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91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$13.0M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $47.3M a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$13.0M
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
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $1.05B in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.5 months of spending in cash, plus $1.05B in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $240K
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$494.1M
25% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 25% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
36
of 41 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$868.0M
-4% vs prior year
Spent
$773.7M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$1.5B
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$868.0M
FY2021▼ -4%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$903.3M
FY2021$868.0M
FY2022$889.3M
FY2023$848.4M
FY2024$918.1M
FY2025$966.9M
Expenses
$773.7M
FY2021▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$795.8M
FY2021$773.7M
FY2022$822.3M
FY2023$874.5M
FY2024$900.4M
FY2025$943.6M
Net assets
$1.5B
FY2021▲ +21%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2B
FY2021$1.5B
FY2022$1.3B
FY2023$1.4B
FY2024$1.5B
FY2025$1.6B

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending June 2021) · 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 Oct 1952.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $705.3M Management & general 7% · $55.9M Fundraising 2% · $12.5M

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

72 people listed on the 990; $13.0M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
Men's Head Bb Coach (end 03/16/21)
$1,468,687Pt VII · Sec A
Athletics Director (end 09/16/20)
$1,112,986Pt VII · Sec A
President & Trustee
$926,565Pt VII · Sec A
Women's Head Basketball Coach
$600,434Pt VII · Sec A
Executive VP (end 12/01/20)
$503,257Pt VII · Sec A
$479,536Pt VII · Sec A
Dean, College of Law
$459,598Pt VII · Sec A
$429,959Pt VII · Sec A

Mr Chris Holtmann’s $1.2M as Men's Head Basketball Coach is at the 80th 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
Mr Anthony Stubblefield—$1,528,232$1,534,409$1,140,993——
Mr Dave Leitao————$1,468,687$1,366,430
Mr Chris Holtmann$1,223,672—————
Ms Jean Lenti-Ponsetto————$1,112,986$437,940
Dr Robert Manuel$1,037,582$1,037,912————
A Gabriel Esteban PHD—$467,168$1,033,057$937,621$926,565$966,420
Mr Anthony Stubblefield -Men's$1,022,667—————
Mr Mark Frigo—————$851,394

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 higher education, student support services, career counseling, and spiritual development rooted in Catholic and Vincentian values.

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3 programs · $585.6M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

See Schedule Ostudent and Other Financial Aid

This category includes expenditures for all forms of institutional aid and accounted for approximately 36% of total university expenses, making it second only to salaries and benefits as the largest expenditure category in terms of both percentage and dollars.

$280.7Mprogram expense
02

Instruction

Fall enrollment for the 2020/21 academic year totaled 21,922, making depaul the nation's largest catholic university for the twenty-second consecutive year. The above total included 14,145 undergraduate students and 7,777 graduate and professional students.

$223.4Mprogram expense
03

Student Services

This category consists of student related expenditures other than those related to instruction, include graduation and advertising expenses. Expenses related to offices that support the university's students, such as the university's enrollment management office, university ministry, career center, student affairs, financial aid office…

