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Delaware State University

DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from delaware, the nation, and the world.

$43M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
9
States reached
$480k
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$21M
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $1,288,888, the rows itemized in this filing. The $43,416,396 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $42,127,508 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 $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $126k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $277k
  • $250k+2 grants · $869k
$33,649
Median grant
9
States reached
$530M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$479,778
WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY$388,990
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY$165,930
POTOMAC COLLEGE LLC DBA UNIVERSITY OF THE POTOMAC$111,431
WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP$41,636
DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE$33,649
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY$24,803
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$15,000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY$11,286
DREXEL UNIVERSITY$9,035
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY$7,350
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 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 17% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $1.9M → 10%DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $34k → 10%DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7.5M → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $208k → 8%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $101k → 12%TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE DBA TUFTS UNIVERSITY: $134k → 16%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $91k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUF: $103k → 22%POTOMAC COLLEGE LLC DBA UNIVERSITY OF THE POTOMAC: $111k → 14%WEST MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $74k → 12%ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY: $42k → 18%WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CORP: $42k → 18%MAYVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY: $35k → 19%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $166k → 14%MAYVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY: $41k → 9%VIRGINIA POLYTECH INST: $41k → 21%UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE: $72k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $1.5M → 10%DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $34k → 10%DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $86k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $159k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $72k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF: $102k → 22%POTOMAC COLLEGE LLC DBA UNIVERSITY OF THE POTOMAC: $50k → 14%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $40k → 18%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $441k → 14%LOUISIAN STATE UNIVERSITY A&M COLLEGE: $45k → 19%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $1.0M → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $742k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $148k → 8%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $436k → 14%STATE OF MARYLAND: $81k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $900k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $546k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $90k → 8%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $71k → 16%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $281k → 14%ST OF MARYLAND: $62k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $376k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $400k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $61k → 8%NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY: $116k → 14%STATE OF MARYLAND: $57k → 11%STATE OF MARYLAND: $55k → 11%ST OF MARYLAND: $54k → 11%WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY: $389k → 10%WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY: $275k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $480k → 10%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

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NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
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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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$20M · 24 repeat orgs$510k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

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15

Total granted

$20M
$426k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+12%

Still filing today

33%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k 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
EducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $7.9M · revenue +37%
  • Northwestern University
    6× · 2017–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +41%
  • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2017–2024 · $91k · revenue +72%

Funded once

  • Trustees of Tufts College
    one grant, 2024 · $134k · revenue +12%
  • VP
    VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $41k
  • SO
    STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
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.

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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
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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3
Delaware State University

Delaware state university is a public, comprehensive, 1890 land-grant institution that offers access and opportunity to diverse populations from delaware, the nation, and the world. (continued on schedule o.)building on its heritage as a…

Education
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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
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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
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
Widener University

Empowering our community of learners to discover and create better futures.

Education
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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
9
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
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Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
12
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Wpi transforms lives, turns knowledge into action to confront global challenges, and revolutionizes stem through distinctive and inclusive education, projects and research. (http://www.wpi.edu/about/mission.html)

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Delaware; the most unlike its peers is Bexar County Master Gardeners. 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

16 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. 16 of the 44 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.

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

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $7,890,154 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF DELAWAREUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS: $767,175 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS+28 more: $1,860,035 · Other+28 moreDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,585,602 · EducationDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INCWILMINGTON UNIVERSITY INC: $663,649 · EducationWILMINGTON UNIVERSITY INC+10 more: $472,301 · Education+10 moreNorthwestern University: $1,265,250 · Recreation & SportsBEXAR COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS: $7,350 · Environment
Other$10,517,364Education$8,721,552Recreation & Sports$1,265,250Environment$7,350

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $7,890,154 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,585,602 over 2y, 44% of budgetNorthwestern University: $1,265,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWILMINGTON UNIVERSITY INC: $663,649 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTrustees of Tufts College: $133,717 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC: $91,414 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN UNIVERSITY: $80,103 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDELAWARE AEROSPACE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $45,835 over 3y, 5.9% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $41,636 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTuskegee University: $33,485 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCLAFLIN UNIVERSITY: $29,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION: $24,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSPRINGFIELD COLLEGE: $13,826 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $11,286 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $9,035 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEXAR COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS: $7,350 over 1y, 7.9% 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 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Northwestern University ↗
  • Who funds WILMINGTON UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Tufts College ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LINCOLN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE AEROSPACE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds Tuskegee University ↗
  • Who funds CLAFLIN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Vanderbilt 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…1890 Universities Fou…Thurgood Marshall Col…Folds of Honor Founda…Tulsa Community Found…American Chemical Soc…Strada Education Foun…Tuskegee UniversityExecutive Leadership …National 4-H CouncilColumbus FoundationStudent Freedom Initi…
National Collegiate Athletic AssociationIN25.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Collegiate Athletic Association · 1890 Universities Foundation · Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation · American Chemical Society · Strada Education Foundation Inc · Tuskegee University · Executive Leadership Council · National 4-H Council · Columbus Foundation · Student Freedom Initiative 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 Delaware State University funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Delaware State University. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation: 62% of income from government
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Wilmington University Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Springfield College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 44 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
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The regranting layer
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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