Adler University: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 36-2515281)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$44.3M
FY2021	$55.0M
FY2022	$54.6M
FY2023	$51.6M
FY2024	$48.1M
FY2024	$50.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$43.7M
FY2021	$50.0M
FY2022	$53.5M
FY2023	$52.4M
FY2024	$49.2M
FY2024	$48.1M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$15.7M
FY2021	$21.3M
FY2022	$21.4M
FY2023	$21.0M
FY2024	$20.5M
FY2024	$23.3M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1965.

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

Where the money goes

68 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

68%

31%

Program services 68% · $32.8M Management & general 31% · $14.9M Fundraising 1% · $356K

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

33 people listed on the 990; $3.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Dr Raymond E Crossman

Former President

$687,784Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Lisa Coleman

President

$287,922Pt VII · Sec A

Mark D Branson

VP, Enrollment/Communications

$229,245Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Jeannine D Uzzi

VP, Academic Af

$216,736Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Kyra Lobbins

Chief of Staff

$200,784Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Maleka Ingram

Executive Dean - Online Campus

$190,811Pt VII · Sec A

Matthew Wayne Floyd

VP, People Culture

$187,805Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Kahan Sablo

VP, D & I

$181,097Pt VII · Sec A

Dr Raymond E Crossman’s $688K as Former President is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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	FY2024	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Dr Raymond E Crossman	$687,784	$845,380	$712,608	$845,080	—	—
Raymond E Crossman	—	—	—	—	$710,677	$787,605
Dr Jeannine D Uzzi	$216,736	$297,220	$107,313	—	—	—
Dr Lisa Coleman	$287,922	—	—	—	—	—
Jeffrey J Green	—	—	—	—	$216,845	$270,497
Irfan Merrani	—	$265,724	$242,376	$78,478	—	—
Jomar McDonald	—	$248,321	$214,469	$156,936	—	—
Mark D Branson	$229,245	$244,613	$214,990	$219,052	$199,467	$190,939

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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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

Educates socially responsible practitioners to engage communities and advance social justice.

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1 program · $32.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Adler University is a private, non-profit institution of higher education that educates students to engage the world and create a more just society. Established in 1952, Adler University has enrolled more than 1,500 students in master's and doctoral programs on its campuses in Chicago (IL), Vancouver (BC), and online.

$32.8Mprogram 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 · FY2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$50K

Polk Bros Foundation INCFY2024$40K

Healthy Communities FoundationFY2024$25K

The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundFY2024$15K

Sino American Amity Fund INCFY2024$6K

Ellucian FoundationFY2024$5K

Masonic Family Health Services INCFY2024$5K

Total grants receivedfrom 7 funders$146K

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Grants paid · 9 grants · $32.8M · 2019–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,933,502

Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,041,014

Unitemized GrantFY2022$5,458,318

Unitemized GrantFY2022$334,091

Unitemized GrantFY2021$5,788,292

Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,176,463

Unitemized GrantFY2020$5,529,818

Unitemized GrantFY2020$267,850

Unitemized GrantFY2019$4,257,495

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$50.7M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$48.1M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.2M

Investment incomeLn 3$430K

Money outPt IX

$48.1M

Ln 25

Programscol B$32.8M

Managementcol C$14.9M

Fundraisingcol D$356K

Owns and owesPt X

$23.3M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.9M

Total assetsLn 16$49.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$26.3M

PeoplePt VI, VII

33

listed · VII A

PaidVII A18

Voting boardVI 1a14

IndependentVI 1b14

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.2M

Government grantsLn 1e$2.0M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$48.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$430K

Other incomeLn 4–11$31K

Gains on assetsLn 7$54K

Total revenueLn 12$50.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$629K

SavingsLn 2$4.3M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.9M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.2M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$30.1M

