Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,420 to it, the largest being PHILADELPHIA WORKS INC ($69,420). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $210k
- Net assets
- $6.0M
What Rural Regional College of Northern Pennsylvania does
Mission
Northern pennsylvania regional college puts learners first by providing affordable and accessible education and career pathways to sustainable income.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The college offers courses in both academic and workforce development programs and enrollments continue to increase in both areas. Currently associates degrees are offered in a.a. General studies, a.a. Human services, a.s. Business administration, a.a.s. Business management, a.s. Criminal justice, a.a.s. Industrial technology, a.a. Education studies and a.a.s. Early childhood education. Workforce programming continues to fulfill community and employer needs. The college received accreditation from msche in march 2026.
$5,902,831 spentof which $31,402 as grants$1,155,000 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,902,831.
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 2024 to 2025, from $12M to $17M (+47%).
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 100% · 2018 92% · 2019 91% · 2020 91% · 2021 93% · 2022 94% · 2023 93% · 2024 92% · 2025 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Robert Esch
Board trustee/ chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $25k.
From the IRS filings of RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA’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
RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% — 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
76% of RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $333k on record.
- Appalachian Regional Commission$250k
- Department of Agriculture$83k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA?
- RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $210,420 to it, the largest being PHILADELPHIA WORKS INC ($69,420). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $210,420 in grants to RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA?
- PHILADELPHIA WORKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $69,420 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RURAL REGIONAL COLLEGE OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 5 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing