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Drexel University

DREXEL UNIVERSITY fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems.

$445M
Granted FY2025still arriving
120
Grants FY2025still arriving
30
States reached
$2.2M
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.

Science & Tech$68MEducation$44MHealth$28MYouth Development$3.8MHuman Services$2.1MCommunity Improvement$2.1MFood & Nutrition$772kArts & Culture$702kOther$0
02FY2025 · 120 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 120 grants below total $16,913,840, the rows itemized in this filing. The $444,710,365 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $427,796,525 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 $10k7 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k46 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k53 grants · $6.5M
  • $250k+14 grants · $9.3M
$64,167
Median grant
30
States reached
$2.9B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA$2,208,816
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY$1,135,347
RICE UNIVERSITY$1,013,466
MATHEMATICA INC$659,903
SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY$630,779
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY$560,532
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY$529,122
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA$478,307
REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS$426,196
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO$421,343
THE PHILADELPHIA AIDS CONSORTIUM$348,884
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY$306,181
REGENTS OF THE UNIV OF MICHIGAN$305,957
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS$291,810
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES$244,922
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $3.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 21%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEPA CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: $7k → 13%NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $37k → 8%NATIONAL BLACK CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $27k → 8%BETHANNA: $40k → 6%BETHANNA: $20k → 6%CHILD AND FAMILY FOCUS INC: $19k → 7%RESOURCES FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INC: $7k → 10%EMPOWERED CDC INC: $25k → 22%EMPOWERED CDC INC: $25k → 22%BCDI - PHILADELPHIA & VICINITY: $20k → 22%BCDI - PHILADELPHIA & VICINITY: $20k → 22%BCDI - PHILADELPHIA & VICINITY: $20k → 22%THE VILLAGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES: $15k → 22%SEAMAAC: $30k → 22%SEAMAAC: $25k → 22%MOTHERS IN CHARGE: $166k → 22%MOTHERS IN CHARGE: $10k → 22%CLARIFI: $629k → 22%FIRST UP: $300k → 22%FIRST UP: $237k → 22%FIRST UP: $200k → 22%FIRST UP: $181k → 22%FIRST UP: $168k → 22%FIRST UP: $100k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $352k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $262k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $237k → 22%PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY CENTER: $140k → 22%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
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
AZ
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$125M · 209 repeat orgs$6.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

209 repeat relationships: 96 still active in FY2025, 113 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

209
109

Total granted

$125M
$5.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+20%

Still filing today

55%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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
EducationHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementScience & TechYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    9× · 2017–2025 · $5.0M · revenue +5%
  • JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $4.4M · revenue +64%
  • CH
    Children's Hospital Los Angeles
    9× · 2017–2025 · $3.7M · revenue +78%

Funded once

  • UO
    University Of Connecticut
    one grant, 2019 · $652k
  • CC
    CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF DELAWARE VALLEY
    one grant, 2024 · $629k · revenue 0%
  • HP
    HEIGHTS PHILADELPHIA
    one grant, 2024 · $301k · revenue +20%
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
Drexel University

Drexel university fulfills its founder's vision of preparing each new generation of students for productive professional and civic lives while also focusing its collective expertise on solving society's greatest problems. drexel is an…

Education
2
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
3
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
4
Cornell University

Education, research, medical services and other public services.

Education
5
Manhattanville University

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

Education
6
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
7
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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8
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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9
Albright College

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

Education
10
University of Southern California

The central mission of the university of southern california is the development of human beings and society as a whole through the cultivation and enrichment of the human mind and spirit. the principal means by which our mission is…

Education
11
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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12
University of Maryland Physicians Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northeastern University; the most unlike its peers is Sequoia 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

195 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. 195 of the 342 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
192/195
Grantees still filing
139/195
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: $8,640,147 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEYUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS: $7,894,861 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVISTHE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL: $2,757,707 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $2,715,152 · Other+106 more: $51,238,101 · Other+106 moreTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $12,493,181 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVAN…Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $4,988,337 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth …JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $4,356,258 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,263,812 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN T…Yale University: $2,865,953 · EducationYale UniversityCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $2,545,094 · EducationICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,264,000 · EducationDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,916,400 · Education+44 more: $17,847,979 · Education+44 moreChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,724,172 · HealthChildren's …Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,775,919 · HealthDana-Farber…THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $2,518,683 · HealthTHE CHILDRE…GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1,027,766 · HealthGEORGIA TEC…KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS: $983,327 · HealthKAISER FOUN…THE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $962,278 · HealthTHE WISTAR …ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $629,788 · Health+15 more: $3,040,976 · Health+15 moreFIRST UP: $1,186,072 · Human ServicesHOPEPHL: $990,233 · Human ServicesCONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF DELAWARE VALLEY: $629,411 · Human ServicesMOTHERS IN CHARGE: $175,273 · Human Services+3 more: $183,840 · Human ServicesFAB YOUTH PHILADELPHIA: $844,574 · Youth DevelopmentPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $348,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE PHILADELPHIA EDUCATION FUND: $248,736 · Youth DevelopmentGREATER PHILADELPHIA TOURISM MARKETING CORPORATION: $819,425 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $292,358 · Community ImprovementUNIVERSITY CITY DISTRICT: $170,794 · Community ImprovementThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $868,050 · Science & TechResearch Triangle Institute: $192,548 · Science & TechUniversity of Kansas Center for Research Inc: $74,102 · Science & Tech
Other$73,245,968Education$52,541,014Health$15,662,909Human Services$3,164,829Youth Development$1,441,310Community Improvement$1,282,577Science & Tech$1,134,700

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%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $12,493,181 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $4,988,337 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $4,356,258 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $3,724,172 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $3,263,812 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetYale University: $2,865,953 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $2,775,919 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL: $2,757,707 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $2,545,094 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $2,518,683 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI: $2,264,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $1,916,400 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE: $1,557,124 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $1,387,690 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetFIRST UP: $1,186,072 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,152,090 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $1,150,945 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $1,123,167 over 7y, 0.0% of budget21ST CENTURY PARTNERSHIP FOR STEM EDUCATION: $1,054,860 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1,027,766 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSUNRISE OF PHILADELPHIA: $1,019,171 over 4y, 7.5% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $1,013,466 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEPHL: $990,233 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetKAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS: $983,327 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WISTAR INSTITUTE OF ANATOMY AND BIOLOGY: $962,278 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetThe Salk Institute for Biological Studies: $868,050 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PHILADELPHIA AIDS CONSORTIUM DBA WORLD HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE: $853,260 over 5y, 20% of budgetFAB YOUTH PHILADELPHIA: $844,574 over 2y, 35% of budgetGREATER PHILADELPHIA TOURISM MARKETING CORPORATION: $819,425 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $678,121 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN UNIVERSITY: $649,602 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $629,788 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF DELAWARE VALLEY: $629,411 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $602,456 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPHILADELPHIA ACADEMIES INC: $596,500 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetARTISTYEAR: $594,999 over 5y, 19% of budgetThe George Washington University: $545,089 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $540,640 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREENER PARTNERS: $501,968 over 5y, 14% of budgetEDISON WELDING INSTITUTE: $499,825 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetJEFFERSON HEALTH CORPORATION F/K/A ALBERT EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE NETWORK: $469,603 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSTEPPINGSTONE SCHOLARS INC: $456,900 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetTNTP INC: $448,228 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $415,795 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Health Management Corporation: $410,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $399,893 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $388,238 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: $375,000 over 5y, 2.5% 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 TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Children's Hospital Los Angeles ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds Yale University ↗
  • Who funds Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE PHILADELPHIA SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds FIRST UP ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds New York University ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds 21ST CENTURY PARTNERSHIP FOR STEM EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE OF PHILADELPHIA ↗
  • Who funds William Marsh Rice 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.

The Philadelphia Foun…The William Penn Foun…University of Pittsbu…The Trustees of Colum…United Way of Greater…Philadelphia Works IncVanderbilt University…The Pew Charitable Tr…American Chemical Soc…Johns Hopkins Univers…Temple University - O…Cornell University
The Philadelphia FoundationPA66.5× affinity51 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Philadelphia Foundation · The William Penn Foundation · University of Pittsburgh · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey · Philadelphia Works Inc · Vanderbilt University Medical Center · The Pew Charitable Trusts · American Chemical Society · Johns Hopkins University · Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education · Cornell University

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
  • Delaware State University: 18% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc: 6% of income from government
  • University of Miami: 5% of income from government
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement: 0% of income from government
  • The Cooper Health System a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
25report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
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 342 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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