Delaware · Nonprofit
EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (Delaware) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,144 to it, the largest being LAFFEY-MCHUGH FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.5M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $26k
- Net assets
- $-5249622
What Early College School at Delaware State University does
Mission
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 a four-year college program. The school shall provide a safe, caring and nurturing environment that develops students' academic, social skills and personal character traits necessary for successful college completion, with a special focus on high school students who will be the first generation in their families to become college educated.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The early college school @delaware state university had accomplishments in the past year:1. The ecs@dsu middle school is operating in its third year of existence with roughly 200 students in the 7th and 8th grades. These grades are provided with the opportunity to earn high school credits before entering the 9th grade. This enables them to take college-level courses during high school and potentially graduate with up to 60 college credits.2. The ecs@dsu class of 2025 proudly announced a historic milestone: two scholars were the first students in school history to graduate with both a high school diploma and an associate's degree from delaware state university. 3. The head of school was confirmed as president of the board of directors for the national association of secondary school principals for the 2025-2026 school year.
$9,283,371 spent$215,798 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,283,371.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $6.5M to $9.3M (+44%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 57% · 2018 61% · 2019 64% · 2020 68% · 2021 69% · 2022 75% · 2023 81% · 2024 95% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $25k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
98% of EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from Delaware funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $644 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY is better cushioned than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Delaware
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY?
- EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (Delaware) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $26,144 to it, the largest being LAFFEY-MCHUGH FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $26,144 in grants to EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY?
- LAFFEY-MCHUGH FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EARLY COLLEGE SCHOOL AT DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Delaware. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing