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Institute for Citizens and Scholars

Prepares leaders and engages networks of people and organizations to develop young people as informed, productively engaged, and hopeful citizens.

$2.6M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

52% of Institute for Citizens and Scholars’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Trustees Of The University Of Pennsylvania, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Institute for Citizens and Scholars named its own grantees at scale: 21 organizations, $506k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

23
’17
16
’18
14
’19
20
’21
15
’22
11
’23
21
’24
2
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 75% of INSTITUTE FOR CITIZENS AND SCHOLARS’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 23 grants below total $506,033 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $2,590,562 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $2,084,529 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k20 grants · $275k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $231k
$15,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$20M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Pennsylvania$119,719
Metropolitan School District of Washington$59,529
Duquesne University$51,870
West Chester University of Pennsylvania$27,000
Saint Joseph's University$21,000
Christel House Academy$15,000
Avon Community School Corporation$15,000
Monroe County Community School Corporation$15,000
Hamilton Southeastern Schools$15,000
Western School Corporation$15,000
Schools Care Incorporated$15,000
Northeast Dubois County Schools$15,000
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School$14,926
Muncie Community Schools$14,782
Westfield Washington Schools$12,207
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 32% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WOODROW WILSON ACADEMY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING: $8.3M → 8%YOUTHPRISE: $90k → 11%West Chester University of Pennsylvania: $162k → 6%Duquesne University: $148k → 11%SOCIAL GOOD FUND: $60k → 9%High Resolves: $100k → 10%THE INSTITUTE OF PLAY: $157k → 17%GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY: $101k → 8%WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: $46k → 12%WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY: $47k → 21%MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING: $172k → 17%KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY: $118k → 8%PIEDMONT COLLEGE: $185k → 14%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY: $166k → 18%MERCER UNIVERSITY: $110k → 23%VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY: $109k → 9%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $438k → 18%PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $42k → 19%ROWAN UNIVERSITY: $72k → 8%GROUNDWORK ELIZABETH: $54k → 10%THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $188k → 11%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - CAMDEN: $128k → 12%WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: $188k → 12%MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: $194k → 16%Cultivate the Karass: $103k → 7%WOODROW WILSON ACADEMY OF TEACHING AND LEARNING: $1.9M → 8%West Chester University of Pennsylvania: $106k → 6%Duquesne University: $138k → 11%THE INSTITUTE OF PLAY: $132k → 17%PIEDMONT COLLEGE: $94k → 14%COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY: $100k → 18%MERCER UNIVERSITY: $100k → 23%UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS: $359k → 16%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $331k → 18%BALL STATE UNIVERSITY: $48k → 19%THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY: $60k → 11%RUTGERS UNIVERSITY - CAMDEN: $48k → 12%WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY: $46k → 12%MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: $66k → 16%MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $400k → 8%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $96k → 11%MERCER UNIVERSITY: $50k → 23%INDIANA UNIVERSITY: $114k → 18%MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY: $58k → 16%DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY: $82k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $114k → 22%Duquesne University: $52k → 11%Metropolitan School District of Washington: $60k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

VT
NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
NJ
CT
CA
KY
VA
MD
DE
NM
TN
NC
DC
LA
GA

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$16M · 28 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

28 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
30

Total granted

$16M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+42%

Still filing today

50%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PU
    PIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INC
    4× · 2017–2021 · $559k · revenue +24%
  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    6× · 2019–2025 · $530k · revenue +6%
  • UO
    University of Indianapolis
    3× · 2017–2019 · $393k · revenue +38%

Funded once

  • MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $172k · revenue +59%
  • Indiana State University Foundation Inc
    one grant, 2021 · $160k · revenue -35%
  • GV
    GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2017 · $101k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
DePauw University

Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…

Education
3
Manhattanville University

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

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
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
7
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
8
The Trustees of Princeton University

Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…

Education
9
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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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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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
12
Trustees of Tufts College

Education and Research

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Montclair State University Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Cultivate the Karass. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsFaith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Independent K-12 SchoolsYouth Development ServicesEnvironmental Conservation …Community College Foundatio…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 53 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%18%10–20yr19%7%20–35yr14%20%35–55yr14%49%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%14%10–20yr19%2%20–35yr14%13%35–55yr14%69%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/77
the rest of the field
11%
4,714/42,281

