Minnesota · Nonprofit
AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY
AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY (Minnesota) receives grants from 156 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,911,655 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($3,474,993). 100 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $154M
- Funders on record
- 156
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $139M
What Augsburg University does
Mission
Augsburg University educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its life and work. An augsburg education is defined by excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies, guided by the faith and values of the lutheran church, and shaped by its urban and global settings.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Postsecondary educationlocated in the heart of minneapolis, Augsburg University educates students to thrive in their lives to be successful professionals, good neighbors, and stewards of an inclusive democracy, engaged in their communities, and uniquely equipped to navigate the complex issues of our time. Augsburg offers its nearly 3,500 students undergraduate degrees in more than 50 major areas of study in a traditional day program and on evenings and weekends for working adults. The university also grants 12 graduate degrees in business administration, creative writing, education, leadership, music therapy, nursing, physician assistant studies, teaching, and social work, as well as doctorates of clinical psychology, medical science, and nursing practice.
$106,731,960 spentof which $67,530,989 as grants$122,357,202 earned by the program77% of program spendingAcademic support and student servicesAugsburg University provides innovative programming and support services to nearly 3,500 undergraduate and graduate learners. As an example, the gage center for student success provides advising, tutoring, and other academic support services to all undergraduate and graduate students. The gage center includes the center for learning and accessible student services, academic specialists who provide individualized accommodations for students with cognitive, learning, and physical disabilities. In addition, stepup augsburg's innovative, nationally recognized residential college recovery program supports 40-60 students each year with counseling, substance-free housing, and leadership development. Through the integrated services of the enrollment center, students and families can receive counseling and support with tuition payment plans, scholarships, financial aid, and registration. Nearly half of all augsburg students participate in sports at the intercollegiate or intramural level and students can also participate in one of augsburg's 50 student organizations. Students are also supported academically by the lindell library which as nearly 500,000…
$23,713,397 spent$2,141,933 earned by the program17% of program spendingAuxiliary servicesAugsburg University's residence life program seeks to develop residents who are both students and neighbors in an urban collegiate setting. The university has five residence halls and three dining venues. During fall 2025, augsburg was home to over 700 students, with nearly 600 participating in student meal plans. Augsburg's dining services provide a wide variety of meals that meet nutritional, religious, and cultural requirements and educate students about nutrition and sustainable food practices. A campus bookstore offers a variety of goods for students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
$9,027,633 spent$9,693,161 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $139,472,990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $209M to $221M (+6%).
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: 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 7% · 2022 9% · 2023 3% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Dennis Meyer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 37 funders to 61 funders, grant income rose $1.7M → $2.9M.
37 of 156 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 156 funders by total. 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
AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
53% 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 AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 15% · 2018 34% · 2019 19% · 2020 18% · 2021 38% · 2022 15% · 2023 14% — 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.
How long its funders stay
48% of AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
54% of AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 22 states 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.
Against its field
AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY's funding base is broadening — from 37 funders to 61 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $29.9M on record — $29.9M federal, $5k state.
- Department of Education$22.4M
- National Science Foundation$5.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$993k
- Corporation for National and Community Service$400k
- Department of Defense$87k
- ASSOC DUES AND CONF FEES$2k
- TELECOMM INSTRUCTIONAL$2k
- PERMIT/CERTS/TRANS/MISFEE/LICS$775
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AUGSBURG 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Zebra Investments Six Limited · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUGSBURG 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 AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY?
- AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY (Minnesota) receives grants from 156 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,911,655 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($3,474,993). 100 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 156 organizations giving $27,911,655 in grants to AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY, 100 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,474,993 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 156 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing