Ursinus College

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Collegeville, PA501(c)(3)Since 1869Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 23-1177930

The mission of the college is to enable students to become independent, responsible, and thoughtful individuals through a program of liberal education. That education prepares them to live creatively and usefully, and to provide leadership for their society in an interdependent world.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 46 volunteers and 1,309 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $2.9M a year · 2% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.2M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 56% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.7 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$91.9M
26% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 26% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
26
of 27 voting members
Looks good: 26 of 27 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$132.9M
+4% vs prior year
Spent
$138.2M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$255.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$132.9M
FY2024▲ +4%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$120.8M
FY2021$116.7M
FY2022$127.8M
FY2023$124.4M
FY2024$127.9M
FY2024$132.9M
Expenses
$138.2M
FY2024-0.3%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$117.3M
FY2021$116.2M
FY2022$126.5M
FY2023$133.3M
FY2024$138.7M
FY2024$138.2M
Net assets
$255.1M
FY2024▲ +3%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$232.1M
FY2021$264.7M
FY2022$245.3M
FY2023$245.0M
FY2024$246.8M
FY2024$255.1M

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 Apr 1941.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $122.7M Management & general 9% · $12.8M Fundraising 2% · $2.8M

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

43 people listed on the 990; $3.2M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$537,180Pt VII · Sec A
Provost & SVP Acad. & Campus Life
$298,839Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Finance/Admin
$287,195Pt VII · Sec A
VP. Advancement/Ext. Relations
$280,240Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Enrollment (until 02/25)
$240,524Pt VII · Sec A
VP & General Counsel
$231,430Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Campus Life
$213,673Pt VII · Sec A
VP Inclusion, Chief Inclusion Off.
$186,322Pt VII · Sec A

Robyn Hannigan’s $537K as President is at the 44th 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
Robyn Hannigan$537,180$507,000$266,350———
Dr S Brock Blomberg———$339,851$470,021$489,147
Jill a Marsteller——$376,060$285,745$284,462$270,461
Robert Herzog—$329,743————
Michelle M Yurko$280,240$328,083$58,717———
Eugene Spencer—$317,395$202,560$198,590$197,592$194,264
Gundolf Graml$298,839—————
Terri Albertson$287,195—————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Empowers students with independent, responsible, and thoughtful undergraduate education.

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2 program services account for $122.7M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Academic Instruction

Ursinus college is an independent, four-year liberal arts college founded in 1869. The mission of the college is to enable students to become independent, responsible, and thoughtful individuals through a program of liberal education.

$105.6Mprogram expense
02

Student services, including housing, room & board, and athletics: the college offers living accommodations for most of its students in either traditional residence halls integrated into the campus, or in renovated historic homes in the community that borders the campus.

$17.1Mprogram expense

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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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K
Grants paid · 13 grants · $1.7M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$164,215
Unitemized GrantFY2024$107,500
Unitemized GrantFY2024$49,500
Unitemized GrantFY2023$190,401
Unitemized GrantFY2023$150,375
Unitemized GrantFY2022$167,751
Unitemized GrantFY2022$120,315
Unitemized GrantFY2021$262,741
Unitemized GrantFY2021$94,836
Unitemized GrantFY2020$175,204
Unitemized GrantFY2020$44,440
Unitemized GrantFY2019$171,050
Unitemized GrantFY2019$41,749

