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Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania

The purpose of the ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA (aicup) is to serve and promote independent colleges and universities as vital, distinctive components of the higher education community in pennsylvania and the nation, to preserve and promote the strengths and distinctive characteristics of non-proit…

$295k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$237k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 84% of ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $237,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $295,100 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $58,100 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$237,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$5.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NCFTA$237,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MESSIAH COLLEGE: $5k → 8%WILSON COLLEGE: $6k → 9%PA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES: $6k → 9%WIDENER UNIVERSITY: $9k → 10%SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $6k → 10%GENEVA COLLEGE: $5k → 10%ALVERNIA COLLEGE: $6k → 11%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%CEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $5k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $6k → 11%BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%JUNIATA COLLEGE: $6k → 13%WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $9k → 13%MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY: $5k → 13%MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $11k → 15%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $7k → 16%PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY: $6k → 22%MESSIAH COLLEGE: $5k → 8%WILSON COLLEGE: $5k → 9%LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $5k → 9%HAVERFORD COLLEGE: $6k → 10%SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 10%ALVERNIA COLLEGE: $5k → 11%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $5k → 11%WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY: $6k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON: $6k → 13%MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 15%SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $6k → 16%SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $6k → 22%HAVERFORD COLLEGE: $5k → 10%SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 10%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $5k → 11%WILKES UNIVERSITY: $5k → 15%LA SALLE UNIVERSITY: $6k → 22%ROSEMONT COLLEGE: $5k → 10%ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $10k → 11%MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 15%JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 22%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 10%ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%CHATHAM UNIVERSITY: $6k → 11%NCFTA: $291k → 11%NCFTA: $270k → 11%NCFTA: $237k → 11%NCFTA: $216k → 11%NCFTA: $193k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.4M · 14 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
16

Total granted

$1.4M
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
+29%

Still filing today

86%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    3× · 2017–2019 · $22k · revenue +29%
  • MU
    MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2017–2019 · $22k · revenue +48%
  • LV
    LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $16k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +39%
  • TJ
    THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +79%
  • WU
    WIDENER UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $9k · revenue +34%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
2
Delaware Valley University

See schedule o.we are inspired by the ideals of our founder who, in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, who honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. our historical commitment to experiential learning…

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3
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
4
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
5
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
6
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

Education
7
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
8
Desales University

Desales is a catholic, salesian university that inspires transformative learning through the liberal arts and professional studies by energizing students to be who they are and be that well.

Education
9
Saint Joseph's University

As philadelphia's jesuit catholic university, saint joseph's provides a rigorous, student-centered education rooted in the liberal arts. we prepare students for personal excellence, professional success, and engaged citizenship. striving…

Education
10
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
11
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
12
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is La Salle University and the most unlike its peers is Thomas Jefferson University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 81 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr18%4%20–35yr14%0%35–55yr17%96%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr18%4%20–35yr14%0%35–55yr17%96%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/28
the rest of the field
11%
3,548/32,265

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

28 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 28 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
25/28
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NCFTA — $1,207,000 · OtherNCFTA+4 more — $59,650 · OtherDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — $22,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSIT…MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY — $21,650 · EducationMISERICORDIA UNIVE…LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE — $15,850 · EducationLEBANON VALLEY COL…SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY — $15,850 · EducationSUSQUEHANNA UNIVER…WAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY — $14,850 · EducationWAYNESBURG UNIVERS…GANNON UNIVERSITY — $14,400 · EducationGANNON UNIVERSITYSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY — $13,250 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIV…HAVERFORD SCHOOL — $10,750 · EducationWILSON COLLEGE — $10,750 · EducationMESSIAH UNIVERSITY — $10,350 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $9,750 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $9,650 · EducationWIDENER UNIVERSITY — $8,600 · Education+12 more — $65,900 · Education+12 more
Other$1,266,650Education$243,600

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — $22,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY — $21,650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY — $20,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE — $15,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY — $15,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWAYNESBURG UNIVERSITY — $14,850 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGANNON UNIVERSITY — $14,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY — $13,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAVERFORD SCHOOL — $10,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALVERNIA UNIVERSITY — $10,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILSON COLLEGE — $10,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY — $10,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $9,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — $9,650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIDENER UNIVERSITY — $8,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLA SALLE UNIVERSITY — $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES — $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHATHAM UNIVERSITY — $6,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY — $6,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Scranton — $6,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIATA COLLEGE — $5,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGENEVA COLLEGE — $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarywood University — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSEMONT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE — $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Verizon FoundationUnited East ConferenceCouncil of Independen…Ibm International Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Verizon FoundationNJ14× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Verizon Foundation · United East Conference · Council of Independent Colleges · Ibm International Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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