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Spur Impact Association

To be the premier hub developing, engaging, and inspiring tomorrow's leaders by fostering connections with people, nonprofits, and businesses to promote growth personally, professionally, and philanthropically.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Philanthropy$5.5MEducation$131kHuman Services$131kHousing & Shelter$124kAnimals$87kHealth$16kRecreation & Sports$14kCommunity Improvement$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 8 grants below total $1,720,483, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,809,782 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $89,299 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $81k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $74k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.5M
$27,367
Median grant
1
States reached
$267k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE$1,548,056
SHEPHERD'S OFFICE INC$74,437
HUMANE ANIMAL PARTNERS$28,031
DELAWARE KIDS FUND$27,367
DELAWARE WILD LANDS$14,287
GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE$11,809
ROOFS FROM THE HEART$9,027
URBAN BIKE PROJECT OF WILMINGTON$7,469
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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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $237k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%SHEPHERD'S OFFICE INC: $74k → 10%CODE PURPLE KENT COUNTY: $115k → 11%SHEPHERD'S OFFICE INC: $21k → 10%SHEPHERD'S OFFICE INC: $11k → 10%ROOFS FROM THE HEART: $9k → 10%DELAWARE HOSPICE: $7k → 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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.8M · 7 repeat orgs$235k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against -11% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
11

Total granted

$5.8M
$226k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
-11%

Still filing today

100%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyAnimalsRecreation & SportsHealthOther
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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE
    5× · 2020–2024 · $5.4M · revenue +7%
  • SO
    Shepherds Office Inc
    3× · 2022–2024 · $106k · revenue +142% · 39% of their budget
  • SK
    SAM'S KIDS FUND F/K/A THE DELAWARE KIDS FUND
    4× · 2021–2024 · $82k · revenue +129%

Funded once

  • CP
    Code Purple Kent County Delaware Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $115k · revenue -60% · 40% of their budget
  • DS
    DELAWARE SPCA
    one grant, 2022 · $35k
  • CS
    CHRISTMAS SHOP FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $18k · revenue -97%
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
Delaware Humane Association

Founded in 1957, delaware humane association (dha) is delaware's premier nonprofit no-kill animal care and adoption center. we are committed to providing for the needs of homeless and owned dogs and cats in our community. we make "friends…

Animals
2
Housing Alliance Delaware

Our mission is to advance housing opportunities, end homelessness, and promote thriving communities for all.

Housing & Shelter
3
Aids Delaware Inc

To eliminate the spread and stigma of hiv/aids, improve the lives of those living with hiv/aids, and promote community health through comprehensive and culturally-sensitive services, education programs and advocacy.

Health
4
Delaware Center for Justice

The delaware center for justice, inc. seeks to ensure an effective, efficient, and equitable system of justice in delaware through advocacy, direct services, research and public education.

Crime & Legal
5
Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Delaware spca is dedicated to the prevention of cruelty and the encouragement of humane treatment of all animals.

Animals
6
Delaware County Foundation

Strengthening the community by connecting people through charitable giving

Philanthropy
7
Delaware Hiv Services Inc

The delaware hiv consortium is dedicated to providing leadership to eliminate hiv in delaware by supporting and providing optimal hiv care and prevention services.

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8
Delaware Center for Health Innovation Inc

The organization develops, facilitates, and oversees the implementation of collaborative efforts aimed at transforming the delivery of health care services in delaware.

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9
Meals on Wheels Delaware Inc

Meals On Wheels Delaware?s MOWD mission is to raise funds, other resources, and awareness to support meal delivery programs to homebound seniors in Delaware.

Food & Nutrition
10
Legal Services Corp of Delaware

Provision of legal services.

Crime & Legal
11
Children's Advocacy Center of Delaware

To reduce the devastating long-term effects that child abuse has on children, their families and society through immediate, coordinated, child focused services, education, and advocacy.

Human Services
12
The Humane Society of Delaware County

Adoptions of unwanted animals, sterilization of pets to prevent overpopulation.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Delaware; the most unlike its peers is Code Purple Kent County Delaware Inc. 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 19 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
9/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE: $5,409,704 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF DELAWARE+1 more: $62,362 · PhilanthropyCode Purple Kent County Delaware Inc: $115,426 · Human ServicesShepherds Office Inc: $106,212 · Human ServicesROOFS FROM THE HEART: $9,027 · Human Services+1 more: $6,662 · Human ServicesSAM'S KIDS FUND F/K/A THE DELAWARE KIDS FUND: $81,534 · EducationGOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE: $21,929 · EducationURBAN BIKE PROJECT OF WILMINGTON INC: $21,781 · EducationDELAWARE SPCA: $34,617 · OtherCHRISTMAS SHOP FOUNDATION INC: $18,410 · OtherTHE MINISTRY OF CARING INC: $6,163 · OtherSERVIAM GIRLS ACADEMY INC: $5,571 · OtherDELAWARE INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS IN EDUCA: $5,120 · OtherHUMANE ANIMAL PARTNERS: $46,496 · AnimalsFORGOTTEN CATS INC: $6,010 · AnimalsSTRIVE HOW YOU LEAD MATTERS INC: $13,502 · Recreation & SportsFIRST STATE ABORTION FUND: $9,534 · HealthDELAWARE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACTION COUNCIL INC: $5,284 · Community Improvement
Philanthropy$5,472,066Human Services$237,327Education$125,244Other$69,881Animals$52,506Recreation & Sports$13,502Health$9,534Community Improvement$5,284

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF DELAWARE: $5,409,704 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetCode Purple Kent County Delaware Inc: $115,426 over 1y, 40% of budgetShepherds Office Inc: $106,212 over 3y, 39% of budgetSAM'S KIDS FUND F/K/A THE DELAWARE KIDS FUND: $81,534 over 4y, 19% of budgetROTARY CLUB OF WILMINGTON SERVICES FOUNDATION: $62,362 over 2y, 19% of budgetHUMANE ANIMAL PARTNERS: $46,496 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE: $21,929 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN BIKE PROJECT OF WILMINGTON INC: $21,781 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetCHRISTMAS SHOP FOUNDATION INC: $18,410 over 1y, 12% of budgetSTRIVE HOW YOU LEAD MATTERS INC: $13,502 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetROOFS FROM THE HEART: $9,027 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetDELAWARE HOSPICE INC: $6,662 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MINISTRY OF CARING INC: $6,163 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFORGOTTEN CATS INC: $6,010 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSERVIAM GIRLS ACADEMY INC: $5,571 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDELAWARE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACTION COUNCIL INC: $5,284 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetDELAWARE INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS IN EDUCA: $5,120 over 1y, 1.5% 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.

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.

Delaware Community Fo…Longwood Foundation I…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Chichester Dupont Fou…Crestlea Foundation I…Laffey-McHugh Foundat…Nor' Easter Foundatio…Welfare Foundation IncAmerican Express Foun…Chubb Charitable Foun…Aetna Foundation IncThe Bank of America C…
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE31.8× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Longwood Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Chichester Dupont Foundation Inc · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Nor' Easter Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · American Express Foundation · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable 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 Spur Impact Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spur Impact Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Code Purple Kent County Delaware Inc: 100% of income from government
  • United Way of Delaware: 58% of income from government
  • The Ministry of Caring Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Humane Animal Partners: 14% of income from government
  • Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Forgotten Cats Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Delaware Institute for the Arts in Educa: 2% of income from government
  • Serviam Girls Academy Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Delaware Hospice Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Goldey-Beacom College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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 19 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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