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$132.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$111.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$6.0M
Money outPt IX
$138.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$122.7M
Managementcol C$12.8M
Fundraisingcol D$2.8M
Owns and owesPt X
$255.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.3M
Total assetsLn 16$347.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$91.9M
PeoplePt VI, VII
43
listed · VII A
PaidVII A15
Voting boardVI 1a27
IndependentVI 1b26
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$14.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$3.8M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$64K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$111.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$6.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.3M
Gains on assetsLn 7$4.5M
Total revenueLn 12$132.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$5K
SavingsLn 2$8.3M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$174.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$140.3M
Other assetsLn 15$19.7M
Total assetsLn 16$347.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$91.9M
Net assetsLn 32$255.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,309
VolunteersI 646
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.4M$8.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$167.6M$174.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$137.5M$140.3M
Total assetsLn 16$326.5M$347.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$79.7M$91.9M
Net assetsLn 32$246.8M$255.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$59.2M$59.2M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$562K$562K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.8M$459K$2.1M$297K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$28.6M$26.4M$762K$1.4M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.0M$862K$101K$58K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.1M$4.8M$93K$257K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2.1M$1.6M$409K$119K
Legal feesLn 11b$357K$357K
Accounting feesLn 11c$147K$147K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$166K$166K
Investment management feesLn 11f$261K$261K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6.9M$5.2M$1.4M$341K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$768K$8K$760K
Office expensesLn 13$4.1M$3.1M$923K$80K
Information technologyLn 14$2.1M$284K$1.8M$9K
OccupancyLn 16$2.5M$2.3M$215K
TravelLn 17$2.6M$1.9M$563K$141K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$117K$111K$6K
InterestLn 20$2.5M$2.5M$19K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$6.2M$5.4M$826K
InsuranceLn 23$1.3M$114K$1.2M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$8.5M$7.8M$606K$29K
All other expensesLn 24e$213K$210K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$138.2M$122.7M$12.8M$2.8M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $127.9M$138.7M−$10.8M$246.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $124.4M$133.3M−$8.9M$245.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $127.8M$126.5M$1.3M$245.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $116.7M$116.2M$512K$264.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $120.8M$117.3M$3.5M$232.1M 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 $132,942,959 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $13,724 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$64,153
VIII-1e Government grants$2,426,075
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$11,997,557
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$3,830,129
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$14,487,785
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $111,127,286$111,127,286
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$126,831 · Excluded from tax $1,623,857$1,497,026
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $8,506$8,506
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business −$2,352 · Excluded from tax $742,919$740,567
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business $96,055 · Excluded from tax $4,453,406$4,549,461
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $172,339$172,339
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $346,265$346,265
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $111,127,286 · Unrelated business −$33,128 · Excluded from tax $7,361,016$132,942,959
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $138,211,128 across 23 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $59,198,657$59,198,657
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $561,915$561,915
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $458,644 · Management $2,063,646 · Fundraising $296,774$2,819,064
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $26,374,660 · Management $762,332 · Fundraising $1,423,809$28,560,801
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $861,927 · Management $100,865 · Fundraising $58,460$1,021,252
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,752,649 · Management $93,157 · Fundraising $256,567$5,102,373
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,557,827 · Management $408,849 · Fundraising $119,141$2,085,817
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $357,245$357,245
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $146,525$146,525
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $166,160$166,160
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $261,427$261,427
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,243,845 · Management $1,356,768 · Fundraising $340,889$6,941,502
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,753 · Management $760,365$768,118
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,102,801 · Management $923,232 · Fundraising $79,935$4,105,968
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $284,344 · Management $1,844,019 · Fundraising $8,722$2,137,085
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,271,519 · Management $214,962$2,486,481
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,930,074 · Management $562,523 · Fundraising $140,762$2,633,359
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $111,008 · Fundraising $5,894$116,902
IX-20 InterestPrograms $2,519,543 · Management $18,580$2,538,123
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $5,408,993 · Management $826,116$6,235,109
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $114,045 · Management $1,183,004$1,297,049
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,822,357 · Management $605,751 · Fundraising $29,307$8,457,415
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $209,679 · Fundraising $3,102$212,781
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $122,681,232 · Management $12,766,534 · Fundraising $2,763,362$138,211,128
Part X · Balance sheet $347,017,868 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year −$1$5,000
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $6,363,354$8,335,836
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,479,459$2,833,981
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $307,906$274,554
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $175,799$83,856
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,539,973$736,131
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $137,546,724$140,294,149
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $37,266,743$28,690,293
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $130,372,688$146,092,016
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $10,461,023$19,672,052
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $326,513,668$347,017,868
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $5,146,779$6,965,255
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $762,787$1,888,226
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $53,034,801$72,575,699
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $8,344,684$8,478,699
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $79,704,879$91,907,879
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $104,347,013$100,274,978
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $142,461,776$154,835,011
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $246,808,789$255,109,989
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $326,513,668$347,017,868
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $255,109,989 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$132,942,959
XI-2 Total expenses$138,211,128
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,268,169
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$246,808,789
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$14,041,842
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$472,473
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$255,109,989

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