Personalized education that leads to inquiring, ethical, & productive lives as global citizens.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 4,886 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $86.2M a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$10.0M
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $916.3M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
6
named funders · $106K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$525.8M
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
63
of 64 voting members
Looks good: 63 of 64 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$757.8M
-2% vs prior year
Spent
$689.7M
To programs
89%
Net assets
$1.8B
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$757.8M
FY2025▼ -2%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$623.1M
FY2021$634.4M
FY2022$697.7M
FY2023$697.6M
FY2024$776.2M
FY2025$757.8M
Expenses
$689.7M
FY2025▲ +1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$537.6M
FY2021$526.8M
FY2022$583.2M
FY2023$650.1M
FY2024$682.3M
FY2025$689.7M
Net assets
$1.8B
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2B
FY2021$1.4B
FY2022$1.6B
FY2023$1.6B
FY2024$1.7B
FY2025$1.8B

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending May 2025) · 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 Apr 1951.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $610.5M Management & general 9% · $59.0M Fundraising 3% · $20.3M

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

81 people listed on the 990; $10.0M 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/Ex-Officio Trustee
$1,308,930Pt VII · Sec A
Exec VP & COO (thru 4/23/25)
$994,193Pt VII · Sec A
Exec VP and Chief Advancement
$835,398Pt VII · Sec A
EVP Provost (thru 3/13/25)
$718,447Pt VII · Sec A
$652,860Pt VII · Sec A
Sr.vp, Investments & Admin
$640,036Pt VII · Sec A
Faculty - Nobel Laureate
$588,418Pt VII · Sec A
$509,456Pt VII · Sec A

Daniele Struppa’s $1.3M as President/Ex-Officio Trustee is at the 83rd 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
Gary Brahm———$2,412,500——
Daniele Struppa$1,308,930$1,256,399$1,187,490$2,233,372$1,295,806$1,286,233
Charles Bullock———$1,497,500——
Phillip Doolittle———$1,300,000——
Saskia Knight———$1,300,000——
Harold Hewitt JR$994,193$1,145,032$940,407$855,052$1,010,857$759,219
Matthew Parlow$835,398$805,223$688,722———
Norma Bouchard$718,447$698,281$682,069$217,696——

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 personalized higher education and diverse extracurricular programs to foster ethical, productive global citizens through academics, athletics, and student organizations.

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3 programs · $560.8M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Listed below are chapman university's academic programs, which currently provide more than 50 fields of undergraduate study and more than 40 graduate programs, as well as a variety of credential and certificate PROGRAMS.- george l.

$453.2Mprogram expense
02

Chapman university has two libraries which serve as a primary resource of academic support for our students and faculty -the leatherby libraries and the hugh & hazel darling law LIBRARY.THE leatherby libraries includes nine individually named libraries with distinctive collections representing disciplinary areas of the university to…

$57.2Mprogram expense
03

Student Services

Chapman university students have endless opportunities for extending their education beyond the classroom. These opportunities include student government, division iii intercollegiate athletics, publications, radio broadcasting, fine arts, and over 200 registered student organizations, including an active fraternity and sorority system.

