Bentley University

Tax-deductible

Waltham, MA501(c)(3)Since 1917Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 04-1081650

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 250 volunteers and 2,832 employees.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $15.2M a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
Looks good: 87% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$7.5M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 72% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $57K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$264.6M
29% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 29% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$414.0M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$397.7M
To programs
87%
Net assets
$642.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$414.0M
FY2024▲ +8%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$316.6M
FY2021$292.3M
FY2022$351.9M
FY2023$347.7M
FY2024$384.7M
FY2024$414.0M
Expenses
$397.7M
FY2024▲ +9%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$307.3M
FY2021$286.7M
FY2022$324.4M
FY2023$333.7M
FY2024$365.3M
FY2024$397.7M
Net assets
$642.0M
FY2024▲ +7%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$411.5M
FY2021$526.6M
FY2022$525.8M
FY2023$549.8M
FY2024$599.2M
FY2024$642.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 1950.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $344.1M Management & general 12% · $47.6M Fundraising 1% · $6.0M

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

38 people listed on the 990; $7.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President/Trustee
$945,895Pt VII · Sec A
Provost & VP, Academic Affairs
$484,427Pt VII · Sec A
VP, CFO/Treasurer
$458,992Pt VII · Sec A
Associate Provost
$436,175Pt VII · Sec A
VP, University Advancement
$423,787Pt VII · Sec A
Professor
$412,065Pt VII · Sec A
Dean of Business
$395,532Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Enrollment Management
$380,320Pt VII · Sec A

E Labrent Chrite’s $946K as President/Trustee is at the 72nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $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

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
E Labrent Chrite$945,895$875,013$840,499$472,260——
Alison Davis-Blake———$346,154$803,710$740,380
Paul Tesluk$484,427$464,016$189,856———
Maureen Forrester$458,992$436,392$420,269$429,157$422,097$409,035
Kartik Raman$436,175$386,652—$355,717$328,857—
Lynne Rosansky————$213,867$425,675
Chris Grugan$423,787$407,342$89,684———
Rani Hoitash$412,065$378,887$378,019$379,700$357,830$330,724

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

Educates business-minded students, combining business with arts and science to prepare future business leaders.

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1 program service account for $344.1M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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Tuition, fees, and auxiliarybentley has been educating business-minded students since harry c. Bentley first convened 30 accounting students on huntington avenue in boston in 1917. We have continuously adapted to become one of the top business universities in the U.S., combining business with arts and science to prepare successful…

