Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1948.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
42 people listed on the 990; $3.2M paid to officers and key staff.
Greg Cant’s $391K as President is at the 25th 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick F Leahy | — | — | — | — | — | $444,136 |
| Greg Cant | $391,338 | $363,149 | $356,840 | $370,545 | $193,316 | — |
| Paul Adams Interim Pres Thru | — | — | — | — | $278,053 | — |
| Ellen Gallagher Vice President | $266,513 | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Ward Senior Vice | $265,384 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ellen Gallagher | — | $262,528 | $219,791 | — | — | — |
| Kevin Boyle | — | $255,454 | — | — | — | — |
| Kevin Boyle Vice President | $255,452 | — | — | — | — | — |
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.
See Wilkes University executive salaries →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
Provides higher education, academic support services, and research opportunities through exceptional teaching, library resources, and dedicated student development programs.
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Instruction
Includes all expenditures for activities that are part of the institution's instructional programs. This includes credit and non credit courses, academic, vocational and technical instruction. The university offers 50 undergraduate majors, 15 graduate degree programs and several pre-professional and certificate programs.
Student Services
Includes funds expended for activities with the primary purpose of contributing to the students' emotional and physical well-being and intellectual, cultural, and social development outside the context of the formal instruction program.
Academic Support
Includes funds expended to provide support services for the institution's primary mission of instruction, research, and public service. The academic administration of the university including academic deans but not department chairs that are charged to their primary function category are found in this program.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 9 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 10 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 2 findings.
Plus 12 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 9 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY25 | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $76.5M | $67.2M | $59.6M | $61.4M | $65.8M |
| Given inLn 1b | $3.5M | $2.0M | $906K | $1.3M | $746K |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $3.2M | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2.3M |
| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $32.7M | $27.3M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $83.5M | $89.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $117.8M | $119.1M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $251.0M | $252.1M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $101.0M | $93.3M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $149.9M | $158.7M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $47.2M | $47.2M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $2.8M | $1.7M | $792K | $303K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $46.2M | $40.1M | $5.3M | $831K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $2.4M | $1.9M | $462K | $23K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $9.8M | $9.1M | $479K | $151K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $3.5M | $2.8M | $703K | $59K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $399K | $399K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $116K | $116K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $198K | $198K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $178K | $178K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $7.7M | $6.8M | $752K | $74K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $758K | $91K | $662K | $5K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $2.8M | $2.3M | $437K | $57K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $3.4M | $3.3M | $137K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $3.5M | $3.3M | $250K | $411 |
| TravelLn 17 | $2.1M | $1.9M | $114K | $103K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $303K | $230K | $62K | $12K |
| InterestLn 20 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $143K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $5.0M | $4.8M | $271K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $1.6M | $1.1M | $535K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $15.0M | $11.0M | $3.9M | $86K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $3.2M | $1.8M | $1.3M | $79K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $160.8M | $141.8M | $17.0M | $2.0M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 15, 2026 | $163.9M | $160.8M | $3.1M | $158.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 3, 2025 | $151.9M | $152.4M | −$504K | $149.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 4, 2024 | $150.8M | $146.7M | $4.1M | $144.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $160.9M | $153.6M | $7.3M | $145.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Mar 24, 2022 | $146.1M | $137.2M | $8.9M | $144.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 8, 2021 | $139.4M | $142.5M | −$3.0M | $125.0M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $163,934,833 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 26 of 27 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $163,934,833 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $160,785,944 across 22 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $252,088,643 assets, 20 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $158,741,231 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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