EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION OF THE STATES

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B00F

Classification

2000

Street

PO BOX 33674

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE POLICY DIVISION PROVIDES STATES WITH EXPERTS TO RESPOND TO RESEARCH REQUESTS ACROSS THE P-20 EDUCATION SPECTRUM. AS ONE OF THE NATIONS MOST COMPLETE EDUCATION POLICY RESOURCES, THE COMMISSION'S STAFF TRACK AND ENTER POLICIES INTO A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE DATABASE, SYNTHESIZE STATE POLICIES INTO 50-STATE COMPARISONS, TRANSLATE QUALITY EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDIES INTO READER-FRIENDLY FORMATS, PROVIDE EXPERT TESTIMONY, RESPOND TO STATE POLICY REQUESTS FROM POLICYMAKERS, CITIZENS, AND THE MEDIA, AND SURFACE CRITICAL AND EMERGING EDUCATION ISSUES ACROSS STATES.

  Expenses $5,550,703 · Revenue $165,421

• STATE SERVICES - PRIMARILY INCLUDE THE ANNUAL NATIONAL FORUM FOR EDUCATION POLICY AND THE WINTER COMMISSIONERS MEETING. THE FORUM BRINGS TOGETHER THE FULL RANGE OF EDUCATION LEADERS FROM ACROSS ALL STATES TO EXPLORE EARLY LEARNING THROUGH POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION POLICY ISSUES. THE WINTER MEETING ALLOWS THE COMMISSIONERS TO HEAR FROM EXPERTS, SHARE IDEAS AND PREPARE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD.

  Expenses $1,846,783

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $9,215,191

  Expenses

  $9,102,461

  Contributions

  $8,366,441

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $10,996,560

  Expenses

  $7,827,443

  Contributions

  $10,234,240

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,981,000

  Expenses

  $11,566,571

  Contributions

  $9,380,851

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $12,963,804

  Expenses

  $11,828,231

  Contributions

  $12,665,120

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,952,217

  Expenses

  $14,405,734

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,403,737

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $15,031,953

  Expenses

  $17,307,945

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,761,643

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,026,936

  Expenses

  $15,118,282

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,177,553

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $13,753,282

  Expenses

  $12,606,999

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,832,158

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,559,483

  Expenses

  $8,409,488

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,867,535

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,206,741

  Expenses

  $7,313,514

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,649,680

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,419,295

  Expenses

  $4,718,129

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,333,221

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,657,072

  Expenses

  $4,506,496

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,988,554

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,016,536

  Expenses

  $3,671,651

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,937,407

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,712,866

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,462,568

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

  $932,582

  2023 · State Policy Barriers for Students Impacted by the Justice System Strong Start to Finish - Accelerating Scaled Implementation

• BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC

  $750,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT SCALING PLAN

• ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

  $713,544

  2025 · GRANT, STRONG START TO FINISH - ACCELERATING SCALED IMPLEMENTATION

• ECMC FOUNDATION

  $305,982

  2023 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• ECMC FOUNDATION

  $209,000

  2022 · COLLEGE SUCCESS

• ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

  $205,101

  2024 · Grant, State Policy Barriers for Students Impacted by the Justice System Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening -AL

• STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2024 · OPERATING GRANT

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $99,763

  2024 · Membership Organizations

• ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

  $82,186

  2022 · Grant, Strong Start to Finish - Accelerating Scaled Implementation

• LEARNING POLICY INSTITUTE

  $50,000

  2022 · To support the project on Social Emotional Academic Development

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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