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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 FY2025(still arriving)
1
Itemized grants FY2025
1
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$237k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$237,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$237,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 17
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.3M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving1$237k0%
FY20241$216k0%
FY20231$291k0%
FY20222$282k0%
FY20212$203k100%
FY201912$93k17%
FY201815$92k60%
FY201717$96kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$1.2MEducation$281kArts & Culture$22k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$22,00030%
Misericordia University$21,65030%
Robert Morris University$20,40020%
Susquehanna University$15,85030%
Lebanon Valley College$15,85030%
Waynesburg University$14,85020%
Gannon University$14,40020%
Saint Francis University$13,25020%
Wilson College$10,75020%
Alvernia University$10,75020%
Show all 28 grantees
All grantees of Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$22,00030%
Misericordia University$21,65030%
Robert Morris University$20,40020%
Susquehanna University$15,85030%
Lebanon Valley College$15,85030%
Waynesburg University$14,85020%
Gannon University$14,40020%
Saint Francis University$13,25020%
Wilson College$10,75020%
Alvernia University$10,75020%
Haverford School$10,75020%
Messiah University$10,35020%
Villanova University$9,75010%
Thomas Jefferson University$9,65010%
Widener University$8,60010%
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences$6,25010%
La Salle University$6,25010%
Chatham University$6,10010%
Philadelphia University$6,10010%
University of Scranton$6,10010%
Juniata College$5,50010%
Geneva College$5,25010%
Marywood University$5,10010%
Bucknell University$5,10010%
Wilkes University$5,10010%
Rosemont College of the Holy Child Jesus$5,10010%
Lancaster Bible College$5,10010%
Cedar Crest College$5,10010%

Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetSusquehanna University: $15,850 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLebanon Valley College: $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 budgetWilson College: $10,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAlvernia University: $10,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHaverford School: $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 budgetPennsylvania College of Health Sciences: $6,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLa Salle University: $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

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: 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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania

How much does Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania give?
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania reported 1 itemized grants totaling $237,000, out of $295,100 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 17 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (80%), Education (19%), Arts & Culture (1%).
Who are Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ($22k), Misericordia University ($22k), Robert Morris University ($20k).
Does Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Verizon Foundation, United East Conference, Council of Independent Colleges.
Where is Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania based?
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania is based in PA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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