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Burton and Wemple Scholarship Fund Uw at a glance

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Burton and Wemple Scholarship Fund Uw

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$95k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$17k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$844kRecreation & Sports$9kEnvironment$7k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
$4,655
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FULTON-MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$17,440
SUNY COBLESKILL$12,785
SIENA COLLEGE$12,195
ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY$4,655
CLARKSON UNIVERSITY$4,655
Individual grant recipient$4,655
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$4,655
SUNY COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE$4,655
SUNY PLATTSBURGH$4,655
KEUKA COLLEGE$4,655
UTICA UNIVERSITY$4,065
SKIDMORE COLLEGE$4,065
UNION COLLEGE$4,065
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO$4,065
HOBART & WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGE$4,065
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $5k → 11%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

VT
NH
NY
MA
IN
PA
CT
KY
TN
SC
TX
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$732k · 38 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

38 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
17

Total granted

$732k
$69k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+13%

Still filing today

50%
35%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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

  • SU
    SIENA UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $77k · revenue +35%
  • RS
    RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE
    7× · 2017–2024 · $62k · revenue +42%
  • HC
    Hartwick College
    4× · 2017–2020 · $29k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • SP
    SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • SO
    SUNY OSWEGO
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • OS
    OSWEGO STATE COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $6k
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
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
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
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
4
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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5
The President and Trustees of Colby College

to provide a rigorous and transformative liberal arts education that prepares students to become thoughtful, engaged citizens.

Education
6
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
7
Franklin University

Since 1902, Franklin University has been a pioneer in meeting the needs of adult students who have the ambition to continue their education in combination with other responsibilities, receiving its status as a tax exempt organization in…

—
8
Wilson College

Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.

Education
9
Manhattanville University

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

Education
10
Albright College

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

Education
11
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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Quinnipiac University; 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.
04the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 61 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)
29/29
Grantees still filing
25/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SIENA UNIVERSITY: $76,510 · EducationSIENA UNIVERSITYRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $62,075 · EducationRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGEUTICA UNIVERSITY: $46,823 · EducationUTICA UNIVERSITYHartwick College: $29,370 · EducationHartwick CollegeRochester Institute of Technology: $27,045 · EducationRochester Institute of TechnologyRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $22,775 · EducationTrustees of Hamilton College: $22,725 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $21,735 · EducationCLARKSON UNIVERSITY: $17,245 · EducationST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $15,840 · Education+19 more: $131,230 · Education+19 moreFULTON-MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $51,665 · OtherFULTON-MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGESUNY COBLESKILL: $45,510 · OtherSUNY COBLESKILLUNION COLLEGE: $32,170 · OtherUNION COLLEGEFULTON-MONTGOMERY COMM COLLEGE: $27,680 · OtherFULTON-MONTGOMERY COMM COLLEGEUNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO: $25,205 · OtherUNIVERSITY AT BUFFALOSUNY BROCKPORT: $16,580 · OtherSTONY BROOK UNIVERSITY: $15,840 · OtherSUNY PLATTSBURGH: $13,655 · OtherSUNY GENESEO: $13,165 · OtherSUNY ADIRONDACK: $13,165 · Other+22 more: $131,955 · Other+22 more
Education$473,373Other$386,590

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

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSIENA UNIVERSITY: $76,510 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $62,075 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUTICA UNIVERSITY: $46,823 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHartwick College: $29,370 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $27,045 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $22,775 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Hamilton College: $22,725 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $21,735 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLARKSON UNIVERSITY: $17,245 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $15,840 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $13,165 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLe Moyne College: $13,165 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $9,120 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $8,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $8,130 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEUKA COLLEGE: $7,665 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetALFRED UNIVERSITY: $7,460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLGATE UNIVERSITY: $7,460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL SMITHS COLLEGE: $7,460 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New Haven: $6,940 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $6,940 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetQUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: $6,940 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHAMPLAIN COLLEGE INCORPORATED: $6,020 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY: $4,655 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $4,450 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFranklin Pierce University: $3,730 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBelmont University: $3,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD: $3,010 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY: $3,010 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 SIENA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UTICA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Hartwick College ↗
  • Who funds Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Hamilton College ↗
  • Who funds SKIDMORE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CLARKSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Le Moyne College ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Notre Dame du Lac ↗
  • Who funds HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds KEUKA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ALFRED UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds COLGATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds University of New Haven ↗

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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Gazin Norbert L Education Pfdn 101-0628960OH13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Burton and Wemple Scholarship Fund Uw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Burton and Wemple Scholarship Fund Uw. 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 26% of income from government
  • University of New Haven: 1% of income from government
  • University of Hartford: 1% of income from government
  • Assumption University: 1% of income from government
  • Quinnipiac University: 0% of income from government
  • Champlain College 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 · 0–40%
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 61 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home