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Carleton College

See schedule o.founded in 1866, CARLETON COLLEGE is a private, coeducational liberal arts college of 2,007 students located in the historic river town of northfield, minnesota.

$70M
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$1.0M
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$2.3MEnvironment$1.1MPublic Benefit$719kScience & Tech$564kHealth$157k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $1,750,045, the rows itemized in this filing. The $69,812,098 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $68,062,053 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $77k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $673k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.0M
$110,594
Median grant
6
States reached
$2.0B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT$227,555
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON$159,981
BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE$110,594
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS$90,117
CITY OF NORTHFIELD$85,000
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$41,251
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO$35,547
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 (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WILLIAMS COLLEGE: $19k → 12%NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1.0M → 11%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PA: $31k → 8%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $113k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $36k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS: $90k → 16%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $114k → 17%CLAFIN UNIVERSITY: $48k → 25%FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY: $29k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON: $160k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $228k → 11%MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY: $37k → 9%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $211k → 8%SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $43k → 16%THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $21k → 23%WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY: $41k → 15%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $41k → 9%CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $28k → 11%BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $111k → 7%THE JACKSON LABORATORY: $39k → 11%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $85k → 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $83k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $62k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - DAVIS: $24k → 16%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $93k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON: $127k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $200k → 11%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $69k → 8%SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY: $38k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $27k → 9%CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $27k → 11%BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $24k → 7%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $80k → 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $23k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $48k → 11%COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $88k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON: $43k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $27k → 9%CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $23k → 11%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $80k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO: $28k → 11%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $80k → 11%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $80k → 11%NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: $20k → 14%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $80k → 11%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $78k → 11%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $78k → 11%CITY OF NORTHFIELD: $78k → 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

ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
SD
OH
PA
CT
CA
CO
NE
TN
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

68%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 25 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
11

Total granted

$3.1M
$265k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+14%

Still filing today

32%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationEnvironmentPublic Safety & DisasterScience & TechHealthOther
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

  • BR
    BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $134k · revenue +20%
  • Williams College
    5× · 2017–2021 · $73k · revenue +87%
  • CU
    CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $48k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • TB
    THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $41k · revenue -5%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
    one grant, 2017 · $41k
  • TJ
    THE JACKSON LABORATORY
    one grant, 2023 · $39k · revenue +14%
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
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
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
3
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
8
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…

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9
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
10
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
11
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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12
Manhattanville University

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

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Unavco Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pomona 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

17 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. 17 of the 41 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)
16/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,000,000 · OtherNORTHFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLSCITY OF NORTHFIELD: $719,000 · OtherCITY OF NORTHFIELDUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $427,735 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY: $291,101 · OtherNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $236,522 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYUniversity of Wisconsin Madison: $170,256 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON: $166,491 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $159,981 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN DIEGO: $157,041 · Other+17 more: $716,628 · Other+17 moreTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $295,353 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES…Williams College: $72,800 · EducationWilliams Col…CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY: $48,271 · EducationCLAFLIN UNIV…THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $41,322 · EducationTHE BOARD OF…Chico State Enterprises: $30,671 · EducationChico State …THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $20,579 · Education+4 more: $44,921 · Education+4 moreBIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $134,207 · EnvironmentTHE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: $45,187 · EnvironmentTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $38,645 · HealthEARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM: $24,874 · Public Safety & DisasterAMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION: $6,702 · Science & Tech
Other$4,044,755Education$553,917Environment$179,394Health$38,645Public Safety & Disaster$24,874Science & Tech$6,702

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 budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $295,353 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE: $134,207 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWilliams College: $72,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCLAFLIN UNIVERSITY: $48,271 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: $45,187 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE: $41,322 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $38,645 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO: $35,547 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChico State Enterprises: $30,671 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM: $24,874 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY: $20,579 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $16,655 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE: $10,405 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES CORPORATION AT CSUSB: $9,975 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNAVCO INC: $9,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $7,886 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION: $6,702 over 2y, 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 THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds Williams College ↗
  • Who funds CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WITTENBERG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE JACKSON LABORATORY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO ↗
  • Who funds Chico State Enterprises ↗
  • Who funds EARTHSCOPE CONSORTIUM ↗
  • Who funds THE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds POMONA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES CORPORATION AT CSUSB ↗
  • Who funds UNAVCO INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

National Collegiate A…Tulsa Community Found…Folds of Honor Founda…World Learning IncAmerican Chemical Soc…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Tulsa Community Foundation · Folds of Honor Foundation · World Learning Inc · American Chemical Society · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 Carleton College funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carleton College. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
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 41 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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