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The Olga D Rasmussen Award at a glance

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The Olga D Rasmussen Award

Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$97k
Granted FY2026still arriving
19
Grants FY2026still arriving
6
States reached
$14k
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 2026.

Education$331k
02FY2026 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k17 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $26k
$4,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$128k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY$14,000
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY$12,000
MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY$9,000
HARTWICK COLLEGE$8,000
BOSTON UNIVERSITY$8,000
ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE$5,500
SUNY ONEONTA$5,000
CENTENARY UNIVERSITY$5,000
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY$5,000
PAUL SMITH COLLEGE$4,000
ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OF NURSING$4,000
ITHACA COLLEGE$4,000
SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$3,500
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY$2,500
SUNY CORTLAND$2,000
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 (FY20–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 82% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $12k → 16%MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY: $9k → 13%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $14k → 16%THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $14k → 22%AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $3k → 14%STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY: $4k → 7%RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $7k → 11%HARTWICK COLLEGE: $8k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OF NURSING: $4k → 14%ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE: $11k → 14%SUNY CORTLAND: $2k → 15%PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE: $4k → 16%UTICA COLLEGE: $6k → 16%ITHACA COLLEGE: $4k → 16%SUNY FREDONIA: $2k → 18%BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY: $3k → 20%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $12k → 14%FLAGLER COLLEGE: $4k → 6%FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $4k → 10%CENTENARY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 7%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 20%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 16%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $14k → 16%RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $7k → 11%SUNY ONEONTA: $5k → 13%ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OF NURSING: $4k → 14%ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE: $7k → 14%SUNY CORTLAND: $2k → 15%UTICA COLLEGE: $4k → 16%ITHACA COLLEGE: $4k → 16%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $12k → 14%CENTENARY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 7%LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: $5k → 20%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 16%PENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $14k → 16%RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $7k → 11%HARTWICK COLLEGE: $5k → 13%LE MOYNE COLLEGE: $4k → 14%ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE: $6k → 14%UTICA COLLEGE: $4k → 16%ITHACA COLLEGE: $4k → 16%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $12k → 14%NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $3k → 16%RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $7k → 11%ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE: $6k → 14%SUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $4k → 16%BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $8k → 16%MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $4k → 16%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

NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
VA
DC
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$267k · 18 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +17% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2026, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
8

Total granted

$267k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+17%
0%

Still filing today

67%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k went to new ones.

50%100%’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

  • GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
    3× · 2021–2024 · $36k · revenue +34%
  • SJ
    ST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2026 · $30k · revenue +26%
  • RS
    RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE
    4× · 2020–2024 · $28k · revenue +42%

Funded once

  • FC
    FLAGLER COLLEGE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +20%
  • SB
    STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • PS
    PAUL SMITHS COLLEGE
    one grant, 2024 · $4k · revenue +22%
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
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
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
3
Manhattanville University

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

Education
4
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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5
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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6
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
7
Franklin University

Since 1902, Franklin University has been a pioneer in meeting the needs of adult students who have the ambition to continue their education in combination with other responsibilities, receiving its status as a tax exempt organization in…

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8
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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9
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
10
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Centenary University; the most unlike its peers is Thomas Jefferson 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

20 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. 20 of the 31 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $36,000 · EducationGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $30,000 · EducationST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITYRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $28,000 · EducationRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGENORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $21,000 · EducationNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYUTICA UNIVERSITY: $17,000 · EducationUTICA UNIVERSITYTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $14,000 · EducationTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITYHartwick College: $13,000 · EducationHartwick CollegeITHACA COLLEGE: $12,000 · EducationCENTENARY UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 · EducationMarywood University: $9,000 · EducationNAZARETH UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · Education+7 more: $27,000 · Education+7 morePENN STATE UNIVERSITY: $42,000 · OtherPENN STATE UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $8,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYPAUL SMITH COLLEGE: $8,000 · OtherPAUL SMITH COLLEGEST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OF NURSING: $8,000 · OtherST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OF NURSINGMOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $6,000 · OtherMOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGESUNY ONEONTA: $5,500 · OtherSUNY ONEONTASTONY BROOK UNIVERSITY: $4,000 · OtherSUNY CORTLAND: $4,000 · OtherSUNY POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE: $3,500 · Other+3 more: $6,500 · Other+3 more
Education$235,000Other$95,500

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 budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $36,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST JOHN FISHER UNIVERSITY: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY: $21,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUTICA UNIVERSITY: $17,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHartwick College: $13,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetITHACA COLLEGE: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLIBERTY UNIVERSITY INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAZARETH UNIVERSITY: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMARIST UNIVERSITY: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFLAGLER COLLEGE INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL SMITHS COLLEGE: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLe Moyne College: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $2,000 over 2y, 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.

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.

The Pfizer Foundation…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
The Pfizer Foundation IncNY11.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Pfizer Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 The Olga D Rasmussen Award funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Olga D Rasmussen Award. 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 4%
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 4% of income from government
  • Florida Institute of Technology Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report 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 31 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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