Unity Environmental University: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 01-0275130)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$31.4M
FY2021	$27.9M
FY2022	$42.1M
FY2023	$59.1M
FY2024	$78.8M
FY2025	$86.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$31.8M
FY2021	$22.6M
FY2022	$36.5M
FY2023	$53.5M
FY2024	$66.4M
FY2025	$82.6M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$33.2M
FY2021	$40.8M
FY2022	$44.1M
FY2023	$50.4M
FY2024	$64.2M
FY2025	$70.6M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 1966.

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Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

94%

Program services 94% · $77.5M Management & general 6% · $4.9M Fundraising 0% · $166K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

20 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII

Dr Melik Khoury

President & CEO

$578,476Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Erika Latty

President of the Enterprise

$271,619Pt VII · Sec A

Denise Young

Executive VP of Education Outcomes

$165,748Pt VII · Sec A

Gabrielle Funk

Chief of People, Persev., & Planet

$142,185Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Jennifer Cartier

Exec. VP of Education Solutions

$133,897Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Heidi Wilkes

Chief Learning Officer

$130,616Pt VII · Sec A

Thomas Dressler

Director of the Business Office

$118,058Pt VII · Sec A

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Trustee

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Melik Khoury’s $578K as President & CEO is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Dr Melik Khoury	$578,476	$503,857	$397,451	$340,329	$309,611	$277,218
Dr Erika Latty	$271,619	—	—	—	—	—
Erika Latty	—	$213,989	$177,518	$142,590	$116,098	$108,685
Denise Young	$165,748	$137,097	—	—	—	—
Gabrielle Funk	$142,185	—	$101,615	—	—	—
Dr Jennifer Cartier	$133,897	$107,874	—	—	—	—
Dr Heidi Wilkes	$130,616	$119,014	—	—	—	—
Amardeep Kahlon	—	—	$121,139	—	—	—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Provides higher education in environmental science fields, offering associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees to students globally.

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1 program · $77.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024

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Unity Environmental University is an independent, not-for-profit, university headquartered in Southern Maine with multiple locations across the State of Maine. Unity offers associates, baccalaureate and master's degrees in environmental science fields and serves over 10,000 students from around the United States and world.

$77.5Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2024

Sterling CollegeFY2024$75K

Maine Community Foundation INCFY2024$18K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$93K

Grants paid · 32 grants · $64.5M · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$21,875,106

Unitemized GrantFY2024$240,383

Unitemized GrantFY2024$195,728

Unitemized GrantFY2024$69,960

Unitemized GrantFY2024$24,246

Unitemized GrantFY2024$2,645

Unitemized GrantFY2023$17,098,653

Unitemized GrantFY2023$177,831

Unitemized GrantFY2023$133,005

Unitemized GrantFY2023$39,256

Unitemized GrantFY2023$26,541

Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,480

Unitemized GrantFY2022$11,326,672

Unitemized GrantFY2022$195,691

Unitemized GrantFY2022$154,329

Unitemized GrantFY2022$60,300

Unitemized GrantFY2022$17,711

Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,852,423

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$86.7M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$85.4M

Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$131K

Money outPt IX

$82.6M

Ln 25

Programscol B$77.5M

Managementcol C$4.9M

Fundraisingcol D$166K

Owns and owesPt X

$70.6M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$51.8M

Total assetsLn 16$107.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$36.6M

PeoplePt VI, VII

20

listed · VII A

PaidVII A7

Voting boardVI 1a11

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$131K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$85.4M

Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M

Gains on assetsLn 7−$104K

Total revenueLn 12$86.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$250

SavingsLn 2$51.8M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$51.8M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$17.5M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$24.6M

