Nebraska · Nonprofit
Clarkson College
Clarkson College (Nebraska) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,903 to it, the largest being EDUCATIONQUEST FOUNDATION INC ($189,400). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $41M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $222k
- Net assets
- $27M
What Clarkson College does
Mission
Our mission is preparing students to professionally provide high quality, ethical, and compassionate health care services.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Tuition & Fees Clarkson College has prepared students to professionally provide high quality, ethical and compassionate healthcare services since 1888. Over more than 130 years, we've established a new campus, expanded our healthcare education program offerings and adopted a new name. All the while, we've maintained a commitment to preparing our students to be the best in various realms of healthcare. This commitment to excellence has and always will remain a defining quality of Clarkson College. Clarkson College offers certificate and degree opportunities (including bachelors, masters, and doctoral) in the fields of Nursing, Healthcare Business, Community Health, Healthcare Education Leadership, Health Information Management, Physical Therapist Assistant, Psychology, Radiography & Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging Informatics and Professional Development. The College has maintained continuous accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission North Center Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA) since 1984.
$34,506,804 spentof which $14,474,339 as grants$18,169,817 earned by the program92% of program spendingAuxiliary Services Auxillary services support the college's acedemic and adminstrative functions by providing convenience for students, faculty and staff through providing quality products and services. Clarkson College is constantly adding to and enhancing their resources so students can reach their academic goals and make the most out of their education. In 2004, the College opened a two-story Student Center complete with a Bookstore, community commons area and student success center. Connected to the Student Center is an apartment-style, 140-bed Residence Hall. In 2006, the Clarkson Service League Heritage Garden and courtyard completed the space between the Student Center and main College building. In 2009, there was a renovation of the Student Services Suite bringing together many student-centric services in one location, including Admissions, Registrar, Financial Aid and Student Accounts. The change created a convenient, welcoming space for students and visitors.
$2,887,374 spentof which $1,200,807 as grants$1,454,399 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,394,178.
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 2022 to 2023, from $27M to $34M (+22%).
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 4% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 4% · 2021 4% · 2022 7% · 2023 5% · 2024 2% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Julie Sigmon
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $27k → $22k.
2 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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: $81M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Nebraska Medical Center). These are real filings, and they are not money Clarkson College raised.
From the IRS filings of Clarkson College’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
Clarkson College leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 Clarkson College.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 65% · 2019 100% · 2020 74% · 2021 82% · 2022 95% · 2023 99% — 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
25% of Clarkson College's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
95% of Clarkson College's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Government funding Clarkson College receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.2M on record.
- Department of Education$2.7M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.5M
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 Clarkson 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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- Nebraska Medicine · exempt
- The Nebraska Medical Center · exempt
- UNMC Physicians · exempt
- Nebraska Health Network · partnership
- NHS Orthopaedic Services Inc · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Clarkson College: 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 Clarkson College?
- Clarkson College (Nebraska) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,903 to it, the largest being EDUCATIONQUEST FOUNDATION INC ($189,400). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Clarkson College have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $221,903 in grants to Clarkson College, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Clarkson College?
- EDUCATIONQUEST FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $189,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Clarkson College find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 12 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