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Funders

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 · FY2025
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Grants paid · 35 grants · $581.2M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$122,622,639
Carleton CollegeMN · FY2024$32,258
Louisiana Universities Marine ConsortiumFY2024$24,849
Florida International UniversityFY2024$20,324
Unitemized GrantFY2023$103,788,912
Florida International UniversityFY2023$80,519
Carleton CollegeMN · FY2023$68,344
University of DelawareDE · FY2023$18,898
Unitemized GrantFY2022$93,385,452
Carleton CollegeMN · FY2022$82,714
Louisiana Universities Marine ConsortiumFY2022$52,525
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$414.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$378.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$24.8M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.6M
Money outPt IX
$397.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$344.1M
Managementcol C$47.6M
Fundraisingcol D$6.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$642.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$191.1M
Total assetsLn 16$906.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$264.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
38
listed · VII A
PaidVII A20
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.5M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$418K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$378.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$24.8M
Gains on assetsLn 7$11.4M
Total revenueLn 12$414.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$191.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$191.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$402.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$306.3M
Total assetsLn 16$906.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$264.6M
Net assetsLn 32$642.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 52,832
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$119.2M$191.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$374.1M$402.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$294.4M$306.3M
Total assetsLn 16$797.0M$906.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$197.9M$264.6M
Net assetsLn 32$599.2M$642.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$207K$207K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$122.6M$122.6M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$5.3M$5.3M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$5.0M$353K$4.4M$254K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$470K$470K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$125.1M$103.8M$17.7M$3.6M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$9.6M$7.7M$1.6M$320K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$18.2M$14.5M$3.1M$606K
Payroll taxesLn 10$8.5M$6.8M$1.4M$282K
Management feesLn 11a$1.7M$938K$742K
Legal feesLn 11b$421K$421K
Accounting feesLn 11c$585K$585K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$17K$17K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$173K$173K
Investment management feesLn 11f$3.4M$3.4M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$15.0M$14.8M$191K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4.7M$4.6M$101K$7K
Office expensesLn 13$7.0M$5.7M$1.2M$66K
Information technologyLn 14$6.6M$4.5M$2.0M$161K
OccupancyLn 16$7.4M$6.1M$1.3M
TravelLn 17$5.0M$4.2M$718K$128K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3.7M$2.4M$1.2M$52K
InterestLn 20$4.2M$4.0M$246K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$19.9M$18.7M$1.2M
InsuranceLn 23$1.3M$95K$1.2M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$20.4M$16.2M$3.9M$249K
All other expensesLn 24e$1.2M$562K$608K$33K
Total functional expensesLn 25$397.7M$344.1M$47.6M$6.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $384.7M$365.3M$19.4M$599.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $347.7M$333.7M$14.1M$549.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $351.9M$324.4M$27.5M$525.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $292.3M$286.7M$5.6M$526.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $316.6M$307.3M$9.4M$411.5M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $414,000,417 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $695,718 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$2,496,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,066,000
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$417,670
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,562,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $375,783,392 · Unrelated business $1,062,676 · Excluded from tax $1,054,546$377,900,614
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$21,232 · Excluded from tax $13,496,411$13,475,179
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business −$4,081 · Excluded from tax $11,370,987$11,366,906
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $376,479,110 · Unrelated business $1,037,363 · Excluded from tax $25,921,944$414,000,417
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $397,668,134 across 27 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $207,461$207,461
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $122,622,639$122,622,639
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $5,302,890$5,302,890
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $352,508 · Management $4,437,320 · Fundraising $254,272$5,044,100
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsManagement $470,206$470,206
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $103,848,747 · Management $17,655,337 · Fundraising $3,624,129$125,128,213
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $7,672,622 · Management $1,627,075 · Fundraising $319,867$9,619,564
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $14,526,913 · Management $3,080,612 · Fundraising $605,619$18,213,144
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $6,753,769 · Management $1,432,220 · Fundraising $281,561$8,467,550
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $938,300 · Management $742,318$1,680,618
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $421,010$421,010
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $584,842$584,842
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $17,160$17,160
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $173,216$173,216
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $3,373,132$3,373,132
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $14,841,753 · Management $190,870$15,032,623
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,556,847 · Management $100,903 · Fundraising $7,264$4,665,014
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,721,794 · Management $1,213,250 · Fundraising $65,879$7,000,923
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,476,035 · Management $1,965,363 · Fundraising $161,029$6,602,427
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,086,201 · Management $1,278,404$7,364,605
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,186,245 · Management $718,211 · Fundraising $127,632$5,032,088
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,421,460 · Management $1,219,645 · Fundraising $52,183$3,693,288
IX-20 InterestPrograms $3,999,630 · Management $246,360$4,245,990
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $18,730,125 · Management $1,153,696$19,883,821
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $94,611 · Management $1,158,009$1,252,620
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,242,248 · Management $3,875,417 · Fundraising $249,235$20,366,900
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $561,782 · Management $607,648 · Fundraising $32,660$1,202,090
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $344,144,580 · Management $47,569,008 · Fundraising $5,954,546$397,668,134
Part X · Balance sheet $906,626,547 assets, 17 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $119,229,108$191,123,799
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,324,608$2,383,516
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,230,753$3,475,439
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,717,640$1,299,111
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $294,407,000$306,342,000
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $214,927,739$229,065,682
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $159,204,000$172,937,000
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $797,040,848$906,626,547
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,504,896$28,607,286
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $8,695,343$9,388,506
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $155,115,862$219,407,460
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,548,747$7,196,295
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $197,864,848$264,599,547
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $436,419,000$467,799,000
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $162,757,000$174,228,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $599,176,000$642,027,000
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $797,040,848$906,626,547
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $642,027,000 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$414,000,417
XI-2 Total expenses$397,668,134
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$16,332,283
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$599,176,000
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$26,585,717
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$67,000
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$642,027,000

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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