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Melvin H and Thelma N Jenkins Scholarship at a glance

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Melvin H and Thelma N Jenkins Scholarship

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$36k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
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$395kRecreation & Sports$7kHealth$650
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,400
Median grant
3
States reached
$845k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$1,775
Individual grant recipient$1,775
Individual grant recipient$1,775
Individual grant recipient$1,650
Individual grant recipient$1,650
Individual grant recipient$1,525
Individual grant recipient$1,525
Individual grant recipient$1,500
Individual grant recipient$1,400
Individual grant recipient$1,400
Individual grant recipient$1,400
Individual grant recipient$1,400
Individual grant recipient$1,400
Individual grant recipient$1,400
Individual grant recipient$1,275
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%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $3k → 8%WIDENER UNIVERSITY: $3k → 10%SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $4k → 10%CEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $3k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $9k → 11%BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $2k → 12%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $15k → 14%MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 22%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $2k → 8%SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 10%ALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $3k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $8k → 11%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 15%PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 22%ALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $3k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $6k → 11%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $7k → 14%MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $2k → 15%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK: $3k → 16%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 22%ALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSURGH: $5k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $5k → 11%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $7k → 14%MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $2k → 15%TEMPLE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 22%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSURGH: $4k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $5k → 11%PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL: $15k → 12%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $6k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF PITTSURGH: $3k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $4k → 11%PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL: $9k → 12%BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $5k → 14%DESALES UNIVERSITY: $3k → 11%PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL: $6k → 12%PASSHE COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: $4k → 11%PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL: $5k → 12%KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 11%PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL: $5k → 12%PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL: $5k → 12%PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL: $4k → 12%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

MN
NY
IN
PA
CT
WV
MD
SC
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$338k · 32 repeat orgs$59k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 32 since wound down; 26 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
22

Total granted

$338k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+20%

Still filing today

56%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
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

  • LV
    LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $37k · revenue +26%
  • TU
    Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    7× · 2017–2023 · $19k · revenue +5%
  • MU
    MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +48%

Funded once

  • PC
    PASSHE COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $3k
  • WC
    WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • SH
    SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $2k · 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
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
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
3
John Carroll University

As a jesuit catholic university committed to academic rigor, inclusive excellence, and care for the whole person, john carroll university inspires individuals of intellect and character to learn, lead and serve in the community and…

Education
4
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
5
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
6
Siena University

Siena university is a learning community advancing the ideals of a liberal arts education, rooted in its identity as a franciscan and catholic institution. as a learning community, siena is committed to a student-centered education…

Education
7
Seton Hill University

Comprehensive institution of higher learning providing undergraduate and graduate student education.

Education
8
Endicott College

Endicott college offers students a vibrant academic environment that remains true to its founding principle of integrating professional and liberal arts with experiential learning. for more information see schedule o.

Education
9
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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10
Georgian Court University

Georgian court university (gcu), provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and is open to students of all faiths, delivers a curriculum that promotes scholarship, service, and personal development.

Education
11
Dickinson College

Dickinson college provides a useful, innovative and interdisciplinary education in the liberal arts and sciences to prepare students to lead rich and fulfilling lives of engaged global citizenship

Education
12
The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame

The corporation of saint mary's college, notre dame (saint mary's) is a catholic, residential, women's, liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees and co-educational graduate programs. (continued in schedule o)

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sacred Heart University Incorporated; the most unlike its peers is University of Miami. 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

35 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. 35 of the 82 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
32/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY: $51,289 · OtherBLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $50,457 · OtherIndividual grant recipientPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,937 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYKUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: $7,861 · OtherSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $7,550 · Other+49 more: $82,406 · Other+49 moreLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $37,154 · EducationLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGETemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $19,068 · EducationTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of …MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $15,361 · EducationMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITYALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $13,363 · EducationALBRIGHT COLLEGEWILKES UNIVERSITY: $11,481 · EducationWILKES UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $11,450 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGHSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $10,660 · EducationSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITYCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $10,570 · EducationCEDAR CREST COLLEGEDESALES UNIVERSITY: $9,799 · EducationDESALES UNIVERSITYWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $7,697 · Education+18 more: $32,062 · Education+18 more
Other$220,500Education$178,665

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 budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $37,154 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTemple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education: $19,068 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY: $15,361 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALBRIGHT COLLEGE: $13,363 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWILKES UNIVERSITY: $11,481 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $11,450 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY: $10,660 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $10,570 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDESALES UNIVERSITY: $9,799 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWIDENER UNIVERSITY: $7,697 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $5,728 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBucknell University: $5,341 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $2,766 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTOURO UNIVERSITY: $2,502 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKING'S COLLEGE: $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLA ROCHE UNIVERSITY: $2,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC: $1,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDOMINICAN UNIVERSITY NEW YORK: $1,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALVERNIA UNIVERSITY: $1,059 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILSON COLLEGE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarywood University: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE: $900 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MIAMI: $887 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSALUS UNIVERSITY: $650 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYORK COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLYCOMING COLLEGE: $175 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 LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education ↗
  • Who funds MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ALBRIGHT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WILKES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR CREST COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DESALES UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WIDENER UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Bucknell University ↗
  • Who funds MESSIAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TOURO UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds KING'S COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LA ROCHE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED ↗

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.

Verizon FoundationPpl FoundationW W & Lucretia Hafer …Snayberger Memorial F…The Donald B and Doro…National Collegiate A…Ibm International Fou…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Pfizer Foundation…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …
Verizon FoundationNJ15.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Verizon Foundation · Ppl Foundation · W W & Lucretia Hafer Scholarship Tuw · Snayberger Memorial Fdn (Pf) · The Donald B and Dorothy L Stabler Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Ibm International Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Melvin H and Thelma N Jenkins Scholarship funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Melvin H and Thelma N Jenkins Scholarship. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 82 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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