Muhlenberg College

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Allentown, PA501(c)(3)Since 1848Colleges & UniversitiesEIN 23-1352664Revenue $160.2M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmuhlenberg.edu2400 Chew St, 18104-5564 · Allentown, PATax-exempt since Dec 1932School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Muhlenberg aims to help students become independent thinkers who are intellectually agile, characterized by a zest for reasoned and civil debate, knowledgeable about the achievements and traditions of diverse civilizations and cultures, able to express ideas with clarity and grace, committed to life-long learning, equipped with ethical and civic values and prepared for lives of leadership and service.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 515 volunteers and 1,736 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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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4.7M a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.6M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 65% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $110K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$116.3M
18% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 18% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
24
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 24 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$160.2M
+7% vs prior year
Spent
$165.6M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$526.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$160.2M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$183.6M
FY2021$171.3M
FY2022$176.1M
FY2023$150.2M
FY2024$149.6M
FY2025$160.2M
Expenses
$165.6M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$161.5M
FY2021$153.5M
FY2022$161.4M
FY2023$160.6M
FY2024$160.2M
FY2025$165.6M
Net assets
$526.4M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$434.5M
FY2021$496.6M
FY2022$465.8M
FY2023$470.4M
FY2024$481.1M
FY2025$526.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1932.

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Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $148.9M Management & general 8% · $12.6M Fundraising 2% · $4.0M

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

38 people listed on the 990; $2.6M 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
$471,153Pt VII · Sec A
CFO and Treasurer
$245,737Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President, Advancemen
$242,047Pt VII · Sec A
$219,633Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Information Officer
$192,628Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Communications & Marketing
$185,371Pt VII · Sec A
$177,105Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Enrollme
$174,251Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Kathleen Harring’s $471K as President is at the 35th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Dr Kathleen Harring$471,153$458,703$459,916$462,539$372,525$257,026
Mr John I Williams JR————$212,023$458,511
Kent Dyer—$176,287$243,570$428,599——
Curtis Topper$245,737$133,748————
Rebekkah Kojku$242,047$230,290$220,632$230,495——
Mr Kent Dyer————$232,159$228,702
Laura Furge$219,633$213,571$221,314$135,271——
Ms Rebekkah Kojku————$221,069$215,334

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Develops independent, critical thinkers skilled in debate, diverse knowledge, clear expression, and lifelong learning.

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3 programs · $148.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Other Program Services

Library, depreciation, interest, non-cash financial aid, amortization of bond settlement costs (2,063 full-time undergraduate students). Student services including recruitment for admission, counseling, a nationally recognized peer tutoring program, career development, financial aid administration, and student record administration.

$89.3Mprogram expense
02

Instruction and research expenditures for 2,063 full-time undergraduate students. The college offers 40 majors in the humanities, fine arts, social sciences and natural sciences, in addition to strong pre-professional programs in such areas as pre-health, pre-law, pre-theology, business and education.

$40.7Mprogram expense
03

Auxiliary Services

Housing of 1,750 students; meals for approximately 1,625 students; and a bookstore for approximately 2,063 students and 808 employees.

$19.0Mprogram expense

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 · 12 grants · $248.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$64,550,164
Unitemized GrantFY2023$60,916,199
Unitemized GrantFY2022$60,664,581
Unitemized GrantFY2021$61,701,948
Unitemized GrantFY2020$138,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$109,221
Unitemized GrantFY2020$9,460
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,160
Unitemized GrantFY2019$170,325
Unitemized GrantFY2019$76,654
Unitemized GrantFY2019$17,450
Unitemized GrantFY2019$17,392

