Funding search · EIN 271635830 · Silver Spring, MD

Achieving the Dream

Name: Achieving the Dream grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

80
grants reported: $3.6M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

implementation award

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Austin Community College District3 grants · $330,000
Northern Virginia Community College2 grants · $226,500
Pierce College2 grants · $225,000
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College2 grants · $211,500
Cuyahoga Community College District2 grants · $211,500
Northern Essex Community College2 grants · $210,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York2 grants · $210,000
Bay College2 grants · $210,000
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation2 grants · $210,000
Lorain County Community College2 grants · $210,000

Giving over time

$2.0M

2022

$1.3M

2023

$362,500

2024

Grant history

All 80 reported grants, largest first.

$136,500
Northern Virginia Community College · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Implementation grants
$135,000
Pierce College · Lakewood, WA · 2022
Implementation grants
$121,500
Cuyahoga Community College District · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Implementation grants
$121,500
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College · Green Bay, WI · 2022
Implementation grants
$120,000
Austin Community College District · Austin, TX · 2024
Implementation grants
$120,000
Austin Community College District · Austin, TX · 2022
Implementation grants
$120,000
Bay College · Escanaba, MI · 2022
Implementation grants
$120,000
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Implementation grants
$120,000
Lorain County Community College · Elyria, OH · 2022
Implementation grants
$120,000
Northern Essex Community College · Haverhill, MA · 2022
Implementation grants
$120,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2022
Implementation grants
$90,000
Austin Community College District · Austin, TX · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Bay College · Escanaba, MI · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Cuyahoga Community College District · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Lorain County Community College · Elyria, OH · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College · Green Bay, WI · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Northern Essex Community College · Haverhill, MA · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Northern Virginia Community College · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Pierce College · Lakewood, WA · 2023
Implementation grants
$90,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Implementation grants
$80,000
Fort Peck Community College · Poplar, MT · 2023
Implementation grants
$68,554
Teachers College Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Implementation grants
$59,600
Tennessee Board of Regents · Nashville, TN · 2022
Implementation grants
$45,000
College of Menominee Nation · Keshena, WI · 2022
Implementation grants
$45,000
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University · Hayward, WI · 2022
Implementation grants
$45,000
Salish Kootenai College · Pablo, MT · 2022
Implementation grants
$41,500
Aaniiih Nakoda College · Harlem, MT · 2022
Implementation grants
$40,000
Aaniiih Nakoda College · Harlem, MT · 2023
Implementation grants
$40,000
College of Menominee Nation · Keshena, WI · 2023
Implementation grants
$40,000
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University · Hayward, WI · 2023
Implementation grants
$40,000
Red Lake Nation College · Red Lake, MN · 2023
Implementation grants
$40,000
Salish Kootenai College · Pablo, MT · 2023
Implementation grants
$40,000
Fort Peck Community College · Poplar, MT · 2022
Implementation grants
$40,000
Red Lake Nation College · Red Lake, MN · 2022
Implementation grants
$30,000
Dallas College Eastfield Campus · Mesquite, TX · 2024
Implementation grants
$25,000
Chattanooga State Community College Foundation · Chattanooga, TN · 2024
Award
$25,000
Everett Community College · Everett, WA · 2024
Implementation grants
$25,000
Forsyth Technical Community College · Winston Salem, NC · 2024
Implementation grants
$25,000
Grayson College · Denison, TX · 2024
Implementation grants
$25,000
North Central State College · Mansfield, OH · 2024
Implementation grants
$25,000
Southwestern Oregon Community College · Coos Bay, OR · 2024
Award
$25,000
Tallahassee State College · Tallahassee, FL · 2024
Implementation grants
$25,000
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College · Cloquet, MN · 2023
Implementation grants
$25,000
Sinclair Community College · Dayton, OH · 2022
Award
$16,500
Elgin Community College · Elgin, IL · 2022
Implementation grants
$16,500
Passaic County Community College · Paterson, NJ · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,500
Claflin University · Orangeburg, SC · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,500
Coastal Bend College · Beeville, TX · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,500
College of Southern Maryland · La Plata, MD · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,500
Hinds Community College · Raymond, MS · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,500
Lincoln University Foundation of Pa · Lincoln University, PA · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,500
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan · Mount Pleasant, MI · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
Alamo Community College District · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Implementation grants
$15,000
El Paso Community College · Elpaso, TX · 2024
Implementation grants
$15,000
Alamo Community College District · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Implementation grants
$15,000
El Paso Community College · El Paso, TX · 2023
Award
$15,000
Alamo Community College District · San Antonio, TX · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
Amarillo Junior College District · Amarillo, TX · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
Durham Technical Community College · Durham, NC · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
Grayson College · Denison, TX · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
Lee College · Baytown, TX · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities · Cloquet, MN · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
North Central State College · Mansfield, OH · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
Patrick Henry Community College · Martinsville, VA · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
United Tribes Technical College · Bismarck, ND · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
Western Technical College · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Implementation grants
$15,000
William Rainey Harper College · Palatine, IL · 2022
Implementation grants
$12,500
Borough of Manhattan Community College · New York, NY · 2022
Implementation grants
$10,000
Houston Commuity College System · Houston, TX · 2022
Implementation grants
$10,000
National Student Clearinghouse · Herndon, VA · 2022
Implementation grants
$7,500
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Implementation grants
$7,500
Berkshire Community College · Pittsfield, MA · 2023
Implementation grants
$7,500
Clovis Community College · Clovis, NM · 2023
Implementation grants
$7,500
Columbia-Greene Community College · Hudson, NY · 2023
Implementation grants
$7,500
Halifax Community College · Weldon, NC · 2023
Implementation grants
$7,500
Northwest Mississippi Community College · Senatobia, MS · 2023
Implementation grants
$7,500
Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College · Versailles, KY · 2023
Implementation grants
$6,500
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College · New Town, ND · 2022
Implementation grants

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.