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Worthing Scholarship Fund

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$207k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
38
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$50,500
Organizations funded a year
24 to 38
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
15
Total assets, FY2025
$5.3M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Worthing Scholarship Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving30$207k27%
FY202438$182k8%
FY202335$134k31%
FY202236$152k19%
FY202135$148k43%
FY202030$120k70%
FY201724$186kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.1M

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
MN
MI
NY
MA
IA
OH
PA
CT
RI
CA
CO
MO
VA
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Howard University$29,00050%
Trinity University$24,00040%
Sam Houston State University$21,0005n/a
Northeastern University$17,00050%
Emory University$13,0004n/a
Houston Christian University$12,00050%
Clark Atlanta University Inc$11,00050%
William Marsh Rice University$10,00030%
Wesleyan University$10,00040%
Huston-Tillotson University$10,00040%
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All grantees of Worthing Scholarship Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Howard University$29,00050%
Trinity University$24,00040%
Sam Houston State University$21,0005n/a
Northeastern University$17,00050%
Emory University$13,0004n/a
Houston Christian University$12,00050%
Clark Atlanta University Inc$11,00050%
William Marsh Rice University$10,00030%
Wesleyan University$10,00040%
Huston-Tillotson University$10,00040%
Lehigh University$9,00040%
Wake Forest University$8,00040%
Pitzer College$8,00040%
Connecticut College$8,00040%
Trustees of Boston University$8,00040%
University of Richmond$8,00030%
The President and Trustees of Colby College$7,00030%
Dickinson College$7,00030%
Macalester College$7,00030%
St Louis University$7,00030%
Carleton College$7,00030%
President and Fellows of Middlebury College$6,00030%
Bryn Mawr College$6,00020%
Gustavus Adolphus College$6,00030%
The George Washington University$6,00020%
Amherst College Trustees$5,00020%
Xavier University of Louisiana$5,00020%
Austin College$4,00020%
Vanderbilt University$4,00020%
Southern Univerty System$4,00020%
University of St Thomas$4,00020%
Denison University$4,00010%
St Olaf College$4,00020%
New York University$4,00010%
Texas Womans University$4,0001n/a
Southern Methodist University$4,00020%
Dillard University$4,00020%
University of Rochester$4,00020%
St Mary's University$4,00020%
Yale University$3,0001n/a
The Catholic University of America$3,00010%
Spelman College$3,00010%
Baylor University$3,00010%
University of California Santa Barbara$3,0001n/a
Louisiana Christian University$3,00010%
Yale University$2,0001n/a
Southwestern University$2,00010%
St Edwards University$2,00010%
Bethune-Cookman University$2,00010%
Trustees of Clark University$2,00010%
Carnegie Mellon University$2,00010%
Occidental College$2,00010%
University of Denver$2,00010%
Georgetown University$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 35 recipients with no EIN on record ($770k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Worthing Scholarship Fund supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Howard University: $29,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTrinity University: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNortheastern University: $17,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHouston Christian University: $12,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetClark Atlanta University Inc: $11,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWilliam Marsh Rice University: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWesleyan University: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHuston-Tillotson University: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLehigh University: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWake Forest University: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPitzer College: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetConnecticut College: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Richmond: $8,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDickinson College: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMacalester College: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSt Louis University: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCarleton College: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Middlebury College: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBryn Mawr College: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGustavus Adolphus College: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmherst College Trustees: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetXavier University of Louisiana: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAustin College: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVanderbilt University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Univerty System: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDenison University: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Olaf College: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNew York University: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Methodist University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDillard University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Mary's University: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Catholic University of America: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpelman College: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLouisiana Christian University: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthwestern University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSt Edwards University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBethune-Cookman University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Clark University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCarnegie Mellon University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOccidental College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Denver: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeorgetown University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 48.

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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.

Enterprise Holdings FoundationMO14.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Enterprise Holdings Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

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About Worthing Scholarship Fund

How much does Worthing Scholarship Fund give?
Worthing Scholarship Fund reported 30 grants totaling $206,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 38 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Worthing Scholarship Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%).
Who are Worthing Scholarship Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Howard University ($29k), Trinity University ($24k), Sam Houston State University ($21k).
Does Worthing Scholarship Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Worthing Scholarship Fund accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Worthing Scholarship Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Enterprise Holdings Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust, Charities Aid Foundation America.
Where is Worthing Scholarship Fund based?
Worthing Scholarship Fund is based in TX.

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 91 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-PF 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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