Georgia · Nonprofit
Clark Atlanta University Inc
Clark Atlanta University Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 213 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,657,618 to it, the largest being UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ($24,171,830). 98 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $209M
- Funders on record
- 213
- Grants received
- $73M
- Net assets
- $368M
What Clark Atlanta University Inc does
Mission
Clark atlanta university is a research institution with activity characterized by a focus on the intellectual and personal development of each student. Its purpose is to prepare a community of learners who excel in their chosen endeavors and become responsible, productive, and innovative citizen leaders, locally and globally.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction: clark atlanta university (cau), formed in 1988 as a result of the consolidation of two independent historically black institutions - atlanta university (1865) and clark college (1869), is a united methodist church related, private, coeducational, residential, and comprehensive urban institution. The university awards bachelors, masters, specialist and doctoral degrees.
$110,305,196 spentof which $41,364,203 as grants$110,893,481 earned by the program75% of program spendingAuxiliary enterprises: as a residential institution, clark atlanta university provided on-campus housing for approximately 1,870 of its 4,135 students. The university also provides dining services to students in the residential halls, faculty, staff and other external parties.
$19,946,379 spent$23,048,791 earned by the program14% of program spendingStudent services: leveraging its distinctive history, clark atlanta university is an urban research university that transforms the lives of students and their communities by preparing citizen leaders to be problem-solvers, through innovative learning programs, supportive interactions with faculty, staff, and students, exemplary scholarship, and purposeful service.
$17,451,421 spentof which $692,746 as grants12% of program spendingOther program services: additional program services expenditures at the university include research, academic support, and public service.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $147,702,996.
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 $258M to $305M (+18%).
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 11% · 2018 10% · 2019 12% · 2020 16% · 2021 29% · 2022 33% · 2023 16% · 2024 12% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of Clark Atlanta University Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 27 funders to 77 funders, grant income rose $2.2M → $9.3M.
31 of 213 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 Clark Atlanta University Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 213 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
Clark Atlanta University Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 Clark Atlanta University Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 59% · 2019 53% · 2020 34% · 2021 71% · 2022 68% · 2023 32% — 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
41% of Clark Atlanta University Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% 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
Clark Atlanta University Inc draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 34 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24M arriving through sponsors registered in 20 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
Clark Atlanta University Inc holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding Clark Atlanta University Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $298.3M on record.
- Department of Education$210.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$40.4M
- National Science Foundation$34.9M
- Department of Defense$6.9M
- Department of Justice$2.3M
- Department of Energy$1.0M
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 Clark Atlanta University Inc
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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Clark Atlanta University Inc: 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 Clark Atlanta University Inc?
- Clark Atlanta University Inc (Georgia) receives grants from 213 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,657,618 to it, the largest being UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC ($24,171,830). 98 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Clark Atlanta University Inc have?
- IRS filings report 213 organizations giving $72,657,618 in grants to Clark Atlanta University Inc, 98 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Clark Atlanta University Inc?
- UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $24,171,830 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Clark Atlanta University Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 213 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