Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,309,909 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($4,480,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $54M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $54M
What Chestnut Hill College does
Mission
See schedule o.Chestnut Hill College is a private institution of higher education sponsored by the congregation of the sisters of saint joseph. The college's mission is to provide a holistic education in an inclusive academic community marked by intellectual excellence, personal and professional growth, service to others, concern for the earth, and a commitment to reducing barriers to learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During fy 2025, Chestnut Hill College developed and implemented a new program service, the life skills through career program, in furtherance of its mission to support individuals with diverse learning needs. This program is designed to serve individuals with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorder participating in campus and community-based programming. The program includes a structured 24 month program specifically designed for individuals who have aged out of the public education system, providing vocational and transitional support within a community mission-based environment. The program extends the college's educational mission by serving a population that may not otherwise have access to traditional pathways, offering opportunities for continued learning, skill development, and community integration for an underserved community. Program services include vocational training, life skills development, and family support - and instruction in independent living competencies such as communication and self-advocacy. The outcomes of this program include individuals securing employment and independent living sustainability so that they can live a life of choice and dignity. The life skills through career program is the first of its kind in the state of pennsylvania as Chestnut Hill College is the only college in pa to obtain 2380 licensure through the office of developmental programs (odp). Participants are integrated into campus activities to support social…
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Education and student service:the college provides undergraduate and graduate instruction grounded in the liberal arts and professional studies, consistent with its mission to expand access to education and reduce barriers to learning through inclusive, student centered academic programs. During the fiscal year, the college achieved a significant academic milestone with the launch of new nursing degree pathways, including a traditional bachelor of science in nursing (bsn) program and an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (absn). (cont'd on schedule o.)the launch was supported by a combination of institutional and philanthropic investment and required the development of specialized instructional and clinical learning space through the remodeling of the sugarloaf facility, the recruitment and staffing of nursing faculty and program personnel, and initial program operations and outreach efforts. Total investment associated with the nursing program during fiscal year 2025 included approximately $1,964,105 in construction in progress related to facility development, $554,459 in salaries, benefits, and other programmatic operating costs, $252,228 in building operations and…
$30,311,665 spentof which $12,000 as grants$39,476,346 earned by the program64% of program spendingFinancial aid.the college provided institutionally funded scholarships, grants, and other forms of financial assistance to support student access, affordability, and persistence. During fiscal year 2024-2025, the college awarded significant institutional aid to undergraduate students, with approximately ninety-nine percent of full time undergraduates receiving some form of institutional financial assistance. Financial aid was applied toward tuition, fees, housing, and educational expenses and was awarded based on demonstrated financial need and academic eligibility. (cont'd on schedule o.)the college's financial aid programs are designed to reduce economic barriers to learning and promote equity and inclusion by enabling students from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds to enroll in and complete their academic programs. Aid recipients are required to meet continuing standards of academic progress. The college regularly reviews its financial aid practices to ensure alignment with its mission and student needs.
$16,869,805 spentof which $16,869,805 as grants36% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $47,181,470.
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 2022 to 2023, from $76M to $91M (+19%).
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 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 7% · 2022 16% · 2023 2% · 2024 1% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE’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. 3 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
Carol Steinour Young Esq
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $290k → $1.3M.
14 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 63 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
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% 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
50% 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 CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 58% · 2019 33% · 2020 41% · 2021 69% · 2022 38% · 2023 52% — 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
40% of CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 27 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $13.2M on record.
- Department of Education$13.2M
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 CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
91%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 47 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE?
- CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,309,909 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($4,480,000). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $15,309,909 in grants to CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE?
- THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,480,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 63 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