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Wilmington University Inc

Wilmington university is committed to excellence in teaching, relevancy of the curriculum, and individual attention to students.

$21M
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Community Improvement$204kYouth Development$106kPublic Safety & Disaster$100kPhilanthropy$93kArts & Culture$84kHealth$66kRecreation & Sports$59kEducation$35kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 13 grants below total $113,300 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $21,364,784 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $21,251,484 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 · FY2025

  • Under $10k9 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $55k
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$385M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$15,670
NEW CASTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE$13,750
GRAND OPERA HOUSE$13,000
PENN ACRES SWIM CLUB INC$12,500
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF DELAWARE$8,480
WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS LP$8,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DE INC$8,000
THE MARY CAMPBELL CENTER$6,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$6,000
DUFFY'S HOPE$5,700
DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE$5,500
ZIP CODE WILMINGTON INC$5,500
EASTER SEALS$5,200
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:

Your human-services grants (FY22–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%MARY CAMBELL CENTER: $6k → 10%THE MARY CAMPBELL CENTER: $6k → 10%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.

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.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$592k · 15 repeat orgs$126k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +24% since the first grant, against -22% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
10

Total granted

$592k
$100k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
-22%

Still filing today

93%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentInternationalPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther

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

  • DS
    DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $109k · revenue +7%
  • GO
    GRAND OPERA HOUSE INC
    5× · 2019–2025 · $74k · revenue +13%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC
    6× · 2019–2025 · $53k · revenue +61%

Funded once

  • WA
    WILMINGTON ALLIANCE INC
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue -47%
  • WG
    WESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $18k · revenue +71%
  • DL
    DELAWARE LAW RELATED EDUCATION CENTER INC
    one grant, 2024 · $15k · revenue -79%

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.

1
Delaware Prosperity Partnership Inc

To lead the state of delaware's economic development efforts.

Community Improvement
2
Delaware Advancement Corporation

To aggressively promote investment in muncie-delaware county which will result in the creation and retention of quality job opportunities and enhance the quality of life in our community.

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3
Wilmington Country Club

Each of the enumerated activities is substantially related and significantly contributes to the social interaction and camaraderie of the entire membership of the organization.

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4
Delaware County Economic Development Corporation

To promote new business and assist existing businesses in delaware county, pa to create employment opportunities

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5
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
6
Delaware County Foundation

Strengthening the community by connecting people through charitable giving

Philanthropy
7
Leadership Delaware Inc

Leadership delaware, inc. (ldi) recruits outstanding delawareans and prepares them with the knowledge, vision, integrity and networks to significantly impact and transform their communities, and to excel at community, non-profit,…

Public Benefit
8
Early College School At Delaware State University

To provide highly motivated students with a curriculum that is integrated with the relevant curriculum at delaware state university such that all students graduate with one to two years of college credits, preparing them for completion of…

Education
9
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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10
Delaware Public Media Corporation

To make a substantial contribution to delaware's journalism community and to the citizens of delaware by delivering original, in-depth, delaware-specific news and commentary from all three counties.

Arts & Culture
11
Jobs for Delaware Graduates Inc

Jobs for delaware graduates inc (jdg) is a private non-profit corporation whose mission is to enable students to achieve academic, career, personal, and social success.

Employment
12
Delaware Bioscience Association Inc

To promote and strengthen the bioscience industry in the state of delaware.

