Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
GANNON UNIVERSITY
GANNON UNIVERSITY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 143 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,225,585 to it, the largest being JEM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION % K2S MICHAEL J LUBOWICKI ($2,475,000). 84 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $160M
- Funders on record
- 143
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $319M
What Gannon University does
Mission
Gannon is a Catholic, Diocesan University dedicated to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service. Our faculty and staff prepare students to be global citizens through programs grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and professional specializations. Inspired by the Catholic intellectual tradition, we offer a comprehensive, values-centered learning experience that emphasizes faith, leadership, inclusiveness, and social responsibility.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction and other supported programs: Gannon University is an institution of higher education providing associate, baccalaureate, and graduate education to 3,615 FTE students. The university employs approximately 230 full-time and 303 part-time faculty members.
$119,000,774 spentof which $52,759,442 as grants$126,389,175 earned by the program89% of program spendingAuxiliary Enterprises: Gannon University provides services to students and staff including primary residence hall accommodations for 1,267 students and associated food services during the academic year and summer sessions.
$12,737,161 spent$16,547,163 earned by the program10% of program spendingPublic Service: The university supports several programs which benefit students as well as the general public. These services include a small business development center, a chamber orchestra, a leadership development program, and several programs whose goals include environmental and social concerns.
$1,484,873 spent1% of program spendingResearch - The University conducts research across several specialized fields, including PA Manufacturing, the Beehive, and PA Space. In the PA Manufacturing sector, research teams collaborate with local manufacturers to develop tailored solutions for complex operational challenges. The Beehive initiative assists emerging organizations by developing earnings reports and key performance indicators (KPIs). Finally, PA Space conducts near-space experiments to collect data and analyze critical findings.
$794,174 spent$559,071 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $134,016,982.
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 2024 to 2025, from $325M to $429M (+32%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2021 5% · 2022 7% · 2023 4% · 2024 4% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of GANNON UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
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
Most Rev Lawrence T Persico
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 29 funders to 50 funders, grant income rose $715k → $1.8M.
23 of 143 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 GANNON UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 143 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
GANNON UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
53% 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 GANNON UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 28% · 2019 34% · 2020 22% · 2021 14% · 2022 15% · 2023 29% — 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
34% of GANNON UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
74% of GANNON UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
GANNON UNIVERSITY is better cushioned than half of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding GANNON UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $26.7M on record.
- Department of Education$22.6M
- National Science Foundation$1.5M
- Department of Commerce$1.1M
- Appalachian Regional Commission$600k
- Department of Health and Human Services$514k
- Department of State$215k
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 GANNON 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GANNON 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 GANNON UNIVERSITY?
- GANNON UNIVERSITY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 143 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,225,585 to it, the largest being JEM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION % K2S MICHAEL J LUBOWICKI ($2,475,000). 84 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GANNON UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 143 organizations giving $14,225,585 in grants to GANNON UNIVERSITY, 84 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GANNON UNIVERSITY?
- JEM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION % K2S MICHAEL J LUBOWICKI is the largest funder on record, with $2,475,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GANNON UNIVERSITY 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 143 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