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$160.2M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$127.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$21.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.7M
Money outPt IX
$165.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$148.9M
Managementcol C$12.6M
Fundraisingcol D$4.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$526.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$44.7M
Total assetsLn 16$642.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$116.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
38
listed · VII A
PaidVII A13
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b24
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$842K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$852K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$127.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$21.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.5M
Gains on assetsLn 7−$1.2M
Total revenueLn 12$160.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$40.3M
SavingsLn 2$4.5M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$44.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$384.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$172.5M
Other assetsLn 15$10.9M
Total assetsLn 16$642.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$116.3M
Net assetsLn 32$526.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,736
VolunteersI 6515
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
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$55.8M$44.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$347.0M$384.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$162.5M$172.5M
Total assetsLn 16$592.2M$642.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$111.1M$116.3M
Net assetsLn 32$481.1M$526.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$64.6M$64.6M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$843K$843K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$2.3M$1.9M$282K$119K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$39.8M$32.7M$4.9M$2.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.8M$1.4M$297K$106K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$9.1M$7.1M$1.5M$538K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2.9M$2.3M$481K$174K
Legal feesLn 11b$619K$612K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$89K$4K$85K
Investment management feesLn 11f$1.1M$1.1M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5.3M$4.5M$728K$106K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$203K$148K$55K$200
Office expensesLn 13$1.7M$1.3M$191K$149K
Information technologyLn 14$118K$118K
OccupancyLn 16$10.3M$10.3M
TravelLn 17$916K$812K$16K$87K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$229K$218K$8K$2K
InterestLn 20$3.3M$3.3M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8.7M$8.7M
InsuranceLn 23$1.0M$1.0M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.9M$4.6M$2.1M$282K
All other expensesLn 24e$3.8M$3.3M$206K$327K
Total functional expensesLn 25$165.6M$148.9M$12.6M$4.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $160.2M$165.6M−$5.4M$526.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $149.6M$160.2M−$10.6M$481.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $150.2M$160.6M−$10.4M$470.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $176.1M$161.4M$14.7M$465.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $171.3M$153.5M$17.8M$496.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 $183.6M$161.5M$22.1M$434.5M 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 FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $160,215,961 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,768,109$9,749,145
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $124,067,533$127,742,734
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $15,234,060$21,180,548
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,496,203$1,543,534
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $149,565,905$160,215,961
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $61,758,375$65,392,866
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $56,266,637$55,853,902
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $42,151,632$44,319,968
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $160,176,644$165,566,736
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$10,610,739−$5,350,775
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members24
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $160,215,961 across 9 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $29,133 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$842,219
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,906,926
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$852,051
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,749,145
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $127,513,641 · Unrelated business $229,093$127,742,734
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $16,525 · Excluded from tax $22,359,837$22,376,362
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$1,195,814−$1,195,814
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,514,401$1,514,401
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $127,542,774 · Unrelated business $245,618 · Excluded from tax $22,678,424$160,215,961
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $165,566,736 across 22 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $64,550,164$64,550,164
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $842,702$842,702
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,864,871 · Management $281,694 · Fundraising $118,676$2,265,241
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $32,749,023 · Management $4,946,828 · Fundraising $2,084,068$39,779,919
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,381,853 · Management $296,864 · Fundraising $106,348$1,785,065
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $7,055,193 · Management $1,492,968 · Fundraising $538,231$9,086,392
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $2,282,886 · Management $480,733 · Fundraising $173,666$2,937,285
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $611,800 · Fundraising $6,831$618,631
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,831 · Management $84,877$88,708
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $1,066,052$1,066,052
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $4,474,890 · Management $728,313 · Fundraising $105,953$5,309,156
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $147,923 · Management $54,791 · Fundraising $200$202,914
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,313,752 · Management $190,650 · Fundraising $149,434$1,653,836
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $117,951$117,951
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,318,711$10,318,711
IX-17 TravelPrograms $812,235 · Management $16,313 · Fundraising $87,116$915,664
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $217,813 · Management $8,471 · Fundraising $2,306$228,590
IX-20 InterestPrograms $3,349,297$3,349,297
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,688,058$8,688,058
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,013,563$1,013,563
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,601,058 · Management $2,057,953 · Fundraising $281,860$6,940,871
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,274,567 · Management $206,126 · Fundraising $327,273$3,807,966
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $148,942,390 · Management $12,642,384 · Fundraising $3,981,962$165,566,736
Part X · Balance sheet $642,718,011 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $44,704,015$40,281,310
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $11,140,902$4,466,112
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $9,331,559$27,440,953
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,262,172$1,771,458
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $21,250$21,061
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $986,517$867,208
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $162,480,848$172,496,878
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $206,933,905$215,570,109
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $140,111,756$168,854,823
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $14,275,236$10,948,099
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $592,248,160$642,718,011
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,646,590$13,889,980
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,485,842$1,305,391
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $98,221,039$97,483,891
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,291,454$3,069,117
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $111,139,012$116,277,153
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $264,294,278$268,959,642
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $216,814,870$257,481,216
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $481,109,148$526,440,858
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $592,248,160$642,718,011
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $526,440,858 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$160,215,961
XI-2 Total expenses$165,566,736
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$5,350,775
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$481,109,148
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$32,831,013
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$17,279,300
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$572,172
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$526,440,858

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