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Northeast Conference

The conference is committed to providing quality athletics competition integral to and consistent with its member institutions' academic missions.

$8.9M
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$3.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$30M
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $8,207,983, the rows itemized in this filing. The $8,884,152 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $676,169 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

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $117k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $124k
  • $250k+6 grants · $8.0M
$468,833
Median grant
6
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY$2,969,934
WAGNER COLLEGE$1,653,185
Saint Francis University$1,232,478
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT$841,173
Fairleigh Dickinson University$802,155
Chicago State University$468,833
SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY$73,254
Robert Morris University$50,463
Duquesne University$43,254
MERRIMACK COLLEGE$43,254
LE MOYNE COLLEGE$30,000
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%. 69% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MERRIMACK COLLEGE: $72k → 10%STONEHILL COLLEGE: $75k → 11%Saint Francis University: $1.2M → 16%WAGNER COLLEGE: $1.7M → 11%LE MOYNE COLLEGE: $80k → 14%LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $3.0M → 20%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $891k → 9%BRYANT UNIVERSITY: $487k → 14%Chicago State University: $469k → 14%Fairleigh Dickinson University: $802k → 7%METRO ATLANTIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE: $1.1M → 8%Mount St Mary's University: $441k → 6%MERRIMACK COLLEGE: $69k → 10%STONEHILL COLLEGE: $72k → 11%Saint Francis University: $672k → 16%WAGNER COLLEGE: $775k → 11%LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $1.1M → 20%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $752k → 9%BRYANT UNIVERSITY: $477k → 14%Fairleigh Dickinson University: $742k → 7%Mount St Mary's University: $359k → 6%Saint Francis University: $625k → 16%WAGNER COLLEGE: $686k → 11%LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $1.0M → 20%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $625k → 9%BRYANT UNIVERSITY: $263k → 14%Fairleigh Dickinson University: $502k → 7%Mount St Mary's University: $193k → 6%Robert Morris University: $248k → 11%Saint Francis University: $511k → 16%WAGNER COLLEGE: $596k → 11%LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $888k → 20%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $484k → 9%Fairleigh Dickinson University: $373k → 7%Saint Francis University: $423k → 16%WAGNER COLLEGE: $505k → 11%LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $691k → 20%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $173k → 9%Fairleigh Dickinson University: $327k → 7%Saint Francis University: $300k → 16%WAGNER COLLEGE: $289k → 11%SAINT FRANCIS COLLEGE: $523k → 20%SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY: $73k → 9%Fairleigh Dickinson University: $165k → 7%SAINT FRANCIS COLLEGE: $340k → 20%LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $224k → 20%SAINT FRANCIS COLLEGE: $151k → 20%SAINT FRANCIS COLLEGE: $69k → 20%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
NJ
CT
RI
MD
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.
$28M · 14 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
1

Total granted

$28M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+67%

Still filing today

93%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $469k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • LI
    LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $6.9M · revenue +12%
  • SF
    SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.8M · revenue +8%
  • SH
    SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED
    6× · 2020–2025 · $3.0M · revenue +52%

Funded once

  • MA
    Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Incgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $1.1M · revenue +67%
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
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
2
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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3
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
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
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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6
Molloy University

Molloy university, an independent catholic university, rooted in the dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service, and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. through transformative education,…

Education
7
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
8
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
9
Mercyhurst University

Rooted in our Mercy Catholic liberal arts identity, we educate and inspire diverse learners in an environment where faith and reason flourish together for meaningful lives, dignified work, and leadership in service toward a just and loving…

Education
10
Roger Williams University

At Roger Williams University, students are prepared to be thinkers and doers ready to solve challenging problems with innovative solutions. RWU offers robust offerings of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs across eight…

Education
11
Regis College

Regis college, through education in the arts, sciences, and professions empowers women and men to challenge themselves academically, to serve and to lead. a catholic college, regis is a diverse and welcoming community guided by the values…

Education
12
Manhattanville University

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

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 Fairleigh Dickinson University. 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

14 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. 14 of the 16 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)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WAGNER COLLEGE: $4,504,416 · EducationWAGNER COLLEGESAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $3,763,602 · EducationSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITYSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $2,998,408 · EducationSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATEDFairleigh Dickinson University: $2,912,514 · EducationFairleigh Dickinson UniversityBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $1,227,445 · EducationBRYANT UNIVERSITYST FRANCIS COLLEGE: $1,083,348 · EducationST FRANCIS COLLEGEMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $992,445 · EducationMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC+4 more: $666,534 · EducationLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $6,891,908 · OtherLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITYCENTRAL CT STATE UNIVERSITY: $2,685,006 · OtherCENTRAL CT STATE UNIVERSITYChicago State University: $468,833 · Other+1 more: $298,070 · OtherMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference Inc: $1,068,877 · Recreation & Sports
Education$18,148,712Other$10,343,817Recreation & Sports$1,068,877

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY: $6,891,908 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWAGNER COLLEGE: $4,504,416 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $3,763,602 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetSACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED: $2,998,408 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFairleigh Dickinson University: $2,912,514 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBRYANT UNIVERSITY: $1,227,445 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetST FRANCIS COLLEGE: $1,083,348 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference Inc: $1,068,877 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $992,445 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY: $298,070 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMERRIMACK COLLEGE: $229,874 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $179,970 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTONEHILL COLLEGE INC: $146,694 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLe Moyne College: $109,996 over 2y, 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 LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds WAGNER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Fairleigh Dickinson University ↗
  • Who funds BRYANT UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST FRANCIS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Inc ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MERRIMACK COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds STONEHILL COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Le Moyne College ↗

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.

National Collegiate A…
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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 Northeast Conference funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Northeast Conference. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University: 2% of income from government
  • Sacred Heart University Incorporated: 1% of income from government
  • Merrimack College: 1% of income from government
  • Mount Saint Mary's University Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Stonehill College Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Northeast Conference?

Find your warmest path to Northeast Conference through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 16 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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