About Educational Credit Management
Supports student success, college access and completion through services, partnerships and philanthropic investments that help students achieve education and career goals.
Focus Areas
educationhigher educationstudent financial aidworkforce developmentcollege completionsupport for underserved students
Who They Fund
postsecondary students (college/university students)students completing FAFSA (prospective and current college students)students needing emergency financial assistance
Funding Style
general/unrestricted operating supportdirect service delivery
About Educational Credit Management
Educational Credit Management Corporation’s largest recent grants show a clear emphasis on student financial aid infrastructure and FAFSA support, alongside a separate stream of support for its own organization. In 2025, it gave $128,892,000 to Ecmc Group Inc in Minneapolis for general support, following similar general-support grants of $265,138,829 in 2024 and $247,934,497 in 2023. That scale sits alongside a broad set of education grants aimed at helping students move into and through college. The foundation funds college access, completion, and student success through services, partnerships, and philanthropic investments tied to education and career goals. Recent awards include $4,324,959 to Partnership for Education Advancement in New York for FAFSA student support and $3,323,686 to Nasfaa in Washington, DC for the same purpose. Its portfolio also reaches students needing emergency assistance and outreach support, including grants to Edquity Inc for project success and emergency aid. Across the file, the pattern is less about a single campus or locality than about systems that influence enrollment, retention, and aid navigation.
What Educational Credit Management Funds
FAFSA completion is the clearest cause area in the recent grants list. In 2025, Educational Credit Management Corporation awarded $4,324,959 to Partnership for Education Advancement in New York, $3,323,686 to Nasfaa in Washington, DC, and $2,582,465 to Communities in Schools Inc in Arlington, Virginia, all for FAFSA student support. The foundation also backs state and regional aid infrastructure. Examples include $1,055,450 to Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation in Round Rock, $1,000,000 to Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation in Nashville, and $914,258 to Illinois Student Assistance Commission in Deerfield, each tied to FAFSA student support. Outreach and financial literacy appear in the portfolio as well. Edquity Inc in Brookyln received $787,213 for outreach and financial literacy project success, while a separate 2024 grant of $783,135 supported Project Success emergency aid. It also supports college-access organizations such as College Possible in St. Paul with $931,118 for FAFSA student support.
How Educational Credit Management Gives
The grant-size distribution is centered in the low tens of thousands, with p25 at $10,125, a median of $20,000, and p75 at $30,000. The recent grants list also shows very large internal general-support transfers to Ecmc Group Inc in Minneapolis in 2023, 2024, and 2025, alongside a wider mix of programmatic awards in 2025. This is a public charity and a regular funder that does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments. The recipient list includes repeated grantees across years, such as Ecmc Group Inc and Edquity Inc, which appears in both 2024 and 2025. No unsolicited-application process is shown in the data; two listed active programs are an RFP for rural postsecondary education research and an ECMC Scholars / Students & Educators scholarship program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$177M
Total Assets
$209.1M
Total Revenue
$265M
Total Expenses
$261.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $30K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
National49 states funded
About 3% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Educational Credit Management Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Educational Credit Management.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 367 | $692.3M | 94.8% |
| 2 | Puerto Rico |
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