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UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,238,681 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($578,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2022
$18M
Funders on record
16
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$-3831178
6/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What University of Valley Forge of the Assemblies of God does

Mission

To prepare individuals for a life of service and leadership in the church and in the world.

As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.

Program

  1. University of valley forge is a regionally accredited christian university of arts, sciences, and professions offering undergraduate and graduate majors. The university provides instructional services to degree-seeking students as well as housing, food services, and other student services. The university served approximately 600 students through its main campus, extension sites, and online programs.

    $17,334,147 spentof which $5,907,694 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $17,334,147.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($21M) Expenses 100 ($24M) Net assets 100 ($13M)2018 Revenue 91 ($19M) Expenses 93 ($22M) Net assets 72 ($9.1M)2019 Revenue 80 ($17M) Expenses 82 ($20M) Net assets 43 ($5.5M)2020 Revenue 74 ($16M) Expenses 76 ($18M) Net assets 21 ($2.7M)2021 Revenue 83 ($18M) Expenses 70 ($17M) Net assets -17 ($-2103536)2022 Revenue 86 ($18M) Expenses 84 ($20M) Net assets -30 ($-3831178)
201720182019202020212022
Revenue (86)Expenses (84)Net assets (-30)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $38M to $33M (−13%).

$44M
$42M
$39M
$38M
$33M
$31M
201720182019202020212022
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 3% · 2021 17% · 2022 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2.8M
’17
−$3.1M
’18
−$2.7M
’19
−$2.6M
’20
$843k
’21
−$1.9M
’22
0.4
months of
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.

201720182019202020212022
Listed432023232324
Joined·+9+4+1+10+1
No longer listed·3211100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $204k → $31k.

7 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD’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

UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

98% 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 UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD.

47%
largest funder
80%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 60% · 2019 97% · 2020 84% · 2021 54% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% — diversifying over time.

“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.

How long its funders stay

33% of UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

97% of UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $32k that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 4 states.

NY
PA
NJ
MD

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 12%Fundraising 2%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD?
UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,238,681 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($578,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD have?
IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,238,681 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD?
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $578,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF VALLEY FORGE OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 16 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