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Elizabeth L and Fred E Robison Memorial Sc at a glance

· Private foundation

Elizabeth L and Fred E Robison Memorial Sc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$86k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$588k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $65k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY -$15,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY -$10,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY -$10,000
GROVE CITY COLLEGE -$10,000
PENN STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY$8,008
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY$3,000
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY$3,000
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY -$3,000
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY -$3,000
SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY -$802
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 (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 57% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY -: $10k → 11%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $8k → 8%PENN STATE MONT ALTO -JORDAN FOGELSONGER: $8k → 9%YORK COLLEGE - OLIVIA F FOGELSONGER: $11k → 9%LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE -: $10k → 9%KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: $13k → 11%GROVE CITY COLLEGE -: $10k → 13%JUNIATA COLLEGE - JAKE O WERTZ: $12k → 13%CLARK SUMMIT UNIVERSITY -: $10k → 13%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - CONNOR GEIS: $7k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY -: $15k → 22%PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY - HADASSAH WENGERT: $12k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA - CAMERON P GEIS: $7k → 13%BARTON COLLEGE - WYATT FREEMAN: $13k → 20%APPALACHIAN BIBLE COLLEGE -: $8k → 20%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $7k → 20%MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY -: $20k → 6%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $7k → 8%PENN STATE MONT ALTO - KAYLIE YARNELL: $7k → 9%YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $8k → 9%LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE -: $10k → 9%KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: $11k → 11%GROVE CITY COLLEGE -: $10k → 13%JUNIATA COLLEGE - JAKE O WERTZ: $12k → 13%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - ADAM WERTZ: $20k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY -: $15k → 22%PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY - HADASSAH WENGERT: $7k → 14%MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY -: $10k → 6%PENN STATE MONT ALTO - TYLER YARNELL: $7k → 9%YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $7k → 9%KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: $8k → 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - ADAM WERTZ: $20k → 16%PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY - HADASSAH WENGERT: $7k → 14%PENN STATE MONT ALTO - KAYLIE YARNELL: $7k → 9%YORK COLLEGE - OLIVIA F FOGELSONGER: $7k → 9%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - ADAM WERTZ: $15k → 16%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - ADAM WERTZ: $12k → 16%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - CONNOR GEIS: $10k → 16%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY -: $10k → 16%WILSON COLLEGE: $9k → 9%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%WILSON COLLEGE - CHEYENNE COLON: $8k → 9%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY -: $10k → 16%WILSON COLLEGE: $8k → 9%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - KALI M SMITH: $9k → 16%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY -: $8k → 16%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY -: $8k → 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

PA
CA
WV
VA
MD
DE
NC
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$524k · 21 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +10% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 17 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
7

Total granted

$524k
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+10%
+10%

Still filing today

33%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’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

  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    2× · 2024–2025 · $30k · revenue +11%
  • MS
    MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $30k · revenue +6%
  • LB
    LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE
    2× · 2023–2024 · $20k · revenue +4%

Funded once

  • BC
    BARTON COLLEGE - WYATT FREEMAN
    one grant, 2022 · $13k
  • DS
    DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +10%
  • CS
    CLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -84%
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
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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2
Geneva College

Geneva college is a christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to god and neighbor.

Education
3
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
4
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
5
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
6
Albright College

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

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
Union University

Union university provides christ-centered education that promotes excellence and character development in service to church and society.

Education
9
Clarkson University

Clarkson university is an independent, nationally recognized technological university whose faculty of teacher-scholars aspires to offer superior instruction and engage in high-quality research and scholarship in engineering, business,…

Education
10
Trinity University

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

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
Capital University

Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wilson College; the most unlike its peers is Temple University - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education. 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

10 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. 10 of the 28 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY - ADAM WERTZ: $67,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITY - ADAM WERTZPENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $58,104 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $40,810 · OtherSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITYKUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: $39,068 · OtherKUTZTOWN UNIVERSITYPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY - HADASSAH WENGERT: $30,589 · OtherPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY - HADASSAH WENGERTPENN STATE UNIVERSITY - CONNOR GEIS: $24,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITY - CONNOR GEISJUNIATA COLLEGE - JAKE O WERTZ: $24,000 · OtherJUNIATA COLLEGE - JAKE O WERTZPENN STATE MONT ALTO - TYLER YARNELL: $23,000 · OtherPENN STATE MONT ALTO - TYLER YARNELLPENN STATE MONT ALTO - KAYLIE YARNELL: $18,000 · OtherYORK COLLEGE - OLIVIA F FOGELSONGER: $17,597 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITY - KALI M SMITH: $16,264 · Other+8 more: $62,848 · Other+8 moreTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $30,000 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commo…MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $29,970 · EducationMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY IN…GROVE CITY COLLEGE: $20,000 · EducationGROVE CITY COLLEGELANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $19,900 · EducationLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGEWILSON COLLEGE: $17,000 · EducationWILSON COLLEGEYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $15,149 · EducationYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIALIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $14,000 · EducationLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INCDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,274 · EducationDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITYCLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationCLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY
Other$421,280Education$166,293

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 budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $29,970 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $19,900 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILSON COLLEGE: $17,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $15,149 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,274 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAPPALACHIAN BIBLE COLLEGE INC: $8,000 over 1y, 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 Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds GROVE CITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WILSON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds YORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CLARKS SUMMIT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds APPALACHIAN BIBLE COLLEGE INC ↗

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.

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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 Elizabeth L and Fred E Robison Memorial Sc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Elizabeth L and Fred E Robison Memorial Sc. 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 16%
  • Delaware State University: 16% of income from government
  • Mount Saint Mary's University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report 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 28 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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