Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1952.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
89 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
78 people listed on the 990; $14.3M paid to officers and key staff.
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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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, student support services, career counseling, and spiritual development rooted in Catholic and Vincentian values.
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Student and Other Financial Aid
This category includes expenditures for all forms of institutional aid and accounted for approximately 38% of total university expenses, making it second only to salaries and benefits as the largest expenditure category in terms of both percentage and dollars.
Instruction
Fall enrollment for the 2023/24 academic year totaled 21,210, making depaul the nation's largest catholic university for the twentieth consecutive year. The above total included 14,188 undergraduate students and 7,022 graduate and professional students.
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…
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 42 smaller programs.
The auditor reported 2 findings: a material weakness in money controls.
Plus 48 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 45 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 34 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY24 | FY23 | FY22 | FY21 | FY20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $1.03B | $906.9M | $817.9M | $956.9M | $751.4M |
| Given inLn 1b | $16.9M | $21.1M | $33.2M | $36.5M | $40.2M |
| SpentLn 1d–1f | $42.8M | $38.5M | $36.8M | $34.4M | $15.4M |
| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $26.4M | $30.1M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $964.3M | $1.07B |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $629.3M | $622.5M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.82B | $1.92B |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $433.4M | $408.0M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $1.39B | $1.51B |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $2.9M | $2.9M | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $337.3M | $337.3M | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $10K | $10K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $8.5M | $2.1M | $5.8M | $668K |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $136K | $20K | $116K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $264.0M | $232.2M | $25.8M | $6.0M |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $19.3M | $16.6M | $2.2M | $483K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $42.4M | $35.5M | $5.5M | $1.4M |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $17.5M | $15.0M | $2.0M | $437K |
| Management feesLn 11a | $1.5M | $1.5M | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $1.2M | $1.2M | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $478K | $478K | ||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $79K | $79K | ||
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $715K | $715K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $1.8M | $1.8M | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $25.4M | $10.8M | $12.6M | $2.0M |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $8.4M | $5.0M | $3.4M | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $11.9M | $9.5M | $1.7M | $679K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $14.7M | $14.4M | $335K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $25.3M | $18.5M | $5.5M | $1.2M |
| TravelLn 17 | $12.7M | $12.0M | $596K | $128K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $2.4M | $2.2M | $214K | $160 |
| InterestLn 20 | $8.3M | $6.0M | $2.0M | $340K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $59.9M | $51.8M | $6.6M | $1.6M |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $5.0M | $2.2M | $2.6M | $163K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $16.6M | $15.1M | $1.4M | $129K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $11.9M | $9.6M | $2.1M | $219K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $900.4M | $800.2M | $83.9M | $16.3M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 13, 2026 | $966.9M | $943.6M | $23.3M | $1.6B | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 14, 2025 | $918.1M | $900.4M | $17.7M | $1.5B | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 26, 2024 | $848.4M | $874.5M | −$26.1M | $1.4B | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 10, 2023 | $889.3M | $822.3M | $67.0M | $1.3B | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 | $868.0M | $773.7M | $94.3M | $1.5B | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 10, 2021 | $903.3M | $795.8M | $107.5M | $1.2B | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $918,078,036 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 39 of 42 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $918,078,036 across 13 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $900,393,398 across 27 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $1,919,765,785 assets, 30 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,511,779,178 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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