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University of Delaware

The UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE is a major research university dedicated to cultivating learning, advancing knowledge, and fostering the exchange of ideas through teaching, research and public service.

$262M
Granted FY2023
177
Grants FY2023
40
States reached
$3.5M
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, FY2017 to 2023.

Science & Tech$126MHealth$41MEducation$40MFood & Nutrition$2.3MHousing & Shelter$912kHuman Services$753kEnvironment$658kPhilanthropy$407kOther$0
02FY2023 · 177 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 177 grants below total $45,180,416, the rows itemized in this filing. The $261,607,716 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $216,427,300 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 · FY2023

  • Under $10k10 grants · $82k
  • $10k–50k52 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k72 grants · $8.9M
  • $250k+43 grants · $35M
$91,357
Median grant
40
States reached
$4.8B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY$3,474,760
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$2,309,736
CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES$1,972,462
CARING CROSS$1,878,632
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$1,742,858
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY$1,704,248
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$1,618,436
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$1,608,671
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND$1,446,539
THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION$1,395,189
RPS GROUP INC$1,226,546
PURDUE UNIVERSITY$1,216,486
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY$1,123,398
STATE OF DELAWARE$767,338
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY$753,996
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–23, $1.4M) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 71% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KESSLER FOUNDATION INC: $246k → 4%KESSLER FOUNDATION INC: $89k → 4%KESSLER FOUNDATION INC: $31k → 4%KESSLER MEDICAL REHAB RESEARCH EDU CTR: $15k → 4%KESSLER MEDICAL REHAB RESEARCH EDU CTR: $13k → 4%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $278k → 10%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $253k → 10%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $222k → 10%HILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER: $206k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
AL
GA
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$194M · 202 repeat orgs$7.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

202 repeat relationships: 140 still active in FY2023, 62 since wound down; 29 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

202
68

Total granted

$194M
$5.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+5%

Still filing today

39%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.5M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthScience & TechFood & NutritionEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • DS
    DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2017–2023 · $21M · revenue +76%
  • TN
    THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $13M · revenue +75%
  • CC
    CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $11M · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • HU
    HHS US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
    one grant, 2022 · $821k
  • PC
    PHI CHI MEDICAL FRATERNITY INC
    one grant, 2017 · $574k
  • MI
    MANGO INC
    one grant, 2022 · $320k
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
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
3
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
4
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

We educate the next generation of leaders to improve the health of our society.

Education
5
University of Miami

See Form 990, Part I, Line 1, Description of Organization Mission.

Education
6
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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7
University of Maryland Neurosurgeryassociates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Education
8
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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9
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
10
Stony Brook Internists University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
11
Stony Brook Urology University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Worcester Polytechnic Institute; the most unlike its peers is Deltares Usa 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

133 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. 133 of the 308 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
126/133
Grantees still filing
100/133
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NC STATE UNIVERSITY: $10,266,696 · OtherNC STATE UNIVERSITYRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY: $6,615,352 · OtherRUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK: $4,312,575 · OtherHUNTSMAN POLYURETHANES: $4,296,527 · OtherCAPE COD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $4,288,406 · OtherSTATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRO: $3,822,631 · OtherMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA: $3,621,219 · Other+124 more: $69,891,995 · Other+124 moreDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,855,950 · EducationDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITYTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $4,391,805 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PE…Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $3,401,699 · EducationMassachusetts Institute of Techn…Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $3,270,274 · EducationRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2,731,996 · EducationDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $2,583,210 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $2,081,793 · Education+31 more: $20,202,626 · Education+31 moreTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $12,937,083 · HealthTHE NEMOURS FOUNDAT…CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $11,006,070 · HealthCHRISTIANA CARE HEA…CARING CROSS INC: $2,890,824 · HealthCARING CROSS INCHENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE: $2,758,840 · HealthHENRY M JACKSON FOU…GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1,360,001 · Health+12 more: $4,658,718 · Health+12 moreDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $780,771 · Science & TechSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER: $528,533 · Science & TechSouthwest Research Institute: $519,425 · Science & TechDELAWARE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: $515,611 · Science & TechWOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION: $207,652 · Science & TechSPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE: $144,054 · Science & TechNORTH CAROLINA BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER: $121,279 · Science & TechGENEVA FOUNDATION: $120,718 · Science & TechFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $1,323,033 · Food & NutritionFUTURE HARVEST INC: $160,989 · Food & NutritionCOMMUNITY INVOLVED IN SUSTAINING AGRICULTURE INC: $92,358 · Food & NutritionHILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $959,173 · Human ServicesKessler Foundation Inc: $394,390 · Human ServicesSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $646,797 · Arts & Culture
Other$107,115,401Education$59,519,353Health$35,611,536Science & Tech$2,938,043Food & Nutrition$1,576,380Human Services$1,353,563Arts & Culture$646,797

