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Niccum Educational Trust at a glance

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Niccum Educational Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$22k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$3k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$194kHealth$10kReligion$2kRecreation & Sports$500Other$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$425k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INDIANA UNIVERSITY - BLOOMINGTON$3,000
BETHEL COLLEGE$2,822
HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY$2,750
INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$2,500
TAYLOR UNIVERSITY$1,500
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY$1,500
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY$1,000
PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS$1,000
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY$1,000
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY$1,000
BUTLER UNIVERSITY$750
TRINE UNIVERSITY$750
FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY$500
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER$500
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 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE: $3k → 21%TRINE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 9%GRACE COLLEGE: $5k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS: $2k → 12%MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $3k → 12%HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 13%INDIANA UNIVERSITY - SOUTH BEND: $3k → 13%IUPUI: $3k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $4k → 18%BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 19%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $4k → 19%TRINE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 9%GRACE COLLEGE: $3k → 11%MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY: $2k → 12%HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 13%INDIANA UNIVERSITY - SOUTH BEND: $2k → 13%IUPUI: $3k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 18%BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%TRINE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 9%GRACE COLLEGE: $3k → 11%HUNTINGTON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 13%IUPUI: $2k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY - BLOOMINGTON: $3k → 18%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%GRACE COLLEGE: $2k → 11%IUPUI: $2k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 18%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%GRACE COLLEGE: $2k → 11%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $3k → 18%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%GRACE COLLEGE: $2k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $2k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $2k → 18%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%INDIANA UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE: $4k → 12%INDIANA UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE: $3k → 12%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 19%INDIANA UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE: $3k → 12%INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $2k → 19%BETHEL COLLEGE: $3k → 13%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
MI
NY
MA
OR
WY
IN
OH
TN
NC
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$188k · 24 repeat orgs$13k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
8

Total granted

$188k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+60%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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

  • GS
    Grace Schools
    7× · 2018–2024 · $18k · revenue +92%
  • IW
    INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2025 · $18k · revenue +20%
  • HU
    Huntington University
    7× · 2018–2025 · $14k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • LC
    LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +68%
  • MU
    Marian University
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +11%
  • 5
    543
    one grant, 2024 · $1k
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
Otterbein University

Otterbein University is an inclusive community dedicated to educating the whole person in the context of humane values. Our mission is to prepare graduates to think deeply and broadly, to engage locally and globally, and to advance their…

Education
2
Walsh University Inc

Walsh university is an independent, coeducational catholic, liberal arts and sciences institution dedicated to educating its students to become leaders in service to others through a values-based education with an international perspective…

Education
3
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
4
Benedictine University

Benedictine University is an inclusive academic community dedicated to teaching and learning, scholarship and service, truth and justice, as inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, the social teaching of the Church, and the…

Education
5
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
6
Nebraska Wesleyan University

Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.

Education
7
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
8
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
9
Dordt University

As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…

Education
10
Greensboro College

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

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
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Trinity University; the most unlike its peers is The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame. 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

23 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. 23 of the 36 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
18/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Grace Schools: $18,250 · EducationGrace SchoolsINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $18,000 · EducationINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITYHuntington University: $13,500 · EducationHuntington UniversityTrine University: $12,250 · EducationTrine UniversityBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $8,322 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITY INCTaylor University: $6,750 · EducationTaylor UniversityButler University: $6,500 · EducationButler UniversityMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 · EducationGoshen College Inc: $4,000 · Education+13 more: $21,250 · Education+13 moreIndiana University School of Medicine: $39,250 · OtherIndiana University School of MedicineTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITYBALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · OtherBALL STATE UNIVERSITYINDIANA UNIVERSITY - SOUTH BEND: $7,000 · OtherINDIANA UNIVERSITY - SOUTH BENDUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCIS: $6,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF SAINT FRANCISPURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE: $5,000 · OtherPURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE+8 more: $10,500 · Other+8 more
Education$113,822Other$93,250

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 budgetGrace Schools: $18,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $18,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHuntington University: $13,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrine University: $12,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY INC: $8,322 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTaylor University: $6,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetButler University: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGoshen College Inc: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $2,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Indianapolis: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHPOINT BIBLE COLLEGE: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity University: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornerstone University: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDePauw University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMarian University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOLY CROSS COLLEGE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUGHTON UNIVERSITY: $500 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 Grace Schools ↗
  • Who funds INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Huntington University ↗
  • Who funds Trine University ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Taylor University ↗
  • Who funds Butler University ↗
  • Who funds MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Goshen College Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEES-MCRAE COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of Indianapolis ↗
  • Who funds THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER ↗
  • Who funds The Corporation of Saint Mary's College Notre Dame ↗
  • Who funds NORTHPOINT BIBLE COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Trinity University ↗
  • Who funds Cornerstone University ↗
  • Who funds TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds DePauw University ↗
  • Who funds Marian University ↗
  • Who funds HOLY CROSS COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds HOUGHTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ↗

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.

Lilly Endowment IncIbm International Fou…Council of Independen…Renaissance Charitabl…Community Foundation …The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Jp Crain Family Schol…Lake City Bank Founda…Michigan Gateway Comm…Steuben County Commun…Surack Family Foundat…
Lilly Endowment IncIN21.1× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Lilly Endowment Inc · Ibm International Foundation · Council of Independent Colleges · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of Elkhart County Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jp Crain Family Scholarship Pfdn Paulding County Area Foundation · Lake City Bank Foundation Inc · Michigan Gateway Community Foundation · Steuben County Community Foundation · Surack Family Foundation 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 Niccum Educational Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Niccum Educational Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    12report 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 36 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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