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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20,457 volunteers and 6,840 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
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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $95.4M a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$16.5M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.44B in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $247K
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$569.5M
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
36
of 38 voting members
Looks good: 36 of 38 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$931.0M
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$852.6M
To programs
93%
Net assets
$2.3B
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$931.0M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$644.7M
FY2021$721.5M
FY2022$872.3M
FY2023$781.8M
FY2024$876.6M
FY2025$931.0M
Expenses
$852.6M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$600.7M
FY2021$615.5M
FY2022$667.0M
FY2023$727.3M
FY2024$792.2M
FY2025$852.6M
Net assets
$2.3B
FY2025▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.4B
FY2021$1.8B
FY2022$1.9B
FY2023$2.0B
FY2024$2.2B
FY2025$2.3B

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 1946.

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Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $790.1M Management & general 4% · $37.6M Fundraising 3% · $25.0M

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

76 people listed on the 990; $16.5M 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
Coach, Men's Basketball
$1,786,041Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant to the President
$995,432Pt VII · Sec A
$966,354Pt VII · Sec A
VP & Director of Athletics
$826,347Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Investment Officer
$808,237Pt VII · Sec A
VP & General Counsel
$789,229Pt VII · Sec A
Exec VP Admin & Operations
$779,186Pt VII · Sec A
Dean/Prof, School of Law
$686,611Pt VII · Sec A

Mr Kyle a Neptune’s $1.8M as Coach, Men's Basketball is at the 99th percentile of top reported officer pay among 146 <$100K 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
Mr Jerold T Wright$995,432$997,961$3,605,595$6,637,035$5,817,160$6,150,206
Mr Kyle a Neptune$1,786,041$1,736,558————
Mr Kyle Neptune——$1,128,905———
Mr Mark W Jackson$826,347$999,445$970,084$854,720$595,857$609,315
Mr Michael J O'Neill—$288,081$615,073$799,313$659,845$988,302
Patrick G Maggitti PHD$966,354$877,706$823,628$850,008$904,748$693,206
Mr Kenneth G Valosky——$286,373$746,218$721,399$822,430
Mr Shane P McAndrew$808,237$709,568$625,533$494,166——

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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  • 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 education, housing, meals, and other services to students, faculty, and staff.

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3 programs · $517.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Instruction

In the fall semester of 2025, the university had enrolled 6,788 full-time equivalent undergraduate students and 2,461 full-time equivalent graduate students in a variety of programs.

$229.5Mprogram expense
02

Scholarship and Fellowships

A significant amount of financial assistance is provided to enable qualified students to study at the university. A total of 4,824 students received financial assistance from the university during fiscal year 2025.

$186.1Mprogram expense
03

Auxiliary Services

Various goods and services are provided for the benefit of students, faculty, and staff. The primary categories included rooms to more than 5,000 students enrolled during the fall and spring semesters, meals, bookstore, conference services, and other related activities.

