Eastern Mennonite University

Tax-deductible

Harrisonburg, VA501(c)(3)Since 1917EIN 54-0575812Revenue $59.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSemu.edu1200 Park Rd, 22802-2404 · Harrisonburg, VATax-exempt since Aug 1947School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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A leader among faith-based universities Eastern Mennonite University emphasizes peace-building creation care experiential learning and intercultural engagement. Founded in 1917 in Harrisonburg Virginia EMU is an educational institution of Mennonite Church USA.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 989 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $982K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.1M
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
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.6 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $82K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$20.0M
19% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 19% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
20
of 20 voting members
Looks good: 20 of 20 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$59.3M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$59.0M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$84.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$59.3M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$51.8M
FY2021$55.4M
FY2022$58.5M
FY2023$54.7M
FY2024$54.3M
FY2025$59.3M
Expenses
$59.0M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$49.4M
FY2021$50.7M
FY2022$55.9M
FY2023$56.4M
FY2024$56.7M
FY2025$59.0M
Net assets
$84.2M
FY2025+0.2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$74.4M
FY2021$88.0M
FY2022$84.3M
FY2023$84.0M
FY2024$84.0M
FY2025$84.2M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1947.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $50.8M Management & general 12% · $7.2M Fundraising 2% · $1.0M

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

30 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President
$224,073Pt VII · Sec A
$171,981Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Operating Officer
$146,175Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Advancement
$115,738Pt VII · Sec A
Academic Dean
$100,906Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Enrollment
$96,307Pt VII · Sec A
VP for Enrollment
$75,043Pt VII · Sec A
$67,136Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Susan Huxman$224,073—————
Susan Schultz Huxman—$221,213$215,630$213,207$196,080$219,242
Tynisha Willingham$171,981$88,251————
Shawn Ramer$146,175$36,565————
Fred Kniss——$144,337$144,205$139,550$140,978
Mary Jensen$75,043$127,142$132,352$112,251$102,238$95,099
Tim Stutzman——$108,693$128,595$121,707$115,751
Kirk Shisler$115,738$113,436$111,883$112,467$108,848$107,371

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

Programs and updates

Provides faith-based undergraduate and graduate education focused on peacebuilding, creation care, and cross-cultural engagement to prepare students for global service.

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1 program · $50.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Higher Education

Establish maintain and conduct non-profit undergraduate and graduate educational programs for the Mennonite church and the general public. Over 1,000 students enrolled and additional persons were served through non-credit seminars conferences and events.

$50.8Mprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$82K
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Grants paid · 7 grants · $119.9M · 2019–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$18,047,000
Unitemized GrantFY2022$16,719,716
Unitemized GrantFY2021$18,400,661
Unitemized GrantFY2020$16,719,716
Unitemized GrantFY2020$16,719,716
Unitemized GrantFY2019$16,632,882
Unitemized GrantFY2019$16,632,882

