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Bernard W McCormick Scholarship Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$188k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$3,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$446k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SIENA COLLEGE$3,500
HARTWICK COLLEGE AND MARK$3,500
SUNY DELHI$3,500
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT$3,500
RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE$3,500
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 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 71% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 16%WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: $5k → 17%VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $4k → 10%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 11%GROVE CITY COLLEGE: $3k → 13%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 16%SKIDMORE COLLEGE: $4k → 7%MARIST COLLEGE: $4k → 9%HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY: $4k → 11%ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY: $4k → 13%HARTWICK COLLEGE AND MARK: $4k → 13%SUNY PLATTSBURGH: $4k → 14%LEMOYNE COLLEGE: $4k → 14%SIENA COLLEGE: $4k → 14%SUNY DELHI: $4k → 15%UTICA UNIVERSITY: $4k → 16%CLARKSON UNIVERSITY: $4k → 18%BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY: $4k → 20%FORDHAM UNIVERSITY: $2k → 28%THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA: $2k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $4k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN: $2k → 12%PROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $6k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $5k → 8%WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: $4k → 17%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 11%MARIST COLLEGE: $3k → 9%RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $4k → 11%SUNY ONEOTA: $2k → 13%SUNY PLATTSBURGH: $2k → 14%LEMOYNE COLLEGE: $4k → 14%SIENA COLLEGE: $4k → 14%BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY: $4k → 20%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $4k → 11%PROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $4k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $3k → 8%WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%MARIST COLLEGE: $2k → 9%HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY: $3k → 11%SIENA COLLEGE: $4k → 14%PROVIDENCE COLLEGE: $3k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: $3k → 8%WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: $3k → 17%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%HUDSON VALLEY COMMUNITY: $2k → 11%SIENA COLLEGE: $3k → 14%SIENA COLLEGE: $2k → 14%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.

Which US states your grants reach

NY
MA
PA
CT
RI
VA
SC
FL

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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$132k · 12 repeat orgs$56k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
16

Total granted

$132k
$45k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+36%

Still filing today

58%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 40% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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

  • WN
    WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2018–2023 · $18k · revenue +22%
  • SU
    SIENA UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2017–2025 · $18k · revenue +35%
  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    4× · 2017–2020 · $16k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • CC
    COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $4k
  • SJ
    ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +8%
  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2022 · $4k · revenue +7%

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
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
2
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
3
Molloy University

Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…

Education
4
Manhattanville University

To educate students to be ethical and socially responsible leaders in a global community.

Education
5
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
6
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
7
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
8
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
9
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
10
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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11
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
12
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Marist University and the most unlike its peers is Siena 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 80 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%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr19%10%20–35yr13%0%35–55yr16%85%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr19%7%20–35yr13%0%35–55yr16%79%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 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/20
the rest of the field
10%
11,858/120,740

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

20 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. 20 of the 31 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)
20/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY — $17,700 · EducationWESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITYSIENA UNIVERSITY — $17,529 · EducationSIENA UNIVERSITYDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — $15,975 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRITPROVIDENCE COLLEGE — $15,375 · EducationPROVIDENCE COLLEGEMARIST UNIVERSITY — $9,325 · EducationMARIST UNIVERSITYLe Moyne College — $7,900 · EducationLe Moyne CollegeST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — $4,400 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $4,300 · EducationUTICA UNIVERSITY — $4,300 · Education+10 more — $26,158 · Education+10 moreUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — $13,300 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIAIndividual grant recipient — $8,925 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY — $8,408 · OtherBINGHAMTON UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT — $7,900 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTSUNY PLATTSBURGH — $6,300 · OtherSUNY PLATTSBURGHCOASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY — $4,400 · OtherCOASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITYPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — $3,600 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYHARTWICK COLLEGE AND MARK — $3,500 · OtherHARTWICK COLLEGE AND MARKSUNY DELHI — $3,500 · OtherSUNY DELHI+3 more — $5,204 · Other+3 more
Education$122,962Other$65,037

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 budgetWESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY — $17,700 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSIENA UNIVERSITY — $17,529 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — $15,975 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE COLLEGE — $15,375 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARIST UNIVERSITY — $9,325 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLe Moyne College — $7,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY NEW YORK — $4,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY — $4,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUTICA UNIVERSITY — $4,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — $3,725 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE — $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLARKSON UNIVERSITY — $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE — $3,325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFordham University — $2,004 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated — $2,004 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New Haven — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology — $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairfield University — $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARIA COLLEGE — $1,200 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.

American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
American Online Giving Foundation IncDE8.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 Bernard W McCormick Scholarship Fund 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, a single department, or state — 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Northeastern University — 4% of income from government
  • University of New Haven — 1% of income from government
  • Fairfield University — 1% of income from government
  • Western New England University — 0% of income from government
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 31 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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