The mission of the National Student Clearinghouse is to serve the education and workforce communities and all learners with access to trusted data, related services, and insights.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 12 volunteers and 406 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.0M a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$7.5M
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
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $18.3M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.7 months of spending in cash, plus $18.3M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $1.2M
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$51.0M
72% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 72% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$105.7M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$100.6M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$20.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$105.7M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$66.6M
FY2021$80.6M
FY2022$97.7M
FY2023$96.3M
FY2024$102.5M
FY2025$105.7M
Expenses
$100.6M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$68.0M
FY2021$69.8M
FY2022$85.9M
FY2023$101.8M
FY2024$99.1M
FY2025$100.6M
Net assets
$20.0M
FY2025▼ -56%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$24.3M
FY2021$37.1M
FY2022$45.7M
FY2023$41.9M
FY2024$45.7M
FY2025$20.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2024.

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Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $69.3M Management & general 31% · $31.3M

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

32 people listed on the 990; $7.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President and CEO
$1,213,832Pt VII · Sec A
VP & Chief Information Officer
$590,384Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Growth Officer
$548,222Pt VII · Sec A
VP & Chief Legal Ofc, Corp Sec
$486,034Pt VII · Sec A
Chief People Officer
$417,028Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Industry & Workforce Serv
$389,905Pt VII · Sec A
Exec Director Ciso
$386,453Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Data Officer
$364,687Pt VII · Sec A

Ricardo D Torres’s $1.2M as President and CEO is at the 80th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Ricardo D Torres$1,213,832$983,530$922,675$798,887$953,232$656,842
Lawrence Hatch—$380,531$793,922$576,676$339,476$310,268
Christine Cole$359,457$542,384$712,073$437,855$320,526—
Douglas Falk Thru 1024$590,384—————
Christopher Goodson$548,222$266,956————
Mary Chapin$486,034$457,124$418,574$385,192$371,283$328,768
George Levathes—$431,114$344,846$329,287$314,584$299,739
Michael Ketcham—$336,078$419,443$401,319$379,176$345,972

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

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3 programs · $55.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Degree Verification Services

See schedule o degree verification services:participating post-secondary institutions have authorized the national student clearinghouse to maintain a comprehensive degree database, for the purpose of enhancing education information accuracy and eliminating fraud.

$21.0Mprogram expense
02

Education Data Exchange Services

See schedule oeducation data exchange services: on behalf of participating post-secondary institutions, national student clearinghouse provides a central authenticated data exchange platform among participating educational institutions to meet their collective need for the secure and confidential transfer and access to academic data.

$20.9Mprogram expense
03

Research Services

See schedule oon behalf of participating post-secondary institutions, national student clearinghouse is authorized to maintain a database of the college enrollment and degree data for approximately 3,500 participating colleges and universities which enables administrators at high schools, colleges and universities, and other education…

