Ohio · Nonprofit
FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE
FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE (Ohio) receives grants from 175 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,037,353 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,625,191). 101 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $165M
- Funders on record
- 175
- Grants received
- $27M
- Net assets
- $284M
What Franciscan University of Steubenville does
Mission
The purpose of the university is to further the higher education of men and women through programs of liberal, professional, and pre-professional studies leading to the conferral of the baccaluareate and master degrees in the arts and sciences. Said degrees shall be conferred in accordance with the provisions of the articles of incorporation of the university and the laws of the state of ohio. It shall be the further purpose of the university, publicly identified as a catholic and a franciscan institution, to promote the moral, spiritual, and religious values of its students. The university will be guided by the example and teaching of st. Francis of assisi.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction and auxiliary services (including room and board) as related to the instruction of 4,247 undergraduate and graduate students (includes online delivery students) enrolled in 54 majors and 49 minor academic programs. A total of 649 undergraduate and 229 masters degrees were conferred in the 2024-25 academic year.
$120,996,414 spentof which $50,153,588 as grants$125,659,238 earned by the program95% of program spendingChristian outreach programs provide spiritual formation and education, inviting catholics into a lifelong relationship with christ and his church. Youth and adults participate in annual conferences, events, and seminars in the u.s. And canada. A digital catechetical platform also furthers the university's goals for the new evangelization. Participants totaled 37,601 for 2024-25.
$6,897,937 spent$4,866,875 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $127,894,351.
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 $243M to $274M (+13%).
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 3% · 2022 9% · 2023 0% · 2024 4% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE’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.
Chief executive
William Thomas
Executive Director of HR
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 42 funders to 59 funders, grant income rose $540k → $3.4M.
33 of 175 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 175 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
FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
70% 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 FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 24% · 2019 25% · 2020 32% · 2021 15% · 2022 29% · 2023 42% — 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 FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE'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
65% of FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE'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 $9.4M that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 33 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18M arriving through sponsors registered in 21 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
FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 679 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 679 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.2M on record.
- Department of Education$8.9M
- Department of Defense$301k
- Department of Agriculture$22k
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 FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
59%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 9 states
Part of a family of 13 related entities
- Good Venture Enterprises LLC · disregarded
- Good Venture Hih LLC · disregarded
- Good Venture Belleview · disregarded
- Good Venture Properties · disregarded
- Legacy Gift Rentals LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE?
- FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE (Ohio) receives grants from 175 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,037,353 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,625,191). 101 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE have?
- IRS filings report 175 organizations giving $27,037,353 in grants to FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE, 101 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,625,191 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 175 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