Missouri · Nonprofit
CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY
CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY (Missouri) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,105,122 to it, the largest being JE AND LE MABEE FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $62M
- Funders on record
- 72
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $160M
What Central Methodist University does
Mission
Central Methodist University fosters a diverse and caring community, empowering students to become lifelong learners, committed to academic excellence, prepared to engage in a complex world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarship programs and student financial assistance - scholarships are awarded to over 90% of full-time students
$19,454,540 spentof which $19,454,540 as grants35% of program spendingHigher education student services for activities that contribute to the student experience
$7,842,030 spent14% of program spendingHigher education instruction and research expenditures to operate institution for over 3,800 students
$22,924,999 spent$46,069,588 earned by the program42% of program spendingHigher education auxiliary expenses - expenses for room and board for over 600 students living on campus
$4,749,216 spent$6,876,493 earned by the program9% of program spendingEducational delivery, general/other academic support - miscellaneous other support for educational programs
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $54,970,785.
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 2020 to 2021, from $139M to $161M (+16%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 14% · 2022 9% · 2023 4% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
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.
Board chair
Nancy Peacock
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $146k → $365k.
20 of 72 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 72 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
CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
37% 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 CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 85% · 2019 30% · 2020 56% · 2021 18% · 2022 31% · 2023 29% — 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
45% of CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
51% of CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY is better cushioned than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.3M on record.
- Department of Education$13.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$303k
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 CENTRAL METHODIST 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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTRAL METHODIST 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 CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY?
- CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY (Missouri) receives grants from 72 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,105,122 to it, the largest being JE AND LE MABEE FOUNDATION INC ($1,000,000). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 72 organizations giving $4,105,122 in grants to CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY?
- JE AND LE MABEE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL METHODIST UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 72 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