New Jersey · Nonprofit
CENTENARY UNIVERSITY
CENTENARY UNIVERSITY (New Jersey) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,152,822 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($1,268,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $53M
- Funders on record
- 46
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $-14628279
What Centenary University does
Mission
Centenary University delivers accredited degree programs and comprehensive learning experiences to prepare students for regional and global professions of critical thought and purposeful action within a supportive environment immersed in a culture of service.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Instructional: Centenary University is a community of learners distinguished by a diverse student body, a dedicated faculty and staff and stimulating education opportunities. The university is committed to quality liberal arts and career studies education to engage students in learning and prepare them for a satisfying career, successful lives, community service and lifelong intellectual pursuits. As the primary educational and cultural resource of northwest new jersey, centenary offers a range of undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programs, as well as non-degree courses for professional and personal development.
$40,547,269 spentof which $19,324,813 as grants$41,373,004 earned by the program83% of program spendingAuxiliary services at Centenary University are organized to support student activities and provide student housing and other facilities and services for the benefit of Centenary University students. University dormitories consist of 8 residence halls and provide living quarters for approximately 756 students. Auxiliary services also provide recreational facilities, in-person and remote events, wellness and dining services, parking, and other student services.
$8,521,145 spent$7,675,484 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $49,068,414.
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. 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 2018 to 2019, from $93M to $37M (−60%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 8% · 2021 10% · 2022 9% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of CENTENARY UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $140k → $262k.
8 of 46 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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: $238k from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Independent Colleges and Universities of New Jersey a Nj Nonprofit Corporation). These are real filings, and they are not money CENTENARY UNIVERSITY raised.
From the IRS filings of CENTENARY UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 46 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
CENTENARY UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
59% 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 CENTENARY UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 91% · 2019 25% · 2020 22% · 2021 19% · 2022 27% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.
“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
35% of CENTENARY UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
50% of CENTENARY UNIVERSITY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.6M that is directly attributable, 62% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
CENTENARY UNIVERSITY receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3.2M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,065 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding CENTENARY UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $591k on record.
- BOND FUND$459k
- GRANT IN AID$128k
- CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION$4k
- DEDICATED$595
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$50
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 CENTENARY 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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Centenary Equestrian Foundation LLC · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTENARY 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 CENTENARY UNIVERSITY?
- CENTENARY UNIVERSITY (New Jersey) receives grants from 46 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,152,822 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($1,268,000). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CENTENARY UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 46 organizations giving $3,152,822 in grants to CENTENARY UNIVERSITY, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTENARY UNIVERSITY?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,268,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTENARY UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 46 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