Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY
ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $588,249 to it, the largest being THE PORTICUS NORTH AMERICA FOUNDATION F/K/A THE HUMANITAS FOUNDATION ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $588k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Association of Catholic Colleges and University does
Mission
The association of catholic colleges and universities, founded in 1899, serves as the collective voice of u.s catholic higher education. Through programs and services, the association strengthens and promptes the catholic identity and mission of its member institutions so that all associated with catholic higher education can contribute to the greater good of the world and the church.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual meeting: annual meeting in washington dc bringing together representatives from member institutions to discuss higher education, investments, strategic planning, and other education themes and issues. Those attending are the presidents and senior administrators from member institutions. Other programs/conferences: accu hosts and cohosts numerous seminars throughout the year which cover various topics related to educational issues: e.g., rome seminar; mission officer conference; new presidents institute; and others as needed.
$1,103,560 spent$386,867 earned by the program54% of program spendingAdvisory services (membership): accu provides leadership consultation, research support, and advisory services to member institutions, church organizations, other educational associations, researchers, and the public media.
$177,470 spent$1,465,473 earned by the program9% of program spendingMarketing & communication: we provide a quarterly newsletter, update, for membership with thought-topic submissions from members, highlights on our presidents, and current happenings at accu and our institutions. We also provide a journal, journal of catholic higher education, the only one in the sector for research articles. Accu has an active social media presence to engage our members and help them to network with one another.
$130,296 spent6% of program spendingOther
$639,592 spentof which $18,785 as grants$1,940 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,050,918.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $5.7M to $7.0M (+23%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 7% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $38k → $80k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $62k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Council of Independent Colleges). These are real filings, and they are not money ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY raised.
From the IRS filings of ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
26% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY?
- ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $588,249 to it, the largest being THE PORTICUS NORTH AMERICA FOUNDATION F/K/A THE HUMANITAS FOUNDATION ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $588,249 in grants to ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY?
- THE PORTICUS NORTH AMERICA FOUNDATION F/K/A THE HUMANITAS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing