To expand on the mission statement made on page 1, trinity's core mission values and characteristics emphasize: 1)commitment to the education of women in a particular way through the design and pedagogy of the historic undergraduate women's College, and by advancing principles of equity, justice, and honor in the education of women and men in all other programs; 2)foundation for learning in the liberal arts through the curriculum design in all undergraduate degree programs and through emphasis on the knowledge, skills, and values of liberal learning in all graduate and professional programs; 3)integration of liberal learning with professional preparation through applied and experiential learning opportunities in all programs; and 4)grounding in the mission of the sisters of notre dame de namur and the catholic tradition, welcoming persons of all faiths, to achieve the larger purposes of learning in the human search for meaning and fulfillment.

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79¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.5M 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 $10.0M a year · 16% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
79%
of spending
Looks good: 79% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 3% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 3% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $44.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.8 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$35.5M
28% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 28% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 18 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$50.7M
Spent
$48.7M
To programs
79%
Net assets
$89.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$50.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$50.7M
FY2021$62.9M
FY2022$58.0M
FY2023$57.7M
FY2024$51.4M
FY2025$85.8M
Expenses
$48.7M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$48.7M
FY2021$49.5M
FY2022$52.9M
FY2023$50.6M
FY2024$51.9M
FY2025$53.1M
Net assets
$89.9M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$89.9M
FY2021$110.5M
FY2022$106.4M
FY2023$116.0M
FY2024$119.9M
FY2025$153.2M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Jan 1976.

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Where the money goes

79 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 79% · $38.6M Management & general 20% · $9.6M Fundraising 1% · $509K

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

28 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$249,519Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President Business Office
$178,722Pt VII · Sec A
VP Academic Affairs/Provost
$177,397Pt VII · Sec A
Dean College of Arts & Sciences
$160,914Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dean Sps Bgs
$157,517Pt VII · Sec A
VP and Chief Technology Officer
$156,440Pt VII · Sec A
Dean School of Education
$154,531Pt VII · Sec A
Dean Nursing & Hlth. Professionals
$150,817Pt VII · Sec A

Patricia a McGuire’s $276K as President is at the 59th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Patricia a McGuire$275,623$270,219$264,921$257,204$228,555$249,519
Patrick Kellogg$208,080$204,000$184,975———
Grant Gonzalez$205,000$185,000$135,833———
Carlota Ocampo$203,606$199,614$195,700$186,458$162,341$177,397
Michael Burback$190,000$173,992$170,580$166,485$143,368$156,440
Sita Ramamurti$187,532$183,855$180,250$169,171$147,505$160,914
Walter Brooks——$127,522$186,082$164,706$178,722
Karen Gerlach$182,250$178,500—$140,076——

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

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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

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Prepares students of all ages for work, civic, and family life through broad educational programs.

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3 programs · $38.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Instruction

Expenses include salary and benefits for full-time faculty and adjunct faculty members. During the academic year, trinity had approximately 2000 students enrolled in its three schools. Trinity maintains a very low student to faculty ratio.

$19.5Mprogram expense
02

Student Financial Aid

Expenses include aid provided through unfunded scholarships and discounts and restricted scholarships (term and endowment). As disclosed elsewhere in the 990, approximately 1,033 trinity students received some portion of student financial aid during the academic year.

$12.8Mprogram expense
03

Student Services

Expenses include athletics and recreation, admissions, registrar's office, health and counseling, student life and campus housing staff and programs, financial aid, and campus ministry.

