York University: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 23-7069967)

Is it real?

Yes. Revoked Sep 2022, reinstated. IRS ruling Oct 2024, per the IRS master file. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2024.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

80%

20%

Program services 80% · $810.4M Management & general 20% · $202.7M Fundraising 0% · $4.9M

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

53 people listed on the 990; $6.3M 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

Steven Hoffman

Professor/Senior Advisor/Advisor/Endowed Chair

$474,590Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Rhonda L Lenton

President and Vice Chancellor / Professor

$393,018Pt VII · Sec A

David Peters

Vice-President Academic and Provost/Professor

$356,900Pt VII · Sec A

James Orbinski

Professor/Director, Organized Research Unit Faculty Based

$353,097Pt VII · Sec A

Lilian K Ng

Professor, Endowed Chair

$352,400Pt VII · Sec A

Detlev Zwick

Dean/Associate Professor

$346,127Pt VII · Sec A

Jim Clayton

Professor / Endowed Chair / Director

$341,717Pt VII · Sec A

Marcia a Annisette

Vice Provost Academic/Professor

$286,831Pt VII · Sec A

Steven Hoffman’s $475K as Professor/Senior Advisor/Advisor/Endowed Chair 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.

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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
Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II2 listed

Programs and updates

Pursues and shares knowledge through accessible education and innovation.

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1 program · $810.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

In 2025, York University ranked as one of the world's top 38 universities in The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for advancing the SDGs through world-class research, stewardship, outreach, and teaching.

$810.4Mprogram 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 · FY2020

The Community Foundation of MiddleFY2020$800

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$800

Grants paid · 2 grants · $41K · 2024–2024

Trustees of Boston UniversityMA · FY2024$27,991

Trustees of Dartmouth CollegeNH · FY2024$12,919

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.0B

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$616.2M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$355.2M

Investment incomeLn 3$48.1M

Money outPt IX

$1.0B

Ln 25

Programscol B$810.4M

Managementcol C$202.7M

Fundraisingcol D$4.9M

Owns and owesPt X

$1.4B

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$68.4M

Total assetsLn 16$2.7B

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3B

PeoplePt VI, VII

53

listed · VII A

PaidVII A29

Voting boardVI 1a33

IndependentVI 1b32

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$355.2M

Government grantsLn 1e$332.9M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$568K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$616.2M

Investment incomeLn 3$48.1M

Total revenueLn 12$1.0B

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$14K

SavingsLn 2$68.4M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$68.4M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.03B

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.30B

Other assetsLn 15$40.0M

Total assetsLn 16$2.7B

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3B

Net assetsLn 32$1.4B

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 61,873

Fiscal year endsHeaderApril

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	$60.0M	$68.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$1.13B	$1.03B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$1.31B	$1.30B
Total assetsLn 16	$2.79B	$2.74B
LiabilitiesLn 26	$1.41B	$1.34B
Net assetsLn 32	$1.38B	$1.40B

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$50K	$50K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$89.6M	$89.6M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$3.9M		$3.9M
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6	$954K		$954K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$551.3M	$494.7M	$53.0M	$3.6M
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$140.7M	$117.7M	$22.0M	$967K
Legal feesLn 11b	$3.5M	$100K	$3.4M
Accounting feesLn 11c	$82K	$32K	$49K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$478K		$478K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$23.1M	$15.4M	$7.7M	$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$7.8M	$6.3M	$1.6M
Office expensesLn 13	$18.8M	$14.8M	$4.0M	$49K
Information technologyLn 14	$26.2M	$12.2M	$14.1M
RoyaltiesLn 15	$10K	$10K
OccupancyLn 16	$31.5M	$8.2M	$23.3M
TravelLn 17	$19.9M	$18.1M	$1.7M	$82K
InterestLn 20	$21.7M	$1.9M	$19.7M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$40.0M		$40.0M
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$38.4M	$31.3M	$6.9M	$212K
All other expensesLn 24e	$0	$0	$0	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.02B	$810.4M	$202.7M	$4.9M

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$1.0B	$1.0B	−$641K	$1.4B	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 $1,017,395,087 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $337,336,786$355,192,167

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $600,419,365$616,157,496

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $51,021,227$48,060,122

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$1,659,753−$2,014,698

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $987,117,625$1,017,395,087

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $87,452,182$89,645,050

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $720,062,168$696,830,325

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $231,499,518$231,561,179

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,039,013,868$1,018,036,554

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$51,896,243−$641,467

Part VI · Governance 32 of 33 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body33

VI-1b Independent voting members32

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 $1,017,395,087 across 9 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$2,018,671 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1e Government grants$332,895,494

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$22,218,949

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$567,596

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$355,192,167

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $616,157,496$616,157,496

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $48,060,122$48,060,122

VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $16,402$16,402

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$12,429−$12,429

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $616,157,496 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $46,045,424$1,017,395,087

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,018,036,554 across 20 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $50,043$50,043

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $89,595,007$89,595,007

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $3,897,113$3,897,113

IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsManagement $953,820$953,820

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $494,683,290 · Management $52,972,453 · Fundraising $3,630,471$551,286,214

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $117,681,634 · Management $22,044,251 · Fundraising $967,293$140,693,178

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $100,053 · Management $3,413,569$3,513,622

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $32,225 · Management $49,345$81,570

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $477,939$477,939

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $15,413,237 · Management $7,688,239 · Fundraising $0$23,101,476

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,258,066 · Management $1,579,028$7,837,094

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,804,886 · Management $3,955,034 · Fundraising $49,173$18,809,093

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $12,184,514 · Management $14,057,307$26,241,821

IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $10,192$10,192

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $8,192,107 · Management $23,276,621$31,468,728

IX-17 TravelPrograms $18,133,377 · Management $1,659,354 · Fundraising $82,272$19,875,003

IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,949,704 · Management $19,748,532$21,698,236

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $40,007,453$40,007,453

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $31,292,765 · Management $6,933,727 · Fundraising $212,460$38,438,952

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $810,381,100 · Management $202,713,785 · Fundraising $4,941,669$1,018,036,554

Part X · Balance sheet $2,738,822,163 assets, 17 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $27,931,482; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $16,491$14,075

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $60,004,541$68,415,292

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $103,097,236$100,247,783

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $2,572,731$2,506,768

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $154,009,822$169,521,980

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,308,571,023$1,300,714,621

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,132,050,314$1,029,510,165

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$39,959,997

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,788,700,102$2,738,822,163

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $185,772,244$142,885,737

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $268,856,560$220,908,349

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $524,671,347$541,925,108

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,412,403,556$1,338,219,105

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $935,221,628$921,199,077

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $441,074,918$479,403,981

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,376,296,546$1,400,603,058

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,788,700,102$2,738,822,163

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,400,603,058 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,017,395,087

XI-2 Total expenses$1,018,036,554

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$641,467

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,376,296,546

XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$1,149,990

XI-8 Prior period adjustments$767,619

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$23,030,370

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,400,603,058

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

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