California · Nonprofit
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY (California) receives grants from 359 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,639,505 to it, the largest being WM KECK FOUNDATION ($12,525,000). 207 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $758M
- Funders on record
- 359
- Grants received
- $112M
- Net assets
- $1.8B
What Chapman University does
Mission
The mission of Chapman University is to provide personalized education of distinction that leads to inquiring, ethical and productive lives as global citizens.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Listed below are Chapman University's academic programs, which currently provide more than 50 fields of undergraduate study and more than 40 graduate programs, as well as a variety of credential and certificate programs.- george l. Argyros college of business and economics- attallah college of educational studies- lawrence and kristina dodge college of film and media arts- john & donna crean college of health and behavioral sciences- wilkinson college of arts, humanities, & social sciences- college of performing arts- school of pharmacy- dale e. Fowler school of law- schmid college of science and technology- school of communication- dale e. And sarah ann fowler school of engineering
$453,206,350 spentof which $216,304,363 as grants$580,348,365 earned by the program74% of program spendingChapman University has two libraries which serve as a primary resource of academic support for our students and faculty -the leatherby libraries and the hugh & hazel darling law library.the leatherby libraries includes nine individually named libraries with distinctive collections representing disciplinary areas of the university to include arts and humanities, social sciences, science and technology, education, music, film and media arts, and business and economics, holocaust memorial library, and a special collections and archives library. The five-story facility features 15 group study rooms, 5 multi-media rooms, a presentation studio, over 145 computers, 6 computer classrooms, a library instruction room, an extended hours study commons, and more than 800 seats at tables, study carrels, and lounge chairs. The leatherby libraries collection contains approximately 400,000 volumes and provides access to over 400 databases, 65,000 periodical titles, in addition to dvd's videos, cd's and other media equipment.the hugh & hazel darling law library features comfortable, quiet study areas with seating for over 300 patrons, including 11 group study rooms. The library provides access to…
$57,198,281 spent9% of program spendingStudent services: Chapman University students have endless opportunities for extending their education beyond the classroom. These opportunities include student government, division iii intercollegiate athletics, publications, radio broadcasting, fine arts, and over 200 registered student organizations, including an active fraternity and sorority system.
$50,363,123 spent8% of program spendingAuxiliary enterprisesstudents can choose to attend a variety of educational, spiritual, cultural, service and social events. Because of chapman's size, students are not limited to one or two aspects of campus life but are able to engage in a wide array of opportunities. Chapman University is proud to offer several housing options for students, including five traditional residence halls and six apartment-style residence facilities. We strive to ensure that our residence halls and apartments are comfortable and safe living and learning environments. The chapman living and learning environment creates an engaging campus climate and provides meaningful experiences that facilitate the following learning outcomes:- a healthy sense of self: students will develop an honest understanding and appreciation of themselves and an ability to make individual choices that promote their health and well-being.- a framework of personal ethics and values: students will develop a framework of consistent ethics and values that guides their daily lives.- an ability to apply critical thought: students will make effective decisions grounded in careful, objective analysis of information, experiences and…
$49,738,998 spent$66,225,484 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $610,506,752.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.8B to $2.1B (+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 2% · 2021 4% · 2022 2% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of CHAPMAN 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. 0 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 95 funders to 110 funders, grant income rose $7.0M → $16M.
41 of 359 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% 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: $7.1M from 23 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Chapman University Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY raised.
From the IRS filings of CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 359 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
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 11% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
28% 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 CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 16% · 2018 16% · 2019 13% · 2020 13% · 2021 15% · 2022 12% · 2023 22% — 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
38% of CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
57% of CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26M 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
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $110.9M on record — $110.8M federal, $128k state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$48.4M
- Department of Education$31.4M
- National Science Foundation$14.3M
- Department of Defense$7.1M
- Department of Agriculture$4.4M
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$2.8M
- NJ$107k
- OR$21k
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 CHAPMAN 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 15 states
Part of a family of 7 related entities
- Chapman University Charitable Giving LLC · disregarded
- Chapman Bond Guarantor LLC · disregarded
- Chapman University Foundation · exempt
- Chapman University Enterprise Inc · corp_trust
- Pooled Remainder Unitrust (14) · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHAPMAN 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 CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY?
- CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY (California) receives grants from 359 organizations whose IRS filings report $111,639,505 to it, the largest being WM KECK FOUNDATION ($12,525,000). 207 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 359 organizations giving $111,639,505 in grants to CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, 207 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY?
- WM KECK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 359 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