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Ronald J York Scholarship Fund at a glance

· Private foundation

Ronald J York Scholarship Fund

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$173k
Granted FY2026still arriving
5
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$113k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$429kScience & Tech$8k
02FY2026 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $113k
$15,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPAULDING HIGH SCHOOL$112,700
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT$15,000
UMASS LOWELL$15,000
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$15,000
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$15,000
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 (FY17–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%UMASS LOWELL: $15k → 8%WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $15k → 11%UMASS - AMHERST: $10k → 12%RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $15k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $15k → 14%CLARKSON UNIVERSITY: $10k → 18%FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY: $10k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $8k → 17%UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT: $8k → 11%NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV: $11k → 8%GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY: $15k → 17%BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY: $8k → 8%GEORGIA INST OF TECHNOLOGY: $8k → 13%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 19%SPAULDING HIGH SCHOOL: $113k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $15k → 10%UNVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $15k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND: $10k → 9%MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY: $11k → 11%UNIV OF MASS - LOWELL: $6k → 8%WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INST: $8k → 11%RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INST: $6k → 11%CLARKSON UNIVERSITY: $8k → 18%SPAULDING HIGH SCHOOL: $113k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $11k → 10%UNIV OF MASS - LOWELL: $6k → 8%WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INST: $8k → 11%NORWICH UNIVERSITY: $15k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $10k → 10%NORWICH UNIVERSITY: $15k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $10k → 10%NORWICH UNIVERSITY: $15k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $10k → 10%NORWICH UNIVERSITY: $8k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $8k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $8k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $8k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $6k → 10%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

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VT
NH
NY
MA
IN
CT
UT
NC
AL
GA
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$397k · 6 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
14

Total granted

$397k
$141k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+12%

Still filing today

67%
29%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
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

  • NU
    Norwich University
    3× · 2018–2025 · $53k · revenue +12%
  • WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    2× · 2019–2026 · $30k · revenue +42%
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    4× · 2017–2026 · $3k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
    one grant, 2025 · $15k · revenue 0%
  • GU
    GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue +6%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
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
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
2
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
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
Trustees of Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College educates the most promising students and prepares them for a lifetime of learning and of responsible leadership, through a faculty dedicated to teaching and the creation of knowledge.

Education
5
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
6
Bentley University

Organization's mission bentley university believes good business can impact more than the bottom line - it can change the world. bentley is a community of future business leaders who will deliver value in the marketplace and lasting…

Education
7
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University, a 501(c)(3) institution of higher education, is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the liberal arts and in graduate and professional education. The organization is comprised of seven constituent parts: Wake…

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
Albright College

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

Education
10
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
11
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Worcester Polytechnic Institute; the most unlike its peers is University of Rochester. 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

10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 21 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)
10/10
Grantees still filing
8/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPAULDING HIGH SCHOOL: $225,400 · OtherSPAULDING HIGH SCHOOLUNIVERSITY OF VERMONT: $68,750 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VERMONTWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $30,000 · OtherWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTEUMASS LOWELL: $15,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · OtherUNVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $15,000 · Other+8 more: $63,750 · Other+8 moreNorwich University: $52,500 · EducationNorwich UniversityCLARKSON UNIVERSITY: $17,500 · EducationCLARKSON UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $15,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERGARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationGARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITYUniversity of New England: $10,000 · EducationUniversity of New Englan…WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $7,500 · EducationWENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF T…+1 more: $2,500 · Education
Other$432,900Education$120,000

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

25%50%75%100%grantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorwich University: $52,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCLARKSON UNIVERSITY: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of New England: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $2,500 over 4y, 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 Norwich University ↗
  • Who funds WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds CLARKSON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds University of New England ↗
  • Who funds WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC ↗
  • Who funds Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ↗

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Ronald J York Scholarship Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ronald J York Scholarship Fund. 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Norwich University: 14% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 6% of income from government
  • Wentworth Institute of Technology Inc: 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
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How do I get to Ronald J York Scholarship Fund?

Find your warmest path to Ronald J York Scholarship Fund 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 21 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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