Other assetsLn 15$6.9M

Total assetsLn 16$49.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$26.3M

Net assetsLn 32$23.3M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5506

VolunteersI 613

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

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 FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$4.3M	$4.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$4.9M	$5.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$31.1M	$30.1M
Total assetsLn 16	$51.4M	$49.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$30.8M	$26.3M
Net assetsLn 32	$20.5M	$23.3M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$4.9M	$4.9M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3	$312K	$312K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$3.0M		$3.0M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$18.6M	$17.2M	$1.2M	$190K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$709K	$565K	$142K	$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$4.7M	$1.9M	$2.8M	$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$1.6M	$1.1M	$474K	$10K
Lobbying feesLn 11d	$36K		$36K
Investment management feesLn 11f	$30K		$30K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$2.7M	$400K	$2.3M	$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2.3M	$7K	$2.3M
Office expensesLn 13	$172K	$45K	$127K	$170
Information technologyLn 14	$1.6M	$1.2M	$366K	$50K
OccupancyLn 16	$2.7M	$2.2M	$423K	$31K
TravelLn 17	$316K	$3K	$313K	$11
InterestLn 20	$564K	$484K	$73K	$7K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$1.3M	$1.1M	$140K	$38K
InsuranceLn 23	$457K	$389K	$63K	$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$952K	$647K	$301K	$4K
All other expensesLn 24e	$1.1M	$300K	$836K	$377
Total functional expensesLn 25	$48.1M	$32.8M	$14.9M	$356K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024	$48.1M	$49.2M	−$1.1M	$20.5M	990 PDF
FY2023	$51.6M	$52.4M	−$794K	$21.0M	990 PDF
FY2022	$54.6M	$53.5M	$1.1M	$21.4M	990 PDF
FY2021	$55.0M	$50.0M	$5.1M	$21.3M	990 PDF
FY2020	$44.3M	$43.7M	$581K	$15.7M	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

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Part I · Summary $50,681,925 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,988,962$2,164,392

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $45,638,102$48,056,112

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $407,778$430,292

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $49,903$31,129

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $48,084,745$50,681,925

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,333,712$5,245,828

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $29,364,999$28,588,103

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $14,515,924$14,295,798

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $49,214,635$48,129,729

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,129,890$2,552,196

Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14

VI-1b Independent voting members14

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 $50,681,925 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$1,974,358

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$190,034

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,164,392

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $48,056,112$48,056,112

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $376,494$376,494

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $53,798$53,798

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $31,129$31,129

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $48,087,241 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $430,292$50,681,925

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $48,129,729 across 20 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,933,502$4,933,502

IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $312,326$312,326

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $2,954,473$2,954,473

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $17,184,495 · Management $1,242,382 · Fundraising $189,509$18,616,386

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $564,925 · Management $141,692 · Fundraising $2,465$709,082

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,930,806 · Management $2,783,533 · Fundraising $16,454$4,730,793

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,093,360 · Management $473,643 · Fundraising $10,366$1,577,369

IX-11d Lobbying feesManagement $35,576$35,576

IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $29,836$29,836

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $400,066 · Management $2,293,783 · Fundraising $1,922$2,695,771

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,320 · Management $2,331,513$2,338,833

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $44,517 · Management $127,235 · Fundraising $170$171,922

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,204,010 · Management $366,436 · Fundraising $50,394$1,620,840

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,204,408 · Management $422,705 · Fundraising $30,573$2,657,686

IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,583 · Management $313,406 · Fundraising $11$316,000

IX-20 InterestPrograms $483,802 · Management $73,373 · Fundraising $6,760$563,935

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,142,648 · Management $140,190 · Fundraising $38,296$1,321,134

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $388,689 · Management $62,658 · Fundraising $5,258$456,605

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $647,312 · Management $300,869 · Fundraising $3,634$951,815

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $299,906 · Management $835,562 · Fundraising $377$1,135,845

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $32,844,675 · Management $14,928,865 · Fundraising $356,189$48,129,729

Part X · Balance sheet $49,629,519 assets, 18 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $504,691$629,468

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,788,613$4,277,860

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $742,917$72,341

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,627,845$1,860,066

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $1,315,217$697,701

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $31,147,370$30,053,114

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,918,162$5,152,292

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,309,814$6,886,677

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $51,354,629$49,629,519

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,185,463$1,299,599

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,516,543$3,846,863

X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $14,160,667$13,755,296

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,922,583$7,415,501

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $30,838,503$26,317,259

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,502,546$22,619,009

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,013,580$693,251

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $20,516,126$23,312,260

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $51,354,629$49,629,519

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $23,312,260 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$50,681,925

XI-2 Total expenses$48,129,729

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,552,196

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$20,516,126

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$243,938

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$23,312,260

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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