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY: $20,855,950 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetTHE NEMOURS FOUNDATION: $12,937,083 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC: $11,006,070 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $4,391,805 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWESLEY COLLEGE INC: $3,495,650 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $3,401,699 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRensselaer Polytechnic Institute: $3,270,274 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetCARING CROSS INC: $2,890,824 over 2y, 34% of budgetHENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE: $2,758,840 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $2,731,996 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $2,587,955 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY: $2,583,210 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH: $2,081,793 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $1,803,808 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,782,867 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $1,696,334 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $1,478,707 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $1,440,257 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION: $1,360,001 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC: $1,323,033 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetDUKE UNIVERSITY: $1,086,018 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $1,080,832 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY: $1,055,052 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: $1,023,098 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHILLTOP LUTHERAN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER INC: $959,173 over 4y, 13% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $912,075 over 4y, 13% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $896,179 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER: $780,771 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $779,490 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY: $758,298 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM DELAWARE INC: $747,478 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $646,797 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFRAUNHOFER USA INC: $612,211 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $600,091 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JACKSON LABORATORY: $595,951 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMemorial Hermann Health System: $585,448 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTH RESEARCH INC: $539,929 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $539,213 over 3y, 18% of budgetSTROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER: $528,533 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetSouthwest Research Institute: $519,425 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: $515,611 over 2y, 43% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $514,588 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $467,439 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $460,583 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $427,686 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNational Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education Inc: $406,609 over 3y, 23% of budgetOLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $403,060 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetKessler Foundation Inc: $394,390 over 5y, 0.7% 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 DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE NEMOURS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds WESLEY COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds Massachusetts Institute of Technology ↗
  • Who funds Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ↗
  • Who funds CARING CROSS INC ↗
  • Who funds HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Carnegie Mellon University ↗
  • Who funds DREXEL UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ↗
  • Who funds Cornell University ↗
  • Who funds CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds The Research Foundation for The State University of New York ↗
  • Who funds GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF DELAWARE INC ↗

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.

Johns Hopkins Univers…University of Pittsbu…American Chemical Soc…Cornell UniversityTrustees of Boston Un…The Trustees of Colum…National Collegiate A…American Heart Associ…Howard Hughes Medical…Yale UniversityDelaware Community Fo…Folds of Honor Founda…
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD43.6× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Johns Hopkins University · University of Pittsburgh · American Chemical Society · Cornell University · Trustees of Boston University · The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · National Collegiate Athletic Association · American Heart Association Inc · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · Yale University · Delaware Community Foundation Inc · Folds of Honor 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 University of Delaware funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from University of Delaware. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine: 100% of income from government
  • Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Inc: 69% of income from government
  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: 63% of income from government
  • Kessler Foundation Inc: 54% of income from government
  • Future Harvest Inc: 41% of income from government
  • Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc: 35% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
  • Teen Warehouse Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Food Bank of Delaware Inc: 26% of income from government
  • Delaware State University: 18% of income from government
  • Neighborhood House Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Tufts College: 13% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Autism Delaware Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Community Health Center Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Northeastern University: 7% of income from government
  • Third Sector New England Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Trustees of Clark University: 2% of income from government
  • Christiana Care Health Services Inc: 1% of income from government
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
  • The Nemours Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely 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 308 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $236M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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