American Council on Education

The major coordinating body for American higher education, convening college and university presidents to speak with one institutional voice on federal policy and to steward shared services across the sector.

28named by ACOE
90named by peers

Financial profile

American Council on Education · EIN 53-0196573 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$39,731,035$10,422,157$21,263,289$35,938,470$68,369,434Sep 2023
FY2022$34,460,397$5,502,448$21,185,209$33,405,929$59,877,938Sep 2022
FY2021$34,913,177$6,141,600$20,024,396$35,950,231$68,406,663Sep 2021
FY2020$33,920,222$3,770,470$20,616,287$35,368,854$61,455,176Sep 2020
FY2019$42,742,259$14,798,188$6,639,884$36,108,616$65,320,623Sep 2019
FY2018$35,846,029$13,988,130$9,986,764$35,267,317$70,370,148Sep 2018

Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.

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Peer societies

Five societies American Council on Education is read alongside.

Who backs ACOE

Every company American Council on Education names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.

CompanySupport as publishedAlso named by
DeloitteCorporate memberAAA AAPA ABI ACS ACC +3
Fidelity InvestmentsCorporate memberAFP BIANH CUPAH CCC CCA +3
HuronCorporate memberACRP BAI CBA DPA GFOA +3
TIAACorporate memberCUPAH CREWN FPA GFOA L +3
EABCorporate memberASSA AACRA AACC AMA CGS +1
EllucianCorporate memberAACC NACUB NVCC
Academic Search, Inc.Corporate memberAACC
WittKiefferCorporate memberAAPL
Academic Career & Executive SearchCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
AGB SearchCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
Buffkin / BakerCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
CBIZ Higher EducationCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
CourseraCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
Diversified Search GroupCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
Greenwood Asher & Associates, LLCCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
Isaacson, MillerCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
KBICCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
LindauerCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
NES Search FirmCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
R. William Funk & AssociatesCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
Russell Reynolds AssociatesCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
RW Jones AgencyCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
SOPHIA LearningCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
Spelman JohnsonCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
StraighterLineCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
StudiosityCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
Summit Search Solutions, Inc.Corporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
ZRGCorporate memberOnly American Council on Education, so far
Sources: 1 published list, read September 2026

ACE Affiliate Members Directory. Read September 27, 2026. Organizations acknowledged for participating in the ACE Affiliate Members program and Executive Search Roundtable; nonprofits, foundations and a state agency left out.

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Who backs American Council on Education's peers, but not American Council on Education

Companies named publicly by at least one of American Council on Education's five peer societies, and not found in American Council on Education's reviewed public records.

CompanyAACCNAICUAACUPeers
acueNamedNamed2 of 3
lightcastNamedNamed2 of 3
the registryNamedNamed2 of 3
aapcNamed1 of 3
AccredibleNamed1 of 3
adobeNamed1 of 3
agile cloud consultingNamed1 of 3
AnatomageNamed1 of 3
BibliuNamed1 of 3
BlackRockNamed1 of 3
Boldyn NetworksNamed1 of 3
BrainfuseNamed1 of 3
campus worksNamed1 of 3
CapinCrouseNamed1 of 3
Capital Education (CapEd)Named1 of 3
CarnegieNamed1 of 3
CITI ProgramNamed1 of 3
civitas learningNamed1 of 3
college aidNamed1 of 3
CollegeVineNamed1 of 3
collegisNamed1 of 3
conexedNamed1 of 3
coursedogNamed1 of 3
courseleafNamed1 of 3
daveyNamed1 of 3
DIA Higher Education CollaboratorsNamed1 of 3
dilligentNamed1 of 3
doctumsNamed1 of 3
dreamscape learnNamed1 of 3
edamericaNamed1 of 3
EdSightsNamed1 of 3
EducationDynamicsNamed1 of 3
element451Named1 of 3
Elior Collegiate DiningNamed1 of 3
EncouraNamed1 of 3
ferrilliNamed1 of 3
Fiorini and Associates (F&A)Named1 of 3
follettNamed1 of 3
geckoNamed1 of 3
googleNamed1 of 3
Gray Decision IntelligenceNamed1 of 3
Hall Research/AltonaNamed1 of 3
Hartman Executive AdvisorsNamed1 of 3
HESNamed1 of 3
Higher Ed Consolidation Solutions (HCS)Named1 of 3
hmbrNamed1 of 3
honorlockNamed1 of 3
Husch Blackwell Consulting, LLCNamed1 of 3
Hyatt-Fennell, Executive Search PlusNamed1 of 3
imagin XNamed1 of 3
IPClearNamed1 of 3
jamworksNamed1 of 3
jenzabarNamed1 of 3
Johnson ControlsNamed1 of 3
Kimmel ArchitectureNamed1 of 3
kualiNamed1 of 3
leadsquaredNamed1 of 3
liaisonNamed1 of 3
LivinitiNamed1 of 3
Mason Jay Blacher & AssociatesNamed1 of 3
McAllister & QuinnNamed1 of 3
mcgraw hillNamed1 of 3
microsoftNamed1 of 3
National Management Resources CorporationNamed1 of 3
nuventiveNamed1 of 3
oculusITNamed1 of 3
paulygroupNamed1 of 3
Pearl MeyerNamed1 of 3
PeopleGroveNamed1 of 3
pepsicoNamed1 of 3
reupNamed1 of 3
Rize EducationNamed1 of 3
Routledge/Taylor & FrancisNamed1 of 3
screenpalNamed1 of 3
second life macNamed1 of 3
SegalNamed1 of 3
Steptoe & JohnsonNamed1 of 3
Stevens StrategyNamed1 of 3
swim digital groupNamed1 of 3
territoriumNamed1 of 3
The Dysart GroupNamed1 of 3
The EDU LedgerNamed1 of 3
timelycareNamed1 of 3
tutorNamed1 of 3
vital sourceNamed1 of 3
Volt AINamed1 of 3
watermarkNamed1 of 3
wevideoNamed1 of 3
workforceNamed1 of 3
youscienceNamed1 of 3

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The outside view

The major coordinating body for American higher education, convening college and university presidents to speak with one institutional voice on federal policy and to steward shared services across the sector.

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Inward
  • Operational

Their shape

The League

Far-flung, and stronger for it.

The League is a federation of many, where the value lives in the connections between its members and chapters. Its gift is reach and resilience, its challenge is holding a shared identity across all its parts.

Also reads toward The Parliament and The Movement.

Strengths

→Coordinated scale that punches above its weight.
→Ambition matched by professional execution.
→A credible, unified voice for many.

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