$50.4Mprogram 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 · 124 grants · $1.1B · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$190,514,608
Unitemized GrantFY2024$21,706,257
Arizona State UniversityFY2024$712,019
Memorial Health ServicesCA · FY2024$144,005
University of RedlandsCA · FY2024$89,667
Loyola Marymount UniversityCA · FY2024$72,989
University of San FranciscoCA · FY2024$70,391
Colorado State UniversityFY2024$57,881
University of ArizonaFY2024$40,534
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$757.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$646.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$52.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$39.2M
Money outPt IX
$689.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$610.5M
Managementcol C$59.0M
Fundraisingcol D$20.3M
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$144.4M
Total assetsLn 16$2.4B
LiabilitiesLn 26$525.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
81
listed · VII A
PaidVII A17
Voting boardVI 1a64
IndependentVI 1b63
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$52.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$16.4M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$4.3M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$389K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$646.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$39.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$19.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7$18.1M
Total revenueLn 12$757.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$44K
SavingsLn 2$144.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$144.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$916.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.12B
Other assetsLn 15$6.6M
Total assetsLn 16$2.4B
LiabilitiesLn 26$525.8M
Net assetsLn 32$1.8B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54,886
VolunteersI 6200
Fiscal year endsHeaderMay
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$148.3M$144.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$810.6M$916.3M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.13B$1.12B
Total assetsLn 16$2.28B$2.37B
LiabilitiesLn 26$544.8M$525.8M
Net assetsLn 32$1.73B$1.85B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$3.5M$3.5M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$212.2M$212.2M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$575K$575K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$7.4M$2.1M$4.0M$1.3M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$216.4M$182.1M$25.5M$8.8M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$13.2M$11.1M$1.6M$536K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$37.9M$31.9M$4.5M$1.5M
Payroll taxesLn 10$15.2M$12.8M$1.8M$616K
Legal feesLn 11b$1.7M$1.4M$197K$68K
Accounting feesLn 11c$472K$397K$56K$19K
Investment management feesLn 11f$6.6M$5.6M$778K$269K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$12.8M$10.8M$1.5M$522K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3.9M$3.3M$459K$158K
Office expensesLn 13$10.1M$8.5M$1.2M$409K
Information technologyLn 14$12.6M$10.6M$1.5M$514K
OccupancyLn 16$36.8M$31.0M$4.3M$1.5M
TravelLn 17$5.7M$4.8M$676K$233K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4.6M$3.9M$548K$189K
InterestLn 20$13.9M$11.7M$1.6M$566K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$46.7M$39.3M$5.5M$1.9M
InsuranceLn 23$7.1M$6.0M$842K$291K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19.9M$16.7M$2.3M$810K
All other expensesLn 24e$399K$336K$47K$16K
Total functional expensesLn 25$689.7M$610.5M$59.0M$20.3M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $757.8M$689.7M$68.0M$1.8B 990 PDF
FY2024 $776.2M$682.3M$94.0M$1.7B 990 PDF
FY2023 $697.6M$650.1M$47.5M$1.6B 990 PDF
FY2022 $697.7M$583.2M$114.5M$1.6B 990 PDF
FY2021 $634.4M$526.8M$107.6M$1.4B 990 PDF
FY2020 $623.1M$537.6M$85.5M$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 $757,765,974 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $49,146,420$52,940,574
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $632,482,855$646,573,849
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $83,974,819$39,163,347
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $10,633,086$19,088,204
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $776,237,180$757,765,974
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $208,648,789$216,304,363
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $279,717,591$289,995,760
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $193,903,421$183,439,840
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $682,269,801$689,739,963
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $93,967,379$68,026,011
Part VI · Governance 63 of 64 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body64
VI-1b Independent voting members63
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 $757,765,974 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,999,874 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$389,240
VIII-1e Government grants$16,418,856
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$36,132,478
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$4,343,148
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$52,940,574
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $646,573,849$646,573,849
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business −$783,665 · Excluded from tax $21,862,454$21,078,789
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax −$198,841−$198,841
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsUnrelated business $832,194 · Excluded from tax $17,252,364$18,084,558
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,159−$1,159
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $17,288,330$17,288,330
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $646,573,849 · Unrelated business $422,140 · Excluded from tax $57,829,411$757,765,974
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $689,739,963 across 23 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $3,508,565$3,508,565
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $212,220,865$212,220,865
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $574,933$574,933
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $2,073,253 · Management $4,032,946 · Fundraising $1,321,693$7,427,892
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $182,079,781 · Management $25,501,557 · Fundraising $8,802,943$216,384,281
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $11,084,924 · Management $1,552,522 · Fundraising $535,919$13,173,365
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $31,855,829 · Management $4,461,633 · Fundraising $1,540,122$37,857,584
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,750,413 · Management $1,785,785 · Fundraising $616,440$15,152,638
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,406,418 · Management $196,979 · Fundraising $67,995$1,671,392
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $396,764 · Management $55,570 · Fundraising $19,182$471,516
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $5,558,185 · Management $778,463 · Fundraising $268,720$6,605,368
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $10,805,118 · Management $1,513,333 · Fundraising $522,391$12,840,842
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $3,274,506 · Management $458,618 · Fundraising $158,311$3,891,435
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,469,934 · Management $1,186,274 · Fundraising $409,493$10,065,701
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $10,630,768 · Management $1,488,914 · Fundraising $513,962$12,633,644
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $30,978,244 · Management $4,338,721 · Fundraising $1,497,694$36,814,659
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,827,782 · Management $676,165 · Fundraising $233,407$5,737,354
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $3,911,105 · Management $547,778 · Fundraising $189,089$4,647,972
IX-20 InterestPrograms $11,711,377 · Management $1,640,260 · Fundraising $566,206$13,917,843
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $39,294,580 · Management $5,503,483 · Fundraising $1,899,760$46,697,823
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,012,295 · Management $842,064 · Fundraising $290,674$7,145,033
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $16,745,371 · Management $2,345,308 · Fundraising $809,582$19,900,261
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $335,742 · Management $47,023 · Fundraising $16,232$398,997
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $610,506,752 · Management $58,953,396 · Fundraising $20,279,815$689,739,963
Part X · Balance sheet $2,373,586,868 assets, 20 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $108,279,897; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $51,381$44,382
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $148,275,898$144,351,927
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $60,991,727$59,052,254
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $9,539,584$9,302,955
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $632,284$864,531
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $8,816,579$9,600,049
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,131,631,944$1,119,170,247
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $192,677,104$215,587,307
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $617,873,076$700,717,703
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,301,693$6,615,616
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,279,240,565$2,373,586,868
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $54,946,468$55,263,698
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $22,889,948$22,241,396
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $281,947,404$261,339,253
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $10,001,759$11,978,138
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $544,785,579$525,822,485
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,300,857,820$1,371,938,444
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $433,597,166$475,825,939
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,734,454,986$1,847,764,383
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,279,240,565$2,373,586,868
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,847,764,383 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$757,765,974
XI-2 Total expenses$689,739,963
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$68,026,011
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,734,454,986
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$44,394,698
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$888,688
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,847,764,383

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