Other assetsLn 15$323K

Total assetsLn 16$107.2M

LiabilitiesLn 26$36.6M

Net assetsLn 32$70.6M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5728

VolunteersI 613

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$34.1M	$51.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$20.4M	$17.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$24.4M	$24.6M
Total assetsLn 16	$90.8M	$107.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$26.6M	$36.6M
Net assetsLn 32	$64.2M	$70.6M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$22.4M	$22.4M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$757K		$757K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$15.1M	$13.3M	$1.7M	$81K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$660K	$587K	$69K	$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$1.3M	$1.0M	$230K	$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$1.2M	$1.1M	$151K	$6K
Legal feesLn 11b	$154K	$154K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$120K	$120K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$96K		$96K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$5.8M	$5.6M	$122K	$45K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$23.6M	$23.6M	$6K	$6K
Office expensesLn 13	$1.4M	$992K	$454K	$1K
Information technologyLn 14	$1.7M	$1.7M	$4K
OccupancyLn 16	$1.1M	$785K	$320K
TravelLn 17	$178K	$178K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$137K	$137K		$45
InterestLn 20	$605K	$48K	$557K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2.4M	$2.0M	$345K
InsuranceLn 23	$430K	$315K	$115K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$3.4M	$3.4M		$11K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$82.6M	$77.5M	$4.9M	$166K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$86.7M	$82.6M	$4.1M	$70.6M	990 PDF
FY2024	$78.8M	$66.4M	$12.4M	$64.2M	990 PDF
FY2023	$59.1M	$53.5M	$5.6M	$50.4M	990 PDF
FY2022	$42.1M	$36.5M	$5.5M	$44.1M	990 PDF
FY2021	$27.9M	$22.6M	$5.3M	$40.8M	990 PDF
FY2020	$31.4M	$31.8M	−$350K	$33.2M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $86,719,160 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,374,692$130,552

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $75,583,895$85,420,481

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,856,198$1,168,127

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $9,935$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $78,824,720$86,719,160

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $18,316,799$22,408,068

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $17,601,582$19,056,660

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $30,499,550$41,114,960

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $66,417,931$82,579,688

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $12,406,789$4,139,472

Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11

VI-1b Independent voting members10

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $86,719,160 across 6 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$130,552

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$130,552

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $85,345,097 · Unrelated business $75,384$85,420,481

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,272,278$1,272,278

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$104,151−$104,151

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $85,345,097 · Unrelated business $75,384 · Excluded from tax $1,168,127$86,719,160

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $82,579,688 across 20 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $22,408,068$22,408,068

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $757,167$757,167

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,325,822 · Management $1,713,806 · Fundraising $81,378$15,121,006

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $586,780 · Management $69,143 · Fundraising $3,583$659,506

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,036,693 · Management $230,286 · Fundraising $10,911$1,277,890

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,083,497 · Management $151,097 · Fundraising $6,497$1,241,091

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $153,906$153,906

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $120,165$120,165

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $95,625$95,625

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,631,524 · Management $121,560 · Fundraising $45,020$5,798,104

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $23,566,224 · Management $5,569 · Fundraising $6,057$23,577,850

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $991,901 · Management $453,846 · Fundraising $1,063$1,446,810

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,731,362 · Management $3,982$1,735,344

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $784,713 · Management $319,851$1,104,564

IX-17 TravelPrograms $177,659$177,659

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $137,072 · Fundraising $45$137,117

IX-20 InterestPrograms $47,840 · Management $557,340$605,180

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,026,444 · Management $344,573$2,371,017

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $314,576 · Management $115,231$429,807

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,350,341 · Fundraising $11,471$3,361,812

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $77,474,587 · Management $4,939,076 · Fundraising $166,025$82,579,688

Part X · Balance sheet $107,177,878 assets, 20 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $250$250

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $34,058,231$51,789,596

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $571,508$2,788,297

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,120,960$1,388,769

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $138,590$129,244

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $884,136$468,317

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $24,388,095$24,646,319

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $20,426,269$17,453,552

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $8,488,096$8,190,366

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $676,839$323,168

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $90,752,974$107,177,878

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,996,798$5,958,554

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $748,234$572,500

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $10,550,621$0

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,261,401$10,085,248

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $26,557,054$36,577,389

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $47,337,059$52,985,523

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $16,858,861$17,614,966

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $64,195,920$70,600,489

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $90,752,974$107,177,878

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $70,600,489 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$86,719,160

XI-2 Total expenses$82,579,688

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,139,472

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$64,195,920

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$2,382,754

XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$117,657

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$70,600,489

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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