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Betty I and Karl B Search at a glance

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Betty I and Karl B Search

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$22k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$179kArts & Culture$1k
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,100
Median grant
2
States reached
$377k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE$4,230
OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY$3,385
DESALES UNIVERSITY$3,385
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY$1,100
LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$1,100
ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE$1,100
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY$1,100
PENN STATE-MAIN CAMPUS$1,100
WILKES UNIVERSITY$1,100
DESALES UNIVERSITY$1,100
MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY$1,100
WILKES UNIVERSITY$1,100
BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY$1,100
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 61% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $4k → 9%SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $1k → 10%DESALES UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $1k → 14%LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $1k → 15%PENN STATE-MAIN CAMPUS: $1k → 16%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $1k → 20%ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $1k → 9%DESALES UNIVERSITY: $1k → 11%MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $1k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
PA
VA
SC
AL
GA
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$38k · 8 repeat orgs$116k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
60

Total granted

$38k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 30% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • MU
    MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2018–2025 · $12k · revenue +40%
  • BU
    BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2019–2025 · $5k
  • WC
    WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2018–2019 · $5k

Funded once

  • PS
    PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • VU
    VILLANOVA UNIVERSITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue +37%
  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    one grant, 2019 · $3k · revenue +6%
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Albright College

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

Education
3
Seton Hill University

Comprehensive institution of higher learning providing undergraduate and graduate student education.

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
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
6
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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7
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
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
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
10
Siena University

Siena university is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. as a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education…

Education
11
Marquette University

As a Catholic, Jesuit university our mission is to search for truth, discover shareknowledge, foster personal professional excellence, promote a life of faith and developleadership expressed in service to others. See Schedule O.

Education
12
William Jessup University

In partnership with the church, the purpose of william jessup university is to educate transformational leaders for the glory of god.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is King's College; the most unlike its peers is Elizabethtown College. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 73 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/18
Grantees still filing
11/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $5,750 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYBLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $4,850 · OtherWEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY: $4,825 · OtherPENN STATE-MAIN CAMPUS: $3,850 · OtherOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY: $3,385 · Other+50 more: $77,466 · Other+50 moreMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $12,300 · EducationMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITYELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $5,330 · EducationELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGEDESALES UNIVERSITY: $4,485 · EducationDESALES UNIVERSITYLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $4,100 · EducationLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INCVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $3,850 · EducationVILLANOVA UNIVERSITYDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $3,400 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRITKING'S COLLEGE: $3,319 · EducationKING'S COLLEGEMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $2,500 · EducationLUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · EducationSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $2,475 · EducationBucknell University: $2,325 · EducationWILKES UNIVERSITY: $2,200 · EducationROSEMONT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS: $1,966 · Education+5 more: $6,125 · Education+5 more
Other$100,126Education$56,875

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $12,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $5,330 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESALES UNIVERSITY: $4,485 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $4,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $3,850 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $3,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $3,319 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $2,475 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $2,325 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSEMONT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS: $1,966 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $1,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $1,375 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DESALES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds KING'S COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MESSIAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Bucknell University ↗
  • Who funds WILKES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ROSEMONT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Betty I and Karl B Search funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Betty I and Karl B Search. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s 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 · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    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 73 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-PF 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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