Iowa · Nonprofit
GRACELAND UNIVERSITY
GRACELAND UNIVERSITY (Iowa) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,773,792 to it, the largest being RICHARD J RESCH FOUNDATION LTD ($3,550,000). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $38M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $9.8M
- Net assets
- $77M
What Graceland University does
Mission
See schedule othe primary mission of Graceland University is to be a learning community, where students develop their potential for meaningful and productive lives through intellectual, physical, social and spiritual growth. This mission is guided by the belief that the curriculum of Graceland University should be firmly rooted in the best liberal arts tradition, enhanced by practical experiences that prepare students for successful careers. As an institution dedicated to the worth of all persons, as a part of its mission, Graceland University endeavors to foster christian values in harmony with the community of christ, its sponsoring church. To achieve its mission, Graceland University relies upon an insightful and inspired administration, a competent and dedicated faculty, a compassionate and caring staff, and inquiring students committed to participate in the process of life-long learning.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational programs, general/other: graceland produces a liberal arts education offered to students in traditional on-campus programs and via distance learning formats. 27 undergraduate majors, 6 masters degrees with 11 areas of concentration, 7 graduate certificate programs and 2 doctorate programs are offered. Graceland University is accredited by the higher learning commission. Academic support includes accreditation and assessment activities, libraries, and instructional technology support. (1,127 fte)
$13,345,236 spent$22,030,429 earned by the program31% of program spendingStudent services programs, general/other/auxilliary: student services encompasses cultural and social activities for students, including student government and intercollegiate athletics. Also included are offices providing student service support such as admissions, registrar, and others. Auxilliary services include the university bookstore, food services, residence halls, and snack shop and vending activities.
$20,935,792 spent$7,049,321 earned by the program48% of program spendingStudent financial aid programs: scholarships, grants and other student financial assistance were received by 99% of our residential students and by 93% and 78% of our online undergraduate and graduate students, respectively. Funding is provided through institutional sources, government grant program administered by the university, or government-sponsored loan programs.
$8,575,429 spentof which $8,575,429 as grants20% of program spendingTrio grant programs which are all funded by government grants.
$732,430 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $43,588,887.
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 $116M to $134M (+15%).
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 9% · 2022 22% · 2023 4% · 2024 4% · 2025 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of GRACELAND 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. 3 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
Mike Wiley
Trustee/chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 25 funders, grant income rose $316k → $1.1M.
19 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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: $21M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Graceland College Center for Prof Dev & Lifelong Learning Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money GRACELAND UNIVERSITY raised.
From the IRS filings of GRACELAND UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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
GRACELAND UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 36% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
42% 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 GRACELAND UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 52% · 2019 29% · 2020 31% · 2021 52% · 2022 46% · 2023 51% — 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
52% of GRACELAND UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
GRACELAND UNIVERSITY draws 90% of its grant income from funders outside Iowa, across 21 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
GRACELAND UNIVERSITY's funding base is broadening — from 19 funders to 25 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding GRACELAND UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.5M on record — $15.5M federal, $21k state.
- Department of Education$14.2M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$1.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$207k
- FL$13k
- OR$7k
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 GRACELAND 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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Graceland College Center for Professional Development and Lifelong Learning · exempt
- Community of Christ · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GRACELAND 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 GRACELAND UNIVERSITY?
- GRACELAND UNIVERSITY (Iowa) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,773,792 to it, the largest being RICHARD J RESCH FOUNDATION LTD ($3,550,000). 46 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRACELAND UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $9,773,792 in grants to GRACELAND UNIVERSITY, 46 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRACELAND UNIVERSITY?
- RICHARD J RESCH FOUNDATION LTD is the largest funder on record, with $3,550,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRACELAND UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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 66 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