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Council of Independent Colleges

The COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES is an association of nonprofit independent colleges and universities, state- based councils of independent colleges, and other higher education affiliates, that works to support college and university leadership, advance institutional excellence, and enhance public understanding of private higher…

$6.7M
Granted FY2025still arriving
176
Grants FY2025still arriving
41
States reached
$173k
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$38MPublic Benefit$146kReligion$81kHealth$60kArts & Culture$23kCivil Rights$10k
02FY2025 · 176 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 176 grants below total $5,940,260, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,663,845 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $723,585 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

  • Under $10k6 grants · $44k
  • $10k–50k142 grants · $3.6M
  • $50k–250k28 grants · $2.3M
$26,676
Median grant
41
States reached
$89M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES$172,504
INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF TEXAS FOUNDATION$155,500
OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES$134,500
VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES$131,000
ASSOCIATED COLLEGES OF ILLINOIS$128,000
INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF INDIANA INC$114,000
IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION$113,500
FLORIDA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND$105,000
WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC$97,500
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY$97,102
SOUTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES$91,250
ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT KENTUCKY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES$84,400
MINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUND$79,500
COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT NEBRASKA COLLEGES FOUNDATION$78,000
MICHIGAN COLLEGES ALLIANCE$68,500
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 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 68% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CONCORDIA COLLEGE - MN: $275k → 11%ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLL & UNIV: $248k → 12%FLORIDA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND: $105k → 19%IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $114k → 10%MISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC: $113k → 10%WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $102k → 10%CONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $275k → 9%SEWANEE THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $95k → 13%WESLEYAN COLLEGE: $275k → 23%VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $131k → 22%ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT KENTUCKY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $101k → 14%ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLL & UNIV: $246k → 12%WOFFORD COLLEGE: $276k → 15%FLORIDA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND: $98k → 19%IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $110k → 10%WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $98k → 10%INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF INDIANA INC: $115k → 16%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $105k → 15%ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLL & UNIV: $234k → 12%FLORIDA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND: $96k → 19%IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $105k → 10%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT: $104k → 15%LEWIS UNIVERSITY: $114k → 7%ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLL & UNIV: $234k → 12%FLORIDA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND: $96k → 19%IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $99k → 10%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT: $99k → 15%THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $97k → 11%ASSN OF INDEPENDENT COLL & UNIV: $218k → 12%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT: $99k → 15%INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF TEXAS FOUNDATION: $156k → 10%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $183k → 8%INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF TEXAS INC: $153k → 10%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $174k → 8%INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF TEXAS FOUNDATION: $126k → 10%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $173k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLL &: $164k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $127k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLL &: $110k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLL &: $108k → 8%NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLL &: $99k → 8%ASSOCIATED COLLEGES OF ILLINOIS: $128k → 14%ASSOCIATED COLLEGES OF ILLINOIS: $118k → 14%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $180k → 15%ASSOCIATED COLLEGES OF ILLINOIS: $117k → 14%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $142k → 15%OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $135k → 15%INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF INDIANA INC: $114k → 16%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

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36M · 288 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

288 repeat relationships: 138 still active in FY2025, 150 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

288
88

Total granted

$36M
$1.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+13%

Still filing today

98%
92%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $809k 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
EducationHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • NC
    NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +31%
  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA
    5× · 2017–2021 · $1.2M · revenue +13%
  • TO
    THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • IC
    INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES OF TEXAS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $153k · revenue +7%
  • SH
    SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $43k · revenue +17%
  • AO
    ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN NEW JERSEY
    one grant, 2024 · $43k · revenue -15%
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
Xavier University

Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…

Education
3
Albright College

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

Education
4
Union College

Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.

Education
5
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
6
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
7
Boston Architectural College

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

—
8
Simpson College

Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.

Education
9
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Education
10
Belhaven University

Belhaven university prepares students academically and spiritually to serve jesus christ in their careers, in human relationships, and in the world of ideas.

Education
11
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…

—
12
Cornell College

Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Schreiner University; the most unlike its peers is Louisiana Independent College Foundation. 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

400 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 400 of the 414 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
395/400
Grantees still filing
277/400
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $1,453,875 · EducationNORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INCASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,210,300 · EducationTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $1,197,539 · EducationAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc: $1,029,079 · EducationIndependent Colleges of Indiana Inc: $921,187 · Education+164 more: $21,404,570 · Education+164 moreICUT Foundation: $1,016,345 · OtherICUT FoundationIOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $899,765 · OtherIOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATI…ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT KENTUCKY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $571,359 · OtherASSOCIATION OF INDEPE…COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT NEBRASKA COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $508,365 · OtherCOUNCIL OF INDEPENDEN…WOFFORD COLLEGE: $438,972 · OtherWOFFORD COLLEGEINDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF NEW JERSEY A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $406,630 · OtherINDEPENDENT COLLEGES …CONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION: $356,030 · OtherCONCORDIA COLLEGE COR…+23 more: $2,057,904 · Other+23 moreNorthwestern University: $65,976 · Recreation & Sports
Education$27,216,550Other$6,255,370Recreation & Sports$65,976

