Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 1954.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
88 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
51 people listed on the 990; $7.3M paid to officers and key staff.
G Gabrielle Starr’s $819K as President is at the 67th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabi Starr | — | $826,733 | $995,835 | $636,234 | $685,672 | $646,696 |
| G Gabrielle Starr | $818,840 | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Wallace | $638,695 | $590,090 | $378,063 | $282,917 | $270,932 | $263,272 |
| Craig Hyland | $482,147 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robert Goldberg | — | — | $237,973 | $402,672 | $456,498 | — |
| Joshua Ross | $445,957 | $389,679 | — | — | — | — |
| Jeff Roth | $409,261 | $429,075 | — | — | — | — |
| Maria Watson | $398,054 | $381,152 | $425,463 | $395,492 | $344,701 | — |
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
- Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II7 listed
Programs and updates
Provides a premier liberal arts education and comprehensive student support services, including academic counseling, diverse cultural centers, and career development programs.
Questions for Pomona College
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Instruction and Research
Consistently ranked as one of the top national liberal arts colleges according to U.S. News and world report, pomona college offers an academic program that encompasses the major fields of the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.
Auxiliary Enterprises
A majority of pomona college students reside in campus housing throughout their college career, a testament to the quality of life on campus. The scale and arrangement of pomona's 14 residence halls encourage students to get to know each other.
Student Services
Pomona college offers students a wide variety of programs to extend their education beyond the classroom, including more than 300 student organizations across the claremont colleges consortium, sports, the student life newspaper, student government among other opportunities to engage with the campus community.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $134.9M | $152.8M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $3.31B | $3.56B |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $412.1M | $405.1M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $3.92B | $4.20B |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $424.6M | $426.6M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $3.49B | $3.77B |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $59.3M | $59.3M | ||
| Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3 | $3.9M | $3.9M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $6.3M | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.9M |
| Pay of disqualified personsLn 6 | $76K | $76K | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $94.8M | $83.9M | $2.4M | $8.5M |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $8.3M | $7.5M | $775K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $12.0M | $10.0M | $207K | $1.7M |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $8.1M | $7.8M | $194K | $58K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $3.2M | $2.8M | $176K | $228K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $696K | $696K | ||
| Lobbying feesLn 11d | $60K | $60K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $8.3M | $8.3M | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $31.3M | $25.3M | $600K | $5.4M |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $406K | $183K | $3K | $220K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $15.4M | $13.1M | $920K | $1.4M |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $3.2M | $2.8M | $158K | $221K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $9.3M | $9.1M | $128K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $4.4M | $3.8M | $121K | $475K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $487K | $443K | $6K | $38K |
| InterestLn 20 | $7.8M | $7.8M | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $22.3M | $22.2M | $58K | $71K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $2.5M | $2.2M | $133K | $162K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $15.5M | $15.5M | ||
| All other expensesLn 24e | $1.1M | $939K | $141K | |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $318.7M | $281.0M | $16.2M | $21.5M |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $501.7M | $318.7M | $183.0M | $3.8B | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $329.4M | $303.8M | $25.6M | $3.5B | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $243.7M | $292.1M | −$48.4M | $3.3B | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $498.8M | $256.2M | $242.6M | $3.2B | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $235.1M | $213.0M | $22.1M | $3.5B | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $268.5M | $246.0M | $22.5M | $2.7B | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $501,709,667 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 28 of 29 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $501,709,667 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $318,676,147 across 24 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,197,450,352 assets, 24 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,770,844,206 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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