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Delaware Community Foundation Inc and the most unlike its peers is Penn Acres Swim Club Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 54 years old; the field is 10. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number31%0%<5yr17%5%5–10yr22%5%10–20yr13%23%20–35yr8%23%35–55yr9%46%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value31%0%<5yr17%3%5–10yr22%1%10–20yr13%16%20–35yr8%23%35–55yr9%57%55yr+

The field is 31% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% 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 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/29
the rest of the field
10%
655/6,602

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

25 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. 25 of the 29 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/25
Grantees still filing
18/25
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $108,675 · OtherDELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INCTHE SMARTDRIVE FOUNDATION — $100,000 · OtherTHE SMARTDRIVE FOUNDATIONNEW CASTLE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE I — $56,496 · OtherNEW CASTLE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC — $53,080 · OtherBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION — $32,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGIONPETE DU PONT FREEDOM FOUNDATION LLC — $19,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC — $17,600 · OtherWESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION — $17,500 · OtherEASTER SEALS DELAWARE & MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE INC — $16,200 · Other+7 more — $55,900 · Other+7 moreDELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $61,000 · PhilanthropyDELAWARE COMM…UNITED WAY OF DELAWARE — $32,300 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF…GRAND OPERA HOUSE INC — $74,300 · Arts & CultureGRAND OPERA…DELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY — $5,000 · Arts & CultureDELAWARE TH…DELAWARE LAW RELATED EDUCATION CENTER INC — $15,000 · EducationDELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $12,000 · EducationFRESH START SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION — $11,080 · EducationZIP CODE WILMINGTON INC — $5,500 · EducationCENTREVILLE LAYTON SCHOOL — $5,000 · EducationDUFFYS HOPE INC — $27,200 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COUNCIL INC — $14,275 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DELAWARE INC — $20,000 · InternationalWILMINGTON ALLIANCE INC — $20,000 · Community Improvement
Other$476,451Philanthropy$93,300Arts & Culture$79,300Education$48,580Youth Development$41,475International$20,000Community Improvement$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC — $108,675 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetTHE SMARTDRIVE FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetGRAND OPERA HOUSE INC — $74,300 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetDELAWARE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — $61,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEW CASTLE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE I — $56,496 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DELAWARE INC — $53,080 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF DELAWARE — $32,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION — $32,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDUFFYS HOPE INC — $27,200 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF DELAWARE INC — $20,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetWILMINGTON ALLIANCE INC — $20,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPETE DU PONT FREEDOM FOUNDATION LLC — $19,000 over 3y, 3.1% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF GREATER DELAWARE INC — $17,600 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetWESTERN GOLF ASSOCIATION — $17,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEASTER SEALS DELAWARE & MARYLAND'S EASTERN SHORE INC — $16,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE LAW RELATED EDUCATION CENTER INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY COUNCIL INC — $14,275 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPENN ACRES SWIM CLUB INC — $12,500 over 1y, 19% of budgetTHE MARY CAMPBELL CENTER INC — $12,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFRESH START SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION — $11,080 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetDELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCENTREVILLE LAYTON SCHOOL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWILLIAM P FRANK SCHOLARSHIP FUND INC — $5,000 over 1y, 21% 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.

Delaware Community Fo…Longwood Foundation I…The Nemours FoundationCrestlea Foundation I…Welfare Foundation IncLaffey-McHugh Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…United Way of DelawareWsfs Cares FoundationKenny Family Foundati…The Anthony & Catheri…Marmot Foundation
Delaware Community Foundation IncDE39.4× affinity17 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 · The Nemours Foundation · Crestlea Foundation Inc · Welfare Foundation Inc · Laffey-McHugh Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · United Way of Delaware · Wsfs Cares Foundation · Kenny Family Foundation · The Anthony & Catherine Fusco Foundation · Marmot Foundation

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 Wilmington University Inc 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 · 50%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 19%
  • Duffys Hope Inc — 83% of income from government
  • United Way of Delaware — 58% of income from government
  • Delaware Law Related Education Center Inc — 53% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc — 33% of income from government
  • Zip Code Wilmington Inc — 21% of income from government
  • Wilmington Alliance Inc — 19% of income from government
  • Delaware Community Foundation Inc — 13% of income from government
  • Delaware Theatre Company — 8% of income from government
  • The Mary Campbell Center Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Grand Opera House Inc — 5% of income from government
  • Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Inc — 3% of income from government
  • New Castle County Chamber of Commerce I — 2% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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 29 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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