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $1,453,875 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,210,300 over 5y, 10% of budgetTHE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $1,197,539 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetAssociated Colleges of Illinois Inc: $1,029,079 over 9y, 14% of budgetICUT Foundation: $1,016,345 over 8y, 50% of budgetIndependent Colleges of Indiana Inc: $921,187 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetIOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $899,765 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetFLORIDA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND INC: $825,000 over 9y, 58% of budgetVA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $744,150 over 9y, 5.7% of budgetWISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $717,365 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetMINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUND: $628,955 over 9y, 5.1% of budgetMISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC: $624,400 over 9y, 21% of budgetSouth Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities: $594,876 over 9y, 8.3% of budgetMichigan Colleges Alliance: $591,900 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetCOUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT NEBRASKA COLLEGES FOUNDATION: $508,365 over 9y, 11% of budgetWOFFORD COLLEGE: $438,972 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWESLEYAN COLLEGE: $432,483 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetINDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON: $407,221 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetINDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF NEW JERSEY A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $406,630 over 8y, 14% of budgetINDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND OF MARYLAND INC: $373,449 over 9y, 36% of budgetCONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION: $356,030 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetLewis University: $348,086 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetLOUISIANA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $336,200 over 9y, 100% of budgetARKANSAS' INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: $327,100 over 9y, 9.7% of budgetALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: $326,800 over 8y, 9.0% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $326,200 over 9y, 13% of budgetDILLARD UNIVERSITY: $299,015 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCONNECTICUT COLLEGE: $292,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH: $285,571 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOKLAHOMA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC: $257,250 over 9y, 30% of budgetMEREDITH COLLEGE: $252,135 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN COLLEGE: $243,548 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: $210,400 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetBUSHNELL UNIVERSITY FKA NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $200,003 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY: $163,993 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $150,714 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUNTINGDON COLLEGE: $150,573 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY: $148,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE COLLEGE: $146,781 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY: $144,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMALONE UNIVERSITY: $143,700 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $143,342 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN COLLEGE: $135,702 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTANA COLLEGE: $134,982 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITY: $128,807 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBARD COLLEGE: $127,898 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRochester Christian University: $127,703 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetAquinas College: $126,956 over 5y, 0.1% 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 NORTH CAROLINA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds THE OHIO FOUNDATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds Associated Colleges of Illinois Inc ↗
  • Who funds ICUT Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Independent Colleges of Indiana Inc ↗
  • Who funds IOWA COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FLORIDA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds VA FOUNDATION FOR INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds WISCONSIN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds MISSOURI COLLEGES FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities ↗
  • Who funds Michigan Colleges Alliance ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT NEBRASKA COLLEGES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WOFFORD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WESLEYAN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENT COLLEGES OF WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF NEW JERSEY A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FUND OF MARYLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Lewis University ↗
  • Who funds LOUISIANA INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARKANSAS' INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ↗
  • Who funds ALABAMA ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds DILLARD UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTICUT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH ↗
  • Who funds OKLAHOMA INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MEREDITH COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds OREGON ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ↗
  • Who funds BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY FKA NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES OF TEXAS INC ↗
  • Who funds MESSIAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HUNTINGDON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 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…Folds of Honor Founda…Lettie Pate Whitehead…Ibm International Fou…Tulsa Community Found…The Ohio Foundation o…Michael & Susan Dell …Lilly Endowment IncCharles Koch Foundati…Ernst & Young Foundat…Je and le Mabee Found…Watson-Brown Foundati…
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN123.3× affinity71 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges · Michael & Susan Dell Foundation · Lilly Endowment Inc · Charles Koch Foundation · Ernst & Young Foundation · Je and le Mabee Foundation Inc · Watson-Brown Foundation Inc

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

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Norwich University: 14% of income from government
  • Bushnell University Fka Northwest Christian University: 5% of income from government
  • Linfield University: 4% of income from government
  • Merrimack College: 2% of income from government
  • Georgian Court University: 2% of income from government
  • St Thomas University Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Bay Path University: 1% of income from government
  • Mitchell College: 1% of income from government
  • Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Assumption University: 1% of income from government
  • Gordon College: 0% of income from government
  • Connecticut College: 0% of income from government
  • Wheaton College: 0% of income from government
  • Eckerd College: 0% of income from government
  • Mount Saint Mary's University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mcdaniel College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
56report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 414 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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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