Pennsylvania · Public charity
Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation
To support the educational mission and activities of pennsylvania's state system of higher education (state system) by generating private sector financial support and engaging in other activities to advance the state system.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $155k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $40k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $150k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $153k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $186k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $155k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $336k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $20k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Citizens and Scholars | $726,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Millersville University of Pennsylvania | $111,226 | 2 | n/a |
| Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | $95,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Cheyney University | $95,000 | 4 | n/a |
| East Stroudsburg University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Shippensburg University Student Services Incorporated | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Slippery Rock University | $40,000 | 2 | n/a |
| University of Pittsburgh | $30,615 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
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.
Open a dossier: First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania · National Collegiate Athletic Association · Folds of Honor Foundation · Tulsa Community Foundation
How this is measured
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About Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation
- How much does Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation give?
- Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $155,000, out of $2,539,060 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (95%), Arts & Culture (2%), Employment (2%).
- Who are Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Institute for Citizens and Scholars ($726k), Millersville University of Pennsylvania ($111k), Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania ($96k).
- Does Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include First Community Foundation Partnership of Pennsylvania, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Folds of Honor Foundation.
- Where is Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation based?
- Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation is based in PA.
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