Delaware · Public charity
Wilmington University Inc
Wilmington university is committed to excellence in teaching, relevancy of the curriculum, and individual attention to students. As an institution with admissions policies that provide access for all, it offers opportunity for higher education to students of varying ages, interests and aspirations.the university provides a range of…
- $21M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $113k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,670
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $385M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Wilmington University Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $113k | 23% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $104k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $119k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $42k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $74k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $72k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $108k | 70% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $28k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Inc | $108,675 | 7 | 1% |
| The Smartdrive Foundation | $100,000 | 5 | 38% |
| Grand Opera House Inc | $74,300 | 5 | 0% |
| New Castle County Chamber of Commerce I | $56,496 | 5 | 2% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware Inc | $53,080 | 6 | 0% |
| United Way of Delaware | $32,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Philadelphia Region | $32,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Duffys Hope Inc | $27,200 | 5 | 2% |
| Wilmington Alliance Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Junior Achievement of Delaware Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Wilmington University Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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
How this is measured
About Wilmington University Inc
- How much does Wilmington University Inc give?
- Wilmington University Inc reported 13 itemized grants totaling $113,300, out of $21,364,784 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Wilmington University Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (26%), Youth Development (14%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%).
- Who are Wilmington University Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Inc ($109k), The Smartdrive Foundation ($100k), Grand Opera House Inc ($74k).
- Does Wilmington University Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wilmington University Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Delaware Community Foundation Inc, Longwood Foundation Inc, The Nemours Foundation.
- Where is Wilmington University Inc based?
- Wilmington University Inc is based in DE.
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