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$59.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$43.9M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$5.6M
Money outPt IX
$59.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$50.8M
Managementcol C$7.2M
Fundraisingcol D$1.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$84.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16$104.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$20.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
30
listed · VII A
PaidVII A10
Voting boardVI 1a20
IndependentVI 1b20
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$9.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$884K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$43.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$5.6M
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$59.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.8M
SavingsLn 2$0
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$51.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$45.7M
Other assetsLn 15$965K
Total assetsLn 16$104.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$20.0M
Net assetsLn 32$84.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5989
VolunteersI 6100
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.5M$2.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$49.3M$51.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$46.4M$45.7M
Total assetsLn 16$105.1M$104.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$21.2M$20.0M
Net assetsLn 32$83.9M$84.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$19.0M$19.0M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$981K$205K$710K$66K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$15.0M$12.2M$2.3M$586K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.0M$780K$192K$37K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2.4M$1.8M$537K$90K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.1M$857K$211K$41K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$169K$0$169K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$93K$0$93K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$6.0M$2.9M$3.1M$25K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$268K$211K$52K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$2.3M$5.4M−$3.2M$85K
Information technologyLn 14$716K$167K$549K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$420$420$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$1.4M$203K$1.2M$0
TravelLn 17$1.6M$1.4M$80K$56K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$351K$304K$46K$2K
InterestLn 20$939K$933K$7K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$25K$0$25K$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$3.2M$2.8M$473K$0
InsuranceLn 23$362K$7K$356K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.9M$1.6M$363K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$153K$126K$13K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$59.0M$50.8M$7.2M$1.0M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $59.3M$59.0M$314K$84.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $54.3M$56.7M−$2.4M$84.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $54.7M$56.4M−$1.7M$84.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $58.5M$55.9M$2.6M$84.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $55.4M$50.7M$4.7M$88.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 $51.8M$49.4M$2.4M$74.4M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $59,328,189 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,214,980$9,786,497
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $44,106,987$43,934,138
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,017,155$5,607,554
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,315$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $54,341,437$59,328,189
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $19,468,730$18,962,078
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $19,902,882$20,505,287
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $70,993$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $17,273,556$19,546,948
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $56,716,161$59,014,313
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$2,374,724$313,876
Part VI · Governance 20 of 20 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body20
VI-1b Independent voting members20
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 $59,328,189 across 16 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$884,412
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,902,085
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$9,786,497
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $43,865,264 · Unrelated business $68,874 · Excluded from tax $0$43,934,138
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,607,554$5,607,554
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $43,865,264 · Unrelated business $68,874 · Excluded from tax $5,607,554$59,328,189
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $59,014,313 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $18,962,078$18,962,078
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $205,374 · Management $710,091 · Fundraising $65,787$981,252
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $12,155,750 · Management $2,271,989 · Fundraising $586,439$15,014,178
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $779,984 · Management $192,320 · Fundraising $37,004$1,009,308
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,763,885 · Management $536,760 · Fundraising $90,424$2,391,069
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $857,396 · Management $211,407 · Fundraising $40,677$1,109,480
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $168,780 · Fundraising $0$168,780
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $92,600 · Fundraising $0$92,600
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,945,890 · Management $3,058,425 · Fundraising $24,905$6,029,219
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $211,468 · Management $52,302 · Fundraising $4,164$267,933
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,399,444 · Management −$3,172,943 · Fundraising $85,090$2,311,591
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $167,033 · Management $549,154 · Fundraising $0$716,187
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $420 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$420
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $203,298 · Management $1,172,912 · Fundraising $0$1,376,210
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,430,187 · Management $80,377 · Fundraising $56,451$1,567,015
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $303,605 · Management $45,721 · Fundraising $1,708$351,034
IX-20 InterestPrograms $932,762 · Management $6,708 · Fundraising $0$939,470
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $25,000 · Fundraising $0$25,000
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,772,702 · Management $472,867 · Fundraising $0$3,245,569
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,755 · Management $355,535 · Fundraising $0$362,290
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,572,977 · Management $362,958 · Fundraising $4,782$1,940,717
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $125,953 · Management $12,755 · Fundraising $14,205$152,913
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $50,796,961 · Management $7,205,718 · Fundraising $1,011,636$59,014,313
Part X · Balance sheet $104,226,547 assets, 24 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,182,928; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $3,501,422$2,799,104
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,763,525$810,768
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,067,294$1,053,017
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $62,779$26,700
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $783,779$519,378
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $46,401,396$45,681,909
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $47,888,922$49,768,512
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,363,800$1,418,800
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $939,188$965,431
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $105,073,015$104,226,547
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,848,710$1,269,693
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $3,522,200$3,205,004
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $7,080,000$6,440,000
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $2,432,986$2,313,186
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $21,202,134$20,041,791
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $32,317,107$29,263,066
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $51,553,774$54,921,691
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $83,870,881$84,184,757
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $105,073,015$104,226,548
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $84,184,756 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$59,328,189
XI-2 Total expenses$59,014,313
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$313,876
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$83,870,881
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$84,184,756

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