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United East Conference

The UNITED EAST CONFERENCE is to provide meaningful competition in as many sports as may be successfully provided by member institutions within the limits of financial budget capabilities.

$98k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $67k
$4,995
Median grant
4
States reached
$572k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAIRN UNIVERSITY$15,120
CEDAR CREST COLLEGE$14,452
PENN STATE HARRISBURG$14,128
KEYSTONE COLLEGE$13,150
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY$10,075
NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY$5,874
ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND$5,650
PENN STATE BRANDYWINE$4,995
UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE$4,835
WILSON COLLEGE$4,798
PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY$2,313
PENN STATE ABINGTON$2,199
SAINT ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY$150
ROSEMONT COLLEGE$150
PENN STATE BERKS$75
02The need
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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 (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 77% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE: $5k → 6%CAIRN UNIVERSITY: $15k → 6%PENN STATE ABINGTON: $2k → 7%WILSON COLLEGE: $5k → 9%LANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $75 → 9%ROSEMONT COLLEGE: $150 → 10%PENN STATE BERKS: $75 → 11%CEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $14k → 11%PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $2k → 12%PENN STATE HARRISBURG: $14k → 12%KEYSTONE COLLEGE: $13k → 13%GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY: $10k → 14%SAINT ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY: $150 → 4%ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND: $6k → 8%NOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY: $6k → 19%PENN STATE BRANDYWINE: $5k → 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 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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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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2
Gettysburg College

Gettysburg college is a residential, undergraduate college of the liberal arts and sciences.

Education
3
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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4
Geneva College

Geneva college is a christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to god and neighbor.

Education
5
Saint Anselm College

Saint anselm is a catholic, benedictine college providing all of its students a distinctive liberal arts education that incorporates opportunities for professional and career preparation. it does so in a learning community that encourages…

Education
6
LaGrange College

Education - lagrange college challenges the minds and inspires the souls of its students. founded in 1831 and committed to its relationship with the united methodist church and its wesleyan and liberal arts traditions, the college supports…

Education
7
Greenville College

Greenville college d/b/a greenville university empowers students for lives of character and service through a transforming christ-centered education in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies.

Education
8
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
9
Hilbert College

Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…

Education
10
Loyola University

Loyola University New Orleans, a Jesuit and Catholic institution of higher education, welcomes students of diverse backgrounds and prepares them to lead meaningful lives with and for others; to pursue truth, wisdom, and virtue; and to work…

Education
11
Xavier University

Xavier is a jesuit catholic university rooted in the liberal arts tradition. our mission is to educate each student intellectually, morally, and spiritually. we create learning opportunities through rigorous academic and professional…

Education
12
Barton College

Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wilson College; the most unlike its peers is Gallaudet University. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

11 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. 11 of the 13 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
10/11
Grantees still filing
0/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAIRN UNIVERSITY: $15,120 · EducationCAIRN UNIVERSITYCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $14,452 · EducationCEDAR CREST COLLEGEGALLAUDET UNIVERSITY: $10,075 · EducationGALLAUDET UNIVERSITYNOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY INC: $5,874 · EducationNOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY INCWILSON COLLEGE: $4,798 · EducationWILSON COLLEGE+3 more: $375 · EducationPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $21,397 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYKEYSTONE COLLEGE: $13,150 · OtherKEYSTONE COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $5,650 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARKUNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: $4,835 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GODPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $2,313 · Other
Education$50,694Other$47,345

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 budgetCAIRN UNIVERSITY: $15,120 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCEDAR CREST COLLEGE: $14,452 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKEYSTONE COLLEGE: $13,150 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGALLAUDET UNIVERSITY: $10,075 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNOTRE DAME OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY INC: $5,874 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILSON COLLEGE: $4,798 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION INC: $2,313 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetROSEMONT COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSaint Elizabeth University: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLANCASTER BIBLE COLLEGE: $75 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.

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.

Ibm International Fou…Verizon FoundationAssociation of Indepe…The Charlotte W Newco…The Philadelphia Foun…Vanguard Charitable E…The US Charitable Gif…The Pfizer Foundation…American Endowment Fo…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…
Ibm International FoundationNY18.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ibm International Foundation · Verizon Foundation · Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania · The Charlotte W Newcombe Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust 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 United East Conference funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from United East Conference. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Notre Dame of Maryland University Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Saint Elizabeth University: 2% 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 · 0–25%
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 13 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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