grants paid · 66 grants · $411.4M · 2020–2024
Ecmc FoundationMN · FY2024$82,935,000
Ecmc Education INCMN · FY2024$9,600,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$145,000
Reve AcademyMN · FY2024$50,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Twin CitiesFY2024$48,750
Junior Achievement North INCMN · FY2024$47,560
BestprepMN · FY2024$25,500
Jobs for the Future INCMA · FY2024$21,800
HiredMN · FY2024$7,750
MatterMN · FY2024$5,100
Reading PartnersCA · FY2024$5,013
Ecmc FoundationMN · FY2023$58,528,000
Ecmc Education INCMN · FY2023$18,959,896
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$564.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$277.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$188.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$92.0M
Money outPt IX
$152.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$131.8M
Managementcol C$20.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$318.6M
Total assetsLn 16$5.8B
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.2B
PeoplePt VI, VII
37
listed · VII A
PaidVII A24
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$277.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$4K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$92.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$188.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$6.0M
Gains on assetsLn 7$186.3M
Total revenueLn 12$564.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$42.6M
SavingsLn 2$276.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$318.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.39B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$35.9M
Other assetsLn 15$11.2M
Total assetsLn 16$5.8B
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.2B
Net assetsLn 32$1.6B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5243
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$341.8M$318.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.29B$5.39B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.8M$35.9M
Total assetsLn 16$4.73B$5.81B
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.61B$4.22B
Net assetsLn 32$1.12B$1.59B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$73.5M$73.5M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$143K$143K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$5.7M$5.7M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.9M$1.9M$5.0M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$260K$47K$213K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$476K$43K$433K
Payroll taxesLn 10$345K$50K$294K
Legal feesLn 11b$363K$6K$357K
Accounting feesLn 11c$549K$549K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9.4M$8.5M$867K$0
Office expensesLn 13$930K$126K$804K
Information technologyLn 14$1.3M$167K$1.1M
OccupancyLn 16$527K$527K
TravelLn 17$129K$59K$70K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$27K$4K$23K
InterestLn 20$38.1M$38.1M
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$6.1M$6.1M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$696K$458K$238K
InsuranceLn 23$289K$289K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.8M$2.6M$4.2M
All other expensesLn 24e$29K$624$28K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$152.5M$131.8M$20.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $501.3M$281.0M$220.3M$1.3B 990 PDF
FY2023 $5.0B$269.1M$4.8B$1.3B 990 PDF
FY2022 $467.3M$680.2M−$212.8M$1.1B 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $564.0M$152.5M$411.5M$1.6B 990 PDF
FY2020 $418.5M$173.5M$245.0M$1.1B 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $564,021,532 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $188,944,041$277,591,010
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $102,833,866$91,960,563
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $121,198,194$188,485,958
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,518,849$5,984,001
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $418,494,950$564,021,532
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $73,616,491$73,644,007
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $14,701,878$13,655,703
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $85,150,158$65,173,536
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $173,468,527$152,473,246
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $245,026,423$411,548,286
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $564,021,532 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$277,587,239
VIII-1e Government grants$3,771
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$277,591,010
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $91,960,563$91,960,563
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$501,859 · Excluded from tax $2,710,744$2,208,885
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business $3,691,024 · Excluded from tax $182,586,049$186,277,073
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $5,939,921 · Excluded from tax $44,080$5,984,001
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $91,960,563 · Unrelated business $9,129,086 · Excluded from tax $185,340,873$564,021,532
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $152,473,246 across 22 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $73,501,007$73,501,007
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $143,000$143,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $5,684,929$5,684,929
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,893,296 · Management $4,996,792$6,890,088
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $46,666 · Management $213,089$259,755
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $43,419 · Management $432,988$476,407
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $50,426 · Management $294,098$344,524
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,875 · Management $356,986$362,861
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $549,070$549,070
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $1,663$1,663
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $8,538,644 · Management $867,100 · Fundraising $0$9,405,744
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $125,797 · Management $804,018$929,815
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $167,221 · Management $1,105,302$1,272,523
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $527,448$527,448
IX-17 TravelPrograms $58,593 · Management $70,064$128,657
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,105 · Management $23,194$27,299
IX-20 InterestPrograms $38,070,563$38,070,563
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $6,127,389$6,127,389
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $458,059 · Management $238,175$696,234
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $288,649$288,649
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,605,639 · Management $4,151,319$6,756,958
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $624 · Management $28,039 · Fundraising $0$28,663
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $131,841,986 · Management $20,631,260 · Fundraising $0$152,473,246
Part X · Balance sheet $5,806,492,820 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $49,136,282$42,565,086
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $292,699,901$276,079,769
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,289,361$7,455,192
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,905,964$3,339,482
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,823,662$35,887,320
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $181,924,465$201,464,887
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,088,331,786$1,767,602,196
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $3,015,417,587$3,423,737,097
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $16,490,508$37,160,725
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $10,722,889$11,201,066
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,727,263,783$5,806,492,820
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $20,212,964$17,971,153
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,639,587$3,307,346
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,384,108,778$3,810,363,382
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $3,610,165,927$4,217,559,074
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,117,097,856$1,588,933,746
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,117,097,856$1,588,933,746
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,727,263,783$5,806,492,820
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,588,933,746 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$564,021,532
XI-2 Total expenses$152,473,246
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$411,548,286
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,117,097,856
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$54,258,104
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$6,029,500
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,588,933,746

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