Nonprofit
CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,986,249 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($8,787,513). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.8B
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $20M
- Net assets
- $8.9B
What Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford does
Mission
The principal objects of the University are the advancement of learning by teaching and research, and its dissemination by every means. We work as one Oxford bringing together our staff, students and alumni, our colleges, faculties, departments and divisions to provide world-class research, education and academic and educational publishing. We do this in ways which benefit society on a local, national, and global scale. We build on the University's long-standing traditions of independent scholarship and academic freedom while fostering a culture in which innovation and collaboration play an important role. The University's strategic priorities, developed against a background of local, national and worldwide change, focus on the themes of education, research, publishing, people, engagement and partnership, and resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education: 2024-25 HIGHLIGHTS * 26,025 students at Oxford, including 12,375 undergraduates and 13,650 postgraduates * Almost one in four (2,445) UK full-time undergraduates at the University currently receive an annual, non-repayable bursary. * 1,543 graduate students were in receipt of a scholarship, with over $81m disbursed in stipend and fee costs. In 2024/25, the University continued to enhance its undergraduate financial support package, allocating over $14m in bursary support to UK students from lower income-households. Scholarships also play a key role in attracting and retaining the highest calibre of graduate students. The Clarendon and Academic Futures programmes are complemented by the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program as well as a number of other University-wide graduate scholarship schemes. The Department for Continuing Education plays a vital role within the University of Oxford's mission, offering ever growing support for non-traditional learners worldwide. The department continues to expand flexible and digitally enabled provision of opportunities that support students and lifelong learners throughout their educational journeys. Its extensive portfolio serves…
$1,112,450,670 spentof which $108,999,926 as grants$783,914,138 earned by the program32% of program spendingResearch: * For the tenth consecutive year, ranked first in the Times Higher Education (THE) worldwide ranking of universities (both overall and for the research environment) * Oxford is the recipient of the highest quality-related recurrent funding for research of any UK university in 2024/25 * In 2023/24 (the last year for which data is available) Oxford University retained top spot as the leading UK academic institution for generating spinouts The University research activity is extensive, engaging over 2,000 academics, more than 5,100 research staff and 7,350 postgraduate research students. Collaborating with universities, research organisations, healthcare providers, businesses, community groups, charities and government agencies, both nationally and internationally, the University drives significant public benefits. These include enhanced public policy, improved health outcomes, economic prosperity, social cohesion, international development, community identity, and achievement in the arts, culture and overall quality of life. In 2024/25 the University received 2,367 new research awards, amounting to a cumulative value of $1,353m , which will be utilised over the duration of…
$936,045,243 spentof which $91,715,404 as grants$580,614,208 earned by the program27% of program spendingAcademic and Educational Publishing: 2024-25 HIGHLIGHTS * Over 180m people visited the Oxford Academic platform * Major awards won by academic titles include the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Erwin N Griswold Prize from the Supreme Court Historical Society * Reached 58m learners across 160 countries through educational publishing * The Press now publishes more than 150 journals, 34,000 articles and 100 books open access Through Oxford University Press, the University serves three core publishing markets: Research, the Learning of English, and Education, and is committed to creating high quality content supporting research and education, and making that content available all over the world. The Press's Academic division continued to expand and enhance its digital offer with approximately 79% of its turnover coming from digital products and services. Over 180m people visited the Oxford Academic platform - the Press's primary platform for hosting research content - while in Higher Education the sales of ebooks increased by 18% compared with the previous year. In response to the ongoing development and adoption of AI technology, two AI-enabled search assistants were launched on…
$805,425,793 spent$768,871,737 earned by the program23% of program spendingOther program services: This is generated from a variety of sources, working with national and international organisations, both private and not-for-profit. Our work encompasses multiple projects further expanding the boundaries of commercial, scientific and academic knowledge and disseminating this through a variety of appropriate means.
$624,149,589 spent$160,588,666 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,478,071,295.
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 2020 to 2021, from $9.1B to $10.9B (+20%).
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 29% · 2018 25% · 2019 23% · 2020 23% · 2021 24% · 2022 22% · 2023 22% · 2024 21% · 2025 21%. 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.
Chief executive
Mr Nigel Portwood
Chief Executive of Oxford University Press
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $271k → $2.7M.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD’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
CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
66% 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 CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 52% · 2021 66% · 2022 51% · 2023 97% — growing more concentrated.
“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
20% of CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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.
Government funding CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.0M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.1M
- Department of Agriculture$2.1M
- Department of Defense$1.1M
- Department of Justice$402k
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau$120k
- Department of Veterans Affairs$113k
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 CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
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.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 37 related entities
- Oxford University Innovation Limited · corp_trust
- Oxford Limited · corp_trust
- Oxford Said Business School Limited · corp_trust
- Oxford University Endowment Management · corp_trust
- Oxford University Fixed Assets Limited · corp_trust
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD?
- CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $19,986,249 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($8,787,513). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $19,986,249 in grants to CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $8,787,513 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations. 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 9 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