$101.9Mprogram 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 · FY2025
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Grants paid · 24 grants · $963.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$186,102,868
Ch Pennsylvania Under - 21PA · FY2024$10,000
Catholic Charities USAVA · FY2024$7,500
Drew O Donoghue Fund INCNJ · FY2024$6,710
Unitemized GrantFY2023$174,335,499
Augustinian Province of Saint Thomas of VillanovaFY2023$60,000
The Posse Foundation INCNY · FY2023$21,450
Glide Fund INCPA · FY2023$10,000
American Cancer Society INCGA · FY2023$8,568
Unitemized GrantFY2022$146,115,026
Aarti4girlsTX · FY2022$5,541
Unitemized GrantFY2021$159,882,181
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$931.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$677.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$137.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$82.6M
Money outPt IX
$852.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$790.1M
Managementcol C$37.6M
Fundraisingcol D$25.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$2.3B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$121.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.9B
LiabilitiesLn 26$569.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
76
listed · VII A
PaidVII A31
Voting boardVI 1a38
IndependentVI 1b36
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$137.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$16.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$12.3M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$117K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$677.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$82.6M
Other incomeLn 4–11$33.9M
Gains on assetsLn 7$57.2M
Total revenueLn 12$931.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$108K
SavingsLn 2$121.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$121.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.44B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.01B
Other assetsLn 15$141.9M
Total assetsLn 16$2.9B
LiabilitiesLn 26$569.5M
Net assetsLn 32$2.3B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56,840
VolunteersI 620,457
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
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$132.5M$121.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.34B$1.44B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$881.5M$1.01B
Total assetsLn 16$2.72B$2.86B
LiabilitiesLn 26$562.1M$569.5M
Net assetsLn 32$2.15B$2.29B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$94K$94K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$186.1M$186.1M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$19.8M$19.8M
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$11.5M$6.1M$4.8M$567K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$617K$617K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$315.1M$297.3M$5.4M$12.4M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$22.0M$20.4M$692K$870K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$49.1M$45.2M$1.5M$2.4M
Payroll taxesLn 10$21.2M$19.7M$669K$840K
Management feesLn 11a$3.3M$2.8M$497K
Legal feesLn 11b$3.4M$140K$3.3M
Accounting feesLn 11c$134K$134K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$299K$299K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$652K$652K
Investment management feesLn 11f$13.4M$13.4M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$143K$143K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6.5M$6.4M$21K$24K
Office expensesLn 13$10.5M$9.8M$22K$671K
Information technologyLn 14$9.6M$9.5M$144K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$10.3M$10.0M$154K$103K
TravelLn 17$22.3M$21.5M$72K$800K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$649K$649K
InterestLn 20$11.4M$11.1M$171K$114K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$45.8M$44.7M$687K$458K
InsuranceLn 23$4.7M$835K$3.9M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$83.9M$77.0M$1.9M$5.0M
Total functional expensesLn 25$852.6M$790.1M$37.6M$25.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $931.0M$852.6M$78.4M$2.3B 990 PDF
FY2024 $876.6M$792.2M$84.4M$2.2B 990 PDF
FY2023 $781.8M$727.3M$54.5M$2.0B 990 PDF
FY2022 $872.3M$667.0M$205.3M$1.9B 990 PDF
FY2021 $721.5M$615.5M$106.0M$1.8B 990 PDF
FY2020 $644.7M$600.7M$44.0M$1.4B 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 F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $930,985,067 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $122,121,802$137,130,862
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $646,665,027$677,419,420
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $74,106,350$82,573,598
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $33,692,584$33,861,187
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $876,585,763$930,985,067
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $196,441,760$205,977,239
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $384,791,744$419,588,374
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $571,221$651,765
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $210,404,304$226,395,844
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $792,209,029$852,613,222
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $84,376,734$78,371,845
Part VI · Governance 36 of 38 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body38
VI-1b Independent voting members36
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 $930,985,067 across 14 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $7,070,114 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$105,150
VIII-1c Fundraising events$116,909
VIII-1e Government grants$15,950,795
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$120,958,008
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$12,316,777
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$137,130,862
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $670,137,040 · Unrelated business $7,282,380$677,419,420
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $610,615 · Excluded from tax $17,703,827$18,314,442
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$1,259,146
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $57,189,042$57,189,042
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $30,911,603 · Unrelated business $1,661,493 · Excluded from tax $28,945$32,602,041
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $701,048,643 · Unrelated business $9,554,488 · Excluded from tax $81,991,928$930,985,067
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $852,613,222 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $93,632$93,632
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $186,102,868$186,102,868
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $19,780,739$19,780,739
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $6,114,433 · Management $4,845,625 · Fundraising $566,911$11,526,969
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $616,776$616,776
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $297,307,201 · Management $5,439,966 · Fundraising $12,353,895$315,101,062
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $20,427,969 · Management $692,481 · Fundraising $869,898$21,990,348
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $45,184,692 · Management $1,546,365 · Fundraising $2,375,144$49,106,201
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,737,452 · Management $669,073 · Fundraising $840,493$21,247,018
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $2,821,195 · Management $497,075$3,318,270
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $139,675 · Management $3,303,681$3,443,356
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $133,530$133,530
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $298,981$298,981
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $651,765$651,765
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $13,354,703$13,354,703
IX-11g Other fees for servicesFundraising $143,204$143,204
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,410,030 · Management $21,027 · Fundraising $24,168$6,455,225
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,828,116 · Management $21,679 · Fundraising $671,453$10,521,248
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,480,065 · Management $144,366$9,624,431
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $10,029,410 · Management $154,299 · Fundraising $102,866$10,286,575
IX-17 TravelPrograms $21,451,847 · Management $71,731 · Fundraising $800,358$22,323,936
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $648,737$648,737
IX-20 InterestPrograms $11,130,318 · Management $171,236 · Fundraising $114,157$11,415,711
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $44,670,555 · Management $687,239 · Fundraising $458,160$45,815,954
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $835,093 · Management $3,855,525$4,690,618
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $76,961,494 · Management $1,949,253 · Fundraising $5,010,618$83,921,365
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $790,071,278 · Management $37,558,854 · Fundraising $24,983,090$852,613,222
Part X · Balance sheet $2,857,987,333 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $129,212$108,435
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $132,412,841$121,244,226
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $107,200,953$120,618,942
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $15,174,324$12,209,658
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $545,851$628,305
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,385,670$11,867,564
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $881,522,400$1,006,309,227
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $525,436,977$583,906,267
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $805,149,218$850,474,313
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $4,762,516$8,755,950
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $235,128,576$141,864,446
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,715,848,538$2,857,987,333
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $96,040,196$82,234,708
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $5,781,855$3,074,900
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $22,603,182$24,915,224
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $417,726,356$395,342,353
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$53,032,674
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $19,928,914$10,925,529
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $562,080,503$569,525,388
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,129,082,784$1,144,397,018
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,024,685,251$1,144,064,927
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,153,768,035$2,288,461,945
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,715,848,538$2,857,987,333
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,288,461,945 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$930,985,067
XI-2 Total expenses$852,613,222
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$78,371,845
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,153,768,035
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$56,322,065
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,288,461,945

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