INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION POLICY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

V20E

Classification

1000

Street

1615 L ST NW STE 310

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 · 2024

• DATA & TRANSPARENCY OUR SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION IS DATA-RICH BUT INFORMATION-POOR. IHEP PROMOTES SMART HIGHER EDUCATION DATA USE BY IDENTIFYING TRENDS IN DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND INSTITUTIONAL LEVELS, SUPPORTING A CULTURE OF DATA-USE ON CAMPUSES THROUGH OUR RESEARCH, TRAININGS, AND COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICES, AND CALLING FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF OUR POSTSECONDARY DATA INFRASTRUCTURE. SINCE 2014, IHEP HAS LED THE POSTSECONDARY DATA COLLABORATIVE (POSTSECDATA), A COALITION OF DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT JOINTLY ADVOCATES FOR THE USE OF HIGH-QUALITY POSTSECONDARY DATA TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND SUCCESS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, INFORM AND EVALUATE POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND INFORM STUDENT CHOICES ABOUT THEIR INVESTMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION.

  Expenses $1,648,790 · Revenue $15,000

• EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLETION HIGHER EDUCATION CAN BE A PATHWAY TO ECONOMIC SECURITY, SOCIAL MOBILITY AND SOCIETY-WIDE VALUE IF STUDENTS EARN A DEGREE OR CREDENTIAL. IHEP PROMOTES EVIDENCE-BASED PATHWAYS TO COMPLETION FOR TODAY'S STUDENTS BY IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO COMPLETION AND DEGREE ATTAINMENT, EXAMINING INNOVATIVE AND EFFECTIVE APPROACHES AT THE INSTITUTIONAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO PROMOTE COMPLETION, AND WORKING WITH POLICYMAKERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO ADVANCE STRATEGIES AND POLICIES THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR STUDIES. IHEP WORKS TO SUPPORT KNOWLEDGE BUILDING AND SCALING OF DATA-DRIVEN STRATEGIES THAT IMPROVE COMPLETION.

  Expenses $786,783

• NEED-BASED AID NEED-BASED AID DOES MORE THAN MAKE COLLEGE MORE AFFORDABLE - IT MAKES COLLEGE POSSIBLE FOR TODAY'S STUDENTS. WE PROMOTE AFFORDABLE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION BY: IDENTIFYING FINANCIAL CHALLENGES AND EXAMINING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; CALLING TO PROTECT AND INCREASE NEED-BASED AID AT THE FEDERAL, STATE, AND INSTITUTIONAL LEVELS; AND WORKING WITH POLICYMAKERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO PRIORITIZE NEED-BASED INVESTMENT IN STUDENTS. WE FOCUS SQUARELY ON ENHANCING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS LIVING WITH LOW AND MODERATE INCOMES, INCLUDING THROUGH PELL GRANTS, AND FUNDING TO SUPPORT NON-TUITION COSTS THAT INCLUDE BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS FOOD AND HOUSING.

  Expenses $570,381

• STRONG OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS ALL INSTITUTIONS AND PROGRAMS SHOULD DELIVER VALUE TO STUDENTS. DRAWING FROM OUR POSTSECONDARY VALUE FRAMEWORK, WE EVALUATE NOVEL APPROACHES TO ASSESS THE ECONOMIC RETURNS STUDENTS RECEIVE FOR THEIR POSTSECONDARY INVESTMENT AND CULTIVATE SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE REFORM THAT INCENTIVIZES AND SUPPORTS IMPROVEMENT, ESPECIALLY AMONG PROGRAMS THAT PERSISTENTLY DELIVER A LOW RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

  Expenses $209,952

• COLLEGE ADMISSIONS YEARS OF ADMISSIONS POLICIES HAVE LEFT BLACK, LATINX, AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE STUDENTS, AND STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS UNDERREPRESENTED AT THE NATION'S SELECTIVE INSTITUTIONS. IHEP RESEARCHES RECRUITMENT, ADMISSIONS, AND ENROLLMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES. WE BUILD FIELD SUPPORT FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACTS OF A DIVERSE CAMPUS TO ENCOURAGE INSTITUTIONS TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES THAT HELP MORE STUDENTS ACCESS POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $8,861,160

  Expenses

  $4,275,851

  Contributions

  $8,525,255

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,116,794

  Expenses

  $4,211,722

  Contributions

  $1,908,614

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,269,815

  Expenses

  $4,176,214

  Contributions

  $4,137,847

  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

  $8,483,043

  Expenses

  $4,966,696

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,264,735

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,985,487

  Expenses

  $5,649,309

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,906,476

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,975,662

  Expenses

  $5,141,740

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,672,669

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,277,727

  Expenses

  $4,016,801

  Assets (EOY)

  $13,759,984

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $7,417,359

  Expenses

  $2,814,824

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,515,509

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,813,042

  Expenses

  $3,037,282

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,836,971

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,574,929

  Expenses

  $2,925,993

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,040,793

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.

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

• ECMC FOUNDATION

  $1,452,155

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

  $410,000

  2024 · OPERATING GRANT

• ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

  $225,000

  2022 · Grant, Informing the Department of Education's Research and Evaluation Set-Aside

• ASCENDIUM EDUCATION SOLUTIONS INC

  $187,000

  2025 · GRANT, SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL ATTAINMENT MOVEMENT CONVENING

• THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION

  $150,000

  2024 · TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT

• TRELLIS FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2024 · GENERAL OPERATIONS

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2024 · EDUCATION

• STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2022 · OPERATING GRANT

• ECMC FOUNDATION

  $75,000

  2022 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• STRADA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

  $58,840

  2023 · OPERATING GRANT

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

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