Nebraska · Nonprofit
DOANE UNIVERSITY
DOANE UNIVERSITY (Nebraska) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,863,237 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,140,820). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $67M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $198M
What Doane University does
Mission
Doane University creates distinctive educational experiences, immersed in the liberal arts, to prepare our students for careers and lives grounded in inquiry, ethics, and a commitment to lead and serve in the global community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instructional services: Doane University provides instructional services through undergraduate, pre-professional, graduate and advanced degrees through its college of arts and sciences, college of business, college of education, online learning academy & online classes offered through the online acadeum platform. During the academic year 2024-2025, the college of arts and sciences and undeclared majors enrolled 798 students, the college of business enrolled 330 students, the college of education enrolled 901 students. 235 students were enrolled in online learning classes. 2,390 (987 fte) students were enrolled in extended learning. During the year, doane awarded 440 degrees, 217 undergraduate and 223 graduate.
$53,656,773 spentof which $26,106,908 as grants$48,903,877 earned by the program74% of program spendingStudent services: includes admissions, registrar, student health, counseling, financial aid, career development, athletics and recreation, and student leadership. In the 2024-25 academic year, the university served 906 undergraduate, residential students, with 71.3% (646) participating in athletics. Of these student-athletes, 96.59% (624) received athletic scholarships. Additionally, approximately 98% of all student-athletes received some form of academic scholarship aid. On average, 52.1% of student-athletes graduate within four years and 55.3% in six years. In addition, the residence halls are utilized by approximately 732 students of another institution of higher education.
$13,009,940 spent$1,473,044 earned by the program18% of program spendingAuxiliary enterprises: the university residence halls, dining hall, campus activity center, and bookstore are the primary auxiliary enterprises serving the residential campus. Five residence halls provide housing for approximately 732 crete campus students.
$6,023,778 spent$6,755,478 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $72,690,491.
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 $210M to $245M (+17%).
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 5% · 2018 4% · 2019 4% · 2020 4% · 2021 5% · 2022 12% · 2023 11% · 2024 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of DOANE UNIVERSITY’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. 4 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
Toni Ganzel
Trustee - chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $534k → $657k.
18 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 DOANE UNIVERSITY’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
DOANE UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 DOANE UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 21% · 2019 92% · 2020 38% · 2021 51% · 2022 29% · 2023 26% — 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
46% of DOANE UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
61% of DOANE UNIVERSITY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.6M that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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
DOANE UNIVERSITY is better cushioned than half of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding DOANE UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20.9M on record.
- Department of Education$15.3M
- National Science Foundation$4.1M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$634k
- Department of Justice$550k
- Department of Health and Human Services$306k
- Department of Commerce$19k
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 DOANE 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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Trusts(6) · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOANE 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 DOANE UNIVERSITY?
- DOANE UNIVERSITY (Nebraska) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,863,237 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($5,140,820). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DOANE UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $11,863,237 in grants to DOANE UNIVERSITY, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOANE UNIVERSITY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $5,140,820 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOANE UNIVERSITY 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 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