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Sergeant Philip German Memorial Fdn Ctw

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$68k
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$9k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$543kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,550
Median grant
9
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$9,150
Individual grant recipient$5,419
Individual grant recipient$4,719
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
EMILY MCANINCH$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,550
Individual grant recipient$2,519
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $4k → 11%CAIRN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 6%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $10k → 8%Gettysburg College: $5k → 9%SETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 10%KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 11%Lebanon VA Medical Center: $5k → 11%GROVE CITY COLLEGE: $6k → 13%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 14%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $25k → 16%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $4k → 14%Georgia Southern University: $5k → 24%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $4k → 19%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $10k → 19%VIRGINIA TECH: $5k → 21%CAIRN UNIVERSITY: $5k → 6%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%Gettysburg College: $5k → 9%SETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 10%GROVE CITY COLLEGE: $4k → 13%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 14%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $18k → 16%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $4k → 14%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 19%VIRGINIA TECH: $5k → 21%CAIRN UNIVERSITY: $4k → 6%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%SETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 10%INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $5k → 14%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $17k → 16%WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $5k → 19%VIRGINIA TECH: $5k → 21%SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $5k → 8%SETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $5k → 10%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 16%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE - FIN'L AID: $15k → 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $9k → 16%MESSIAH COLLEGE: $5k → 8%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE - FIN'L AID: $10k → 11%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $8k → 16%MESSIAH COLLEGE: $5k → 8%GARRETT MORRISON: $9k → 9%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE - FIN'L AID: $10k → 11%ALEXIS MCMINN: $5k → 16%ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $5k → 9%WYATT MORRISON: $8k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $6k → 11%LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $5k → 11%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

ME
VT
IL
MA
IN
PA
CO
WV
VA
MD
AZ
NC
SC
DC
GA
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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$457k · 40 repeat orgs$100k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
22

Total granted

$457k
$68k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+11%

Still filing today

30%
27%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
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

  • SETON HILL UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +35%
  • CU
    CAIRN UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2019–2022 · $16k · revenue +3%
  • GC
    GETTYSBURG COLLEGE
    4× · 2019–2022 · $14k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
  • GS
    Georgia Southern University
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
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.

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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
2
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
3
Albright College

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

Education
4
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
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
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
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
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
9
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
10
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
11
Seton Hall University

Seton hall university is a catholic institution of higher education

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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Georgetown University; the most unlike its peers is Elizabethtown College. 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

18 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. 18 of the 72 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)
18/18
Grantees still filing
17/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $91,907 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE - FIN'L AID: $34,500 · OtherLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE - FIN'L AIDSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY: $28,000 · OtherSHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITYWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: $19,500 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH: $15,000 · OtherINDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $15,000 · Other+48 more: $213,408 · Other+48 moreSETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationSETON HILL UNIVERSITYCAIRN UNIVERSITY: $16,301 · EducationCAIRN UNIVERSITYGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $13,720 · EducationGETTYSBURG COLLEGEGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $12,360 · EducationGROVE CITY COLLEGELEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $11,025 · EducationLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGEGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $10,305 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationMESSIAH UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $9,305 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF T…ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $7,571 · EducationELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGEMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $6,305 · EducationEmory University: $6,305 · EducationEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $5,555 · Education+6 more: $11,508 · Education+6 more
Other$417,315Education$140,260

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 budgetSETON HILL UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCAIRN UNIVERSITY: $16,301 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGETTYSBURG COLLEGE: $13,720 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $12,360 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE: $11,025 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $10,305 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMESSIAH UNIVERSITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS: $9,305 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE: $7,571 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC: $6,305 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $6,305 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $5,555 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY: $3,055 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $2,551 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBowdoin College: $2,551 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY INC: $2,551 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH POINT UNIVERSITY: $300 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 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CAIRN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GETTYSBURG COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GROVE CITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MESSIAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS ↗
  • Who funds ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MOUNT SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds Emory University ↗
  • Who funds EASTERN UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Charles Koch FoundationVA13.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charles Koch Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Sergeant Philip German Memorial Fdn Ctw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sergeant Philip German Memorial Fdn Ctw. 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 0%
  • Mount Saint Mary's University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–15%
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.

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 72 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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