$13.9Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1.2M
Grants paid · 16 grants · $205K · 2019–2024
Code the Dream INCNC · FY2024$18,000
The Morgan Walsh Memorial TrustFY2024$8,000
Evans Scholars FoundationIL · FY2023$18,000
Andrew Carnegie Free LibraryPA · FY2022$15,000
Simmons UniversityMA · FY2021$17,000
Fisk UniversityTN · FY2020$10,000
NasspVA · FY2019$14,000
Stephens CollegeMO · FY2019$10,000
University of MissouriFY2019$7,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$105.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$102.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.8M
Money outPt IX
$100.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$69.3M
Managementcol C$31.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$20.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.6M
Total assetsLn 16$71.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$51.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
32
listed · VII A
PaidVII A19
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$102.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.8M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.9M
Gains on assetsLn 7$1.3M
Total revenueLn 12$105.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$5.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$18.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.9M
Other assetsLn 15$14.4M
Total assetsLn 16$71.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$51.0M
Net assetsLn 32$20.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5406
VolunteersI 612
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$952K$5.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$18.8M$18.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.3M$2.9M
Total assetsLn 16$98.1M$71.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$52.4M$51.0M
Net assetsLn 32$45.7M$20.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$60K$60K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$5.8M$4.2M$1.7M
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$358K$257K$102K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$42.9M$30.1M$12.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3.8M$2.7M$1.1M
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.6M$3.8M$1.8M
Payroll taxesLn 10$3.5M$2.5M$983K
Legal feesLn 11b$249K$249K
Accounting feesLn 11c$187K$187K
Investment management feesLn 11f$104K$104K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$11.1M$6.1M$5.0M
Advertising and promotionLn 12$195K$195K
Office expensesLn 13$1.7M$1.2M$564K
Information technologyLn 14$12.8M$8.9M$3.9M
OccupancyLn 16$2.4M$1.7M$677K
TravelLn 17$734K$474K$260K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$264K$151K$113K
InterestLn 20$206K$206K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$2.2M$1.5M$639K
InsuranceLn 23$785K$562K$222K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.7M$5.0M$743K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$100.6M$69.3M$31.3M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $105.7M$100.6M$5.1M$20.0M 990 PDF
FY2024 $102.5M$99.1M$3.4M$45.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $96.3M$101.8M−$5.5M$41.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $97.7M$85.9M$11.8M$45.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $80.6M$69.8M$10.8M$37.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $66.6M$68.0M−$1.4M$24.3M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $105,701,011 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $98,727,418$102,030,947
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,209,056$1,769,014
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,562,615$1,901,050
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $102,499,089$105,701,011
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $18,000$60,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $59,993,930$61,937,974
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $39,057,606$38,623,605
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $99,069,536$100,621,579
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $3,429,553$5,079,432
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
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 $105,701,011 across 5 lines filed
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $102,030,947$102,030,947
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $462,243$462,243
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,306,771$1,306,771
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,886,087 · Excluded from tax $14,963$1,901,050
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $103,917,034 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,783,977$105,701,011
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $100,621,579 across 21 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $60,000$60,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $4,177,817 · Management $1,652,272$5,830,089
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $256,871 · Management $101,589$358,460
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $30,054,576 · Management $12,869,188$42,923,764
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $2,716,009 · Management $1,074,146$3,790,155
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $3,772,376 · Management $1,796,168$5,568,544
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,484,410 · Management $982,552$3,466,962
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $249,382$249,382
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $186,600$186,600
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $103,586$103,586
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $6,080,863 · Management $5,004,027$11,084,890
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $194,795$194,795
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,151,193 · Management $563,726$1,714,919
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $8,939,175 · Management $3,897,033$12,836,208
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,711,627 · Management $676,932$2,388,559
IX-17 TravelPrograms $474,020 · Management $259,752$733,772
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $151,359 · Management $113,095$264,454
IX-20 InterestManagement $205,902$205,902
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,516,448 · Management $638,564$2,155,012
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $562,364 · Management $222,408$784,772
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,977,536 · Management $743,218 · Fundraising $0$5,720,754
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $69,281,439 · Management $31,340,140 · Fundraising $0$100,621,579
Part X · Balance sheet $71,069,023 assets, 16 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $951,670$5,580,523
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $18,037,761$21,664,458
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,425,361$4,815,968
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,297,564$2,940,584
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $18,790,230$18,321,376
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $5,171,897$3,328,785
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $47,408,224$14,417,329
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $98,082,707$71,069,023
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $19,361,601$18,534,789
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $5,882,068$10,658,934
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $25,107,929$19,855,825
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,000,000$2,000,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $52,351,598$51,049,548
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $45,731,109$20,019,475
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $45,731,109$20,019,475
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $98,082,707$71,069,023
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $20,019,475 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$105,701,011
XI-2 Total expenses$100,621,579
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$5,079,432
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$45,731,109
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$267,431
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$31,058,497
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$20,019,475

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