$81.4Mprogram 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 · 187 grants · $1.9B · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$336,996,068
Unitemized GrantFY2024$12,425,537
St Vincent De Paul ChurchIL · FY2024$274,233
Chicago Public SchoolsFY2024$251,200
Loyola University of ChicagoIL · FY2024$206,133
Sri InternationalCA · FY2024$172,901
Rush University Medical CenterIL · FY2024$159,779
Bayesics LLCFY2024$116,633
Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA · FY2024$97,508
Northwestern UniversityIL · FY2024$90,535
Sinai Health SystemIL · FY2024$47,106
Penn State UniversityFY2024$44,582
Learning PartnershipFY2024$36,246
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$868.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$708.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$109.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$46.4M
Money outPt IX
$773.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$705.3M
Managementcol C$55.9M
Fundraisingcol D$12.5M
Owns and owesPt X
$1.5B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$34.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0B
LiabilitiesLn 26$494.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
72
listed · VII A
PaidVII A32
Voting boardVI 1a41
IndependentVI 1b36
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$109.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$42.9M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$7.3M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$328K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$708.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$46.4M
Other incomeLn 4–11$3.0M
Gains on assetsLn 7$20.5M
Total revenueLn 12$868.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$25K
SavingsLn 2$34.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$34.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.05B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$632.3M
Other assetsLn 15$126.2M
Total assetsLn 16$2.0B
LiabilitiesLn 26$494.1M
Net assetsLn 32$1.5B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58,234
VolunteersI 642
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 FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$56.1M$34.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$816.8M$1.05B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$653.3M$632.3M
Total assetsLn 16$1.76B$1.95B
LiabilitiesLn 26$553.5M$494.1M
Net assetsLn 32$1.20B$1.46B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.6M$1.6M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$278.8M$278.8M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$364K$364K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$7.8M$2.5M$4.9M$394K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$65K$65K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$252.0M$224.7M$21.2M$6.1M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$11.9M$10.5M$1.0M$408K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$34.5M$31.1M$2.5M$883K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16.9M$14.9M$1.4M$579K
Management feesLn 11a$1.8M$476K$1.4M
Legal feesLn 11b$2.3M$2.3M$76
Accounting feesLn 11c$449K$449K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$89K$89K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$292K$292K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2.6M$2.6M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$11.3M$9.9M$1.4M$89K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9.7M$9.5M$109K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$13.0M$11.7M$1.0M$373K
Information technologyLn 14$10.7M$9.2M$998K$550K
OccupancyLn 16$36.6M$32.4M$3.3M$874K
TravelLn 17$2.7M$2.5M$239K$34K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2.0M$1.8M$146K$135K
InterestLn 20$9.5M$8.2M$990K$307K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$39.2M$34.6M$3.5M$1.1M
InsuranceLn 23$1.5M$717K$749K$41K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14.1M$12.9M$872K$315K
All other expensesLn 24e$11.9M$7.2M$4.7M$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$773.7M$705.3M$55.9M$12.5M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $966.9M$943.6M$23.3M$1.6B 990 PDF
FY2024 $918.1M$900.4M$17.7M$1.5B 990 PDF
FY2023 $848.4M$874.5M−$26.1M$1.4B 990 PDF
FY2022 $889.3M$822.3M$67.0M$1.3B 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $868.0M$773.7M$94.3M$1.5B 990 PDF
FY2020 $903.3M$795.8M$107.5M$1.2B 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 $868,047,140 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $70,776,972$109,708,490
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $750,197,165$708,901,737
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $76,270,443$46,404,617
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,046,980$3,032,296
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $903,291,560$868,047,140
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $268,532,334$280,720,449
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $327,805,833$323,083,109
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $254,613$292,029
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $199,184,960$169,607,902
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $795,777,740$773,703,489
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $107,513,820$94,343,651
Part VI · Governance 36 of 41 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body41
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 $868,047,140 across 13 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $3,591,409 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$327,990
VIII-1e Government grants$42,875,995
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$66,504,505
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$7,267,895
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$109,708,490
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $705,858,156 · Unrelated business $499,167$706,357,323
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $25,859,033$25,859,033
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $88,559$88,559
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $4,041 · Excluded from tax $1,352,027$1,356,068
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $20,545,584$20,545,584
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $1,495$1,495
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Unrelated business $34,858 · Excluded from tax $504,321$539,179
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $708,289,570 · Unrelated business $726,775 · Excluded from tax $49,322,305$868,047,140
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $773,703,489 across 27 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,580,682$1,580,682
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $278,775,821$278,775,821
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $363,946$363,946
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,479,272 · Management $4,931,684 · Fundraising $393,946$7,804,902
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $65,463$65,463
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $224,654,792 · Management $21,180,461 · Fundraising $6,122,057$251,957,310
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $10,482,477 · Management $1,005,936 · Fundraising $408,398$11,896,811
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $31,127,450 · Management $2,488,168 · Fundraising $882,610$34,498,228
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $14,855,966 · Management $1,425,639 · Fundraising $578,790$16,860,395
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $476,091 · Management $1,364,963$1,841,054
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,341,408 · Fundraising $76$2,341,484
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $449,190$449,190
IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $89,171$89,171
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $292,029$292,029
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,620,265$2,620,265
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $9,856,487 · Management $1,363,141 · Fundraising $89,466$11,309,094
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,542,474 · Management $109,338 · Fundraising $2,739$9,654,551
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,654,628 · Management $1,000,074 · Fundraising $373,001$13,027,703
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $9,173,621 · Management $998,063 · Fundraising $550,120$10,721,804
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $32,419,218 · Management $3,263,423 · Fundraising $874,332$36,556,973
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,456,793 · Management $238,772 · Fundraising $33,653$2,729,218
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,761,646 · Management $146,366 · Fundraising $134,773$2,042,785
IX-20 InterestPrograms $8,206,584 · Management $990,191 · Fundraising $306,568$9,503,343
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $34,557,157 · Management $3,526,951 · Fundraising $1,127,253$39,211,361
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $717,165 · Management $748,677 · Fundraising $41,102$1,506,944
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $12,888,068 · Management $871,796 · Fundraising $315,266$14,075,130
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $7,162,597 · Management $4,749,323 · Fundraising $15,912$11,927,832
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $705,258,398 · Management $55,903,000 · Fundraising $12,542,091$773,703,489
Part X · Balance sheet $1,952,881,623 assets, 22 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $7,346,831; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $22,747$25,000
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $56,065,398$34,385,368
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $27,371,614$21,845,801
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $29,831,544$25,706,365
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $12,359,388$8,702,466
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $653,273,553$632,275,532
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $103,959,849$122,749,521
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $712,865,662$930,785,403
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $43,835,176$42,902,513
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $109,709,421$126,156,823
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,757,707,866$1,952,881,623
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $56,209,877$69,200,333
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $44,119,138$38,489,790
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $282,681,869$265,673,140
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $30,685,000$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $131,355,937$113,819,040
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $553,489,161$494,112,559
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,093,874,422$1,315,916,745
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $110,344,283$142,852,320
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,204,218,705$1,458,769,064
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,757,707,866$1,952,881,623
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,458,769,064 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$868,047,140
XI-2 Total expenses$773,703,489
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$94,343,651
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,204,218,705
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$161,022,828
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$140,700
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$956,820
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,458,769,064

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