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Gould Norman & Anna Schol Fd

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$68k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$385kArts & Culture$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $55k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$5,425
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE$13,138
ALFRED UNIVERSITY$6,940
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY$6,233
FULLERTON COLLEGE$6,013
ST JOHNS FISHER UNIVERSITY$6,013
SUNY GENESEO$6,013
SUNY CORTLAND COLLEGE$5,425
SUNY CANTON$3,694
KEUKA COLLEGE$3,654
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$3,654
SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY$3,470
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY$1,955
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY$1,955
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 75% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: $4k → 15%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $6k → 11%FULLERTON COLLEGE: $6k → 10%FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $13k → 10%SUNY GENESEO: $9k → 11%CAZENOVIA COLLEGE: $3k → 11%UNION COLLEGE: $3k → 12%CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO: $9k → 13%ROCHESTER INST OF TECHNOLOGY: $8k → 14%KEUKA COLLEGE: $4k → 15%SUNY CORTLAND COLLEGE: $5k → 15%SUNY CANTON: $4k → 18%ALFRED UNIVERSITY: $7k → 19%BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 20%LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 32%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $12k → 10%SUNY GENESEO: $6k → 11%UNION COLLEGE: $3k → 12%CAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 13%SUNY UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO: $3k → 13%LEMOYNE COLLEGE: $6k → 14%ROCHESTER INST OF TECHNOLOGY: $7k → 14%SUNY CORTLAND COLLEGE: $5k → 15%ALFRED UNIVERSITY: $5k → 19%LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 32%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%SUNY GENESEO: $3k → 11%UNION COLLEGE: $3k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO: $3k → 13%ROCHESTER INST OF TECHNOLOGY: $7k → 14%SUNY CORTLAND COLLEGE: $5k → 15%ITHACA COLLEGE: $3k → 16%ALFRED UNIVERSITY: $5k → 19%LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 32%LEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%ROCHESTER INST OF TECHNOLOGY: $5k → 14%SUNY CORTLAND COLLEGE: $3k → 15%ITHACA COLLEGE: $3k → 16%SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 14%ITHACA COLLEGE: $3k → 16%SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%MONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $3k → 14%SUNY BROCKPORT: $3k → 14%ST JOHNS FISHER UNIVERSITY: $6k → 14%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

IL
NY
MA
PA
RI
CA
NE
AZ
NC
SC
LA
TX
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$315k · 37 repeat orgs$71k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against -10% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
26

Total granted

$315k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
-10%

Still filing today

41%
12%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’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

  • Rochester Institute of Technology
    4× · 2021–2024 · $26k · revenue +29%
  • AU
    ALFRED UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $19k · revenue +2%
  • LU
    LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2022–2025 · $17k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • CC
    CAZENOVIA COLLEGE
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -90%
  • UA
    UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • LT
    LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
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
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
2
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
3
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
4
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
5
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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6
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
7
Albright College

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

Education
8
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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9
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
10
Manhattanville University

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

Education
11
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
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 Syracuse University; the most unlike its peers is California State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated. 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

20 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. 20 of the 69 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
14/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $27,431 · OtherFINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGESUNY CORTLAND COLLEGE: $21,979 · OtherSUNY CORTLAND COLLEGESUNY GENESEO: $18,966 · OtherSUNY GENESEOUNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO: $16,667 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF BUFFALOLOUISIANA UNIVERSITY: $12,310 · OtherUNION COLLEGE: $11,200 · OtherMONROE COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $9,500 · OtherCAYUGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $8,588 · Other+42 more: $111,532 · Other+42 moreRochester Institute of Technology: $26,383 · EducationRochester Institute of TechnologyALFRED UNIVERSITY: $18,824 · EducationALFRED UNIVERSITYLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $16,643 · EducationLEHIGH UNIVERSITYITHACA COLLEGE: $11,696 · EducationITHACA COLLEGELe Moyne College: $9,616 · EducationLe Moyne CollegeHartwick College: $8,826 · EducationHartwick CollegeSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $8,400 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $6,592 · EducationAURORA UNIVERSITY: $6,592 · EducationAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $6,592 · EducationST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $6,013 · Education+8 more: $21,601 · Education+8 more
Other$238,173Education$147,778

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 budgetRochester Institute of Technology: $26,383 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALFRED UNIVERSITY: $18,824 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLEHIGH UNIVERSITY: $16,643 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetITHACA COLLEGE: $11,696 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLe Moyne College: $9,616 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHartwick College: $8,826 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $8,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $6,592 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAURORA UNIVERSITY: $6,592 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $6,592 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $6,013 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Scranton: $3,910 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKEUKA COLLEGE: $3,654 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAZENOVIA COLLEGE: $3,470 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAZARETH UNIVERSITY: $2,765 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $2,234 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $2,234 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $2,234 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia State University Fresno Alumni Association Incorporated: $1,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCLARKSON UNIVERSITY: $1,100 over 1y, 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 Rochester Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds ALFRED UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ITHACA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Le Moyne College ↗
  • Who funds Hartwick College ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds AURORA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Scranton ↗
  • Who funds KEUKA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds CAZENOVIA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds NAZARETH 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Fidelity Investments …
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA5.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Gould Norman & Anna Schol Fd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Gould Norman & Anna Schol Fd. 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Northeastern University: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
1report 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 69 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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More from the funding graph

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