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

44 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 44 of the 78 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
42/44
Grantees still filing
28/44
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

HIGH MEADOWS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF TEACHING AND LEARNING INC — $10,197,746 · OtherHIGH MEADOWS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF TEACHING AND LEARNING INCIndiana University School of Medicine — $883,450 · OtherIndiana University School of Medicine+38 more — $2,877,263 · Other+38 morePIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INC — $559,000 · EducationPIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INCDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — $530,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $414,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY…Massachusetts Institute of Technology — $400,000 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of…University of Indianapolis — $393,450 · EducationUniversity of IndianapolisMONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $318,000 · EducationMONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY…THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC — $293,548 · EducationTHE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY …GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $189,053 · EducationMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING — $172,217 · EducationKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC — $160,304 · EducationIndiana State University Foundation Inc — $160,000 · Education+19 more — $718,652 · Education+19 moreCULTIVATE THE KARASS — $111,333 · Public BenefitKinston Teens Inc — $49,400 · Youth DevelopmentStudent Voice Inc — $13,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT — $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentGROUNDWORK ELIZABETH INC — $53,626 · Recreation & SportsBUILD OUR LIVES TOGETHER INC — $12,500 · Community ImprovementEARTH CARE INTERNATIONAL EARTH CARE NEW MEXICO — $12,500 · EnvironmentBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $6,750 · Philanthropy
Other$13,958,459Education$4,308,224Public Benefit$111,333Youth Development$74,900Recreation & Sports$53,626Community Improvement$12,500Environment$12,500Philanthropy$6,750

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPIEDMONT UNIVERSITY INC — $559,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT — $530,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — $414,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology — $400,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Indianapolis — $393,450 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ROBERT O ANDERSON SCHOOL AND GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION — $355,630 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetMONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $318,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetTHE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY FOUNDATION INC — $293,548 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — $189,053 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING — $172,217 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND SERVICE FOUNDATION INC — $160,304 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetIndiana State University Foundation Inc — $160,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTHE LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION INC — $124,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH RESOLVES AMERICA — $100,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetYouthprise — $90,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY — $84,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC — $72,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $69,152 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGROUNDWORK ELIZABETH INC — $53,626 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetEDUCATION WRITERS ASSOCIATION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetKinston Teens Inc — $49,400 over 1y, 41% of budgetTHE CORPORATION OF MERCER UNIVERSITY — $44,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $36,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGeorgia State University Foundation Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAROLINA UNIVERSITY — $26,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW ORLEANS EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSORTIUM — $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSPRINGFIELD EMPOWERMENT ZONE PARTNERSHIP INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGranite Edvance Corporation — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChristel House Academy Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSCHOOLS CARE INCORPORATED — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetStudent Voice Inc — $13,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetYOUTH ACTIVISM PROJECT — $12,500 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago — $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILD OUR LIVES TOGETHER INC — $12,500 over 1y, 46% of budgetEARTH CARE INTERNATIONAL EARTH CARE NEW MEXICO — $12,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetWellesley College — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DIRECTORS OF CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSORTIUM — $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLUE GRASS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $6,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

University of Indiana…Project Lead the Way …Lilly Endowment IncAmerican Chemical Soc…Folds of Honor Founda…The Indianapolis Foun…Tulsa Community Found…Early Learning Indian…For Inspiration and R…Cicp Foundation IncTeachers Treasures IncNational Collegiate A…
University of IndianapolisIN29.9× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: University of Indianapolis · Project Lead the Way Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · American Chemical Society · Folds of Honor Foundation · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Tulsa Community Foundation · Early Learning Indiana Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Cicp Foundation Inc · Teachers Treasures Inc · National Collegiate Athletic Association

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Institute for Citizens and Scholars funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 35% of income from government
  • Groundwork Elizabeth Inc — 9% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College — 1% of income from government
  • Wesleyan University — 1% of income from government
  • Wellesley College — 1% of income from government
  • The College of New Jersey Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 78 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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