$6.4Mprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 41 grants · $78.7M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$7,839,434
Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,976,005
Unitemized GrantFY2024$668,893
Unitemized GrantFY2024$168,463
Unitemized GrantFY2024$17,472
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,471,443
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,152,223
Unitemized GrantFY2023$398,811
Unitemized GrantFY2023$189,539
Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,029
Unitemized GrantFY2022$8,968,065
Unitemized GrantFY2022$3,387,174
Unitemized GrantFY2022$492,681
Unitemized GrantFY2022$270,302
Unitemized GrantFY2022$26,620
Unitemized GrantFY2022$378
Unitemized GrantFY2022$300
Unitemized GrantFY2021$10,187,497
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$50.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$36.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Money outPt IX
$48.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$38.6M
Managementcol C$9.6M
Fundraisingcol D$509K
Owns and owesPt X
$89.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.4M
Total assetsLn 16$125.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$35.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
28
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$7.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$83K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$36.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$1.0M
Gains on assetsLn 7$54K
Total revenueLn 12$50.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$11.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$44.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$50.3M
Other assetsLn 15$11.5M
Total assetsLn 16$125.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$35.5M
Net assetsLn 32$89.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5647
VolunteersI 60
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.0M$11.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$44.9M$44.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$51.0M$50.3M
Total assetsLn 16$123.9M$125.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$34.3M$35.5M
Net assetsLn 32$89.5M$89.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$12.8M$12.8M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$814K$814K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$16.6M$13.8M$2.4M$383K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$457K$363K$87K$7K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.2M$863K$354K$32K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.3M$1.1M$213K$27K
Legal feesLn 11b$76K$76K
Investment management feesLn 11f$86K$86K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$303K$201K$85K$16K
Office expensesLn 13$718K$692K$25K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$1.4M$1.2M$176K
TravelLn 17$96K$85K$10K$2K
InterestLn 20$850K$680K$170K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.5M$1.3M$245K
InsuranceLn 23$434K$13K$421K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$6.8M$3.5M$3.2M$41K
All other expensesLn 24e$3.2M$2.0M$1.1M
Total functional expensesLn 25$48.7M$38.6M$9.6M$509K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $85.8M$53.1M$32.7M$153.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $51.4M$51.9M−$501K$119.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $57.7M$50.6M$7.1M$116.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $58.0M$52.9M$5.1M$106.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 $62.9M$49.5M$13.4M$110.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $50.7M$48.7M$2.0M$89.9M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $50,706,155 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,254,829$12,327,387
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $33,588,581$36,215,299
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,029,562$1,149,883
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,929,282$1,013,586
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $44,802,254$50,706,155
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $11,573,939$12,780,458
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $19,677,635$20,451,881
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $14,151,869$15,424,378
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $45,403,443$48,656,717
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$601,189$2,049,438
Part VI · Governance 17 of 18 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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 $50,706,155 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$6,981,298
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,346,089
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$83,288
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,327,387
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $36,215,299$36,215,299
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,095,944$1,095,944
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $370,208$370,208
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission −$4,782 · Excluded from tax $58,721$53,939
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $520,988 · Unrelated business $122,390$643,378
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $36,731,505 · Unrelated business $122,390 · Excluded from tax $1,524,873$50,706,155
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $48,656,717 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $12,780,458$12,780,458
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $813,581$813,581
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $13,821,683 · Management $2,411,769 · Fundraising $382,778$16,616,230
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $363,242 · Management $86,588 · Fundraising $7,158$456,988
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $863,100 · Management $354,481 · Fundraising $32,391$1,249,972
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,075,157 · Management $212,776 · Fundraising $27,177$1,315,110
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $75,768$75,768
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $86,072$86,072
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $201,470 · Management $85,436 · Fundraising $16,325$303,231
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $692,256 · Management $24,574 · Fundraising $1,257$718,087
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,186,488 · Management $176,392$1,362,880
IX-17 TravelPrograms $84,818 · Management $10,098 · Fundraising $1,531$96,447
IX-20 InterestPrograms $680,356 · Management $170,089$850,445
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,298,608 · Management $244,934$1,543,542
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,279 · Management $421,091$434,370
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,488,663 · Management $3,247,246 · Fundraising $40,536$6,776,445
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $2,047,738 · Management $1,129,353$3,177,091
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $38,597,316 · Management $9,550,248 · Fundraising $509,153$48,656,717
Part X · Balance sheet $125,397,773 assets, 18 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,283,429; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $9,030,923$11,404,907
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,358,702$1,255,945
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,730,814$4,990,615
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $147,818$163,144
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $50,988,047$50,328,279
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $44,863,896$44,485,425
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,156,137$11,486,029
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $123,856,633$125,397,773
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,970,263$2,461,413
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,440,079$1,828,422
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $25,891,167$24,920,415
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $779,247$702,525
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,235,277$5,581,603
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $34,316,033$35,494,378
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $57,489,594$57,903,972
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $32,051,006$31,999,423
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $89,540,600$89,903,395
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $123,856,633$125,397,773
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $89,903,395 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$50,706,155
XI-2 Total expenses$48,656,717
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,049,438
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$89,540,600
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$218,577
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$1,905,221
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$89,903,395

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