The Graduate Network Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900717365
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2152669542
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$6,796
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SALLIE GLICKMAN (PRESIDENT AN)

People named in this filing

  • SALLIE GLICKMAN (PRESIDENT AN)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The graduate network (tgn), a national nonprofit organization, was organized to catalyze movement toward educational equity for adults particularly those adults who are historically underrepresented in the college labor market. These are the 45 million individuals in the u.s. With some college credit but no degree (comebackers). Many stopped out because of a mismatch with their college or university or challenges balancing family and life issues with school, finances or debt. Today, they seek good jobs with good pay and a chance to overcome the stigma of failure. On august 31, 2023, cael announced a new strategic partnership with the graduate network to operate tgn's portfolio of products and services. Read the full announcement here. The graduate network's important work in the field endures through several of its hallmark initiatives, including bridging the talent gap and data that move us. The graduate network also has fostered long-term partnerships with a number of industry organi

What it reported doing in 2024

The graduate network (tgn), a national nonprofit organization, was organized to catalyze movement toward educational equity for adults particularly those adults who are historically underrepresented in the college labor market. These are the 45 million individuals in the u.s. With some college credit but no degree (comebackers). Many stopped out because of a mismatch with their college or university or challenges balancing family and life issues with school, finances or debt. Today, they seek good jobs with good pay and a chance to overcome the stigma of failure. On august 31, 2023, cael announced a new strategic partnership with the graduate network to operate tgn's portfolio of products and services. Read the full announcement here. The graduate network's important work in the field endures through several of its hallmark initiatives, including bridging the talent gap and data that move us. The graduate network also has fostered long-term partnerships with a number of industry organizations and a network of community-based education navigators:

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.