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Hanover College

Hanover College (Indiana) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,929,436 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($32,550,988). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$114M
Funders on record
98
Grants received
$44M
Net assets
$256M
53/98 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What Hanover College does

Mission

Since its founding in 1827, Hanover College has been committed to providing a true liberal arts education. Hanover College offers 35 majors of study as well as the opportunity for students to self-design their own major. Hanover also offers 8 pre-professional pathways and a graduate program, the graduate program doctor of physical therapy which currently has an enrollment of 107 for fall 2025. The graduate program doctor of occupational therapy has an enrollment of 101 for fall 2025.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. College: instructional salaries, student financial aid and other costs which are incurred to provide educational opportunities for the students. Approximately 1,028 students attended hanover during the year. For fy25, the doctor of physical therapy (dpt) program had 107 students. For fy25, the doctor of occupational therapy (otd) program had 101 students.

    $73,175,580 spentof which $31,960,401 as grants$54,573,455 earned by the program
    88% of program spending
  2. Auxiliary activities: expenses incurred for residential halls, dining hall, campus center and various enterprises which provide goods and services to the students

    $9,907,395 spent$13,154,752 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $83,082,975.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($53M) Expenses 100 ($63M) Net assets 100 ($190M)2018 Revenue 106 ($56M) Expenses 101 ($64M) Net assets 101 ($191M)2019 Revenue 117 ($62M) Expenses 107 ($67M) Net assets 102 ($195M)2020 Revenue 133 ($70M) Expenses 106 ($67M) Net assets 105 ($200M)2021 Revenue 125 ($66M) Expenses 111 ($70M) Net assets 126 ($240M)2022 Revenue 126 ($67M) Expenses 123 ($78M) Net assets 113 ($215M)2023 Revenue 133 ($71M) Expenses 125 ($79M) Net assets 114 ($216M)2024 Revenue 149 ($79M) Expenses 136 ($86M) Net assets 116 ($220M)2025 Revenue 215 ($114M) Expenses 145 ($91M) Net assets 134 ($256M)
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Revenue (215)Expenses (145)Net assets (134)Peer revenue range

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 $253M to $292M (+15%).

$215M
$217M
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$272M
$246M
$245M
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$292M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 1% · 2021 9% · 2022 10% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

37% of Hanover College’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 731 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$10M
’17
−$7.5M
’18
−$5.1M
’19
$3.5M
’20
−$4.1M
’21
−$11M
’22
−$8.1M
’23
−$7.0M
’24
$23M
’25
4.9
months of
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

Elaine Kops-Bedel

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20172018201920242025
Listed4443404440
Joined·+9+5·+9
No longer listed·108·13
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose $553k → $2.8M.

28 of 98 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 Hanover College’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 98 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

Hanover College leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

74%
largest funder
88%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 63% · 2019 37% · 2020 38% · 2021 43% · 2022 28% · 2023 27% — 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

33% of Hanover College's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

85% of Hanover College's grant income comes from Indiana funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Indiana out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 16 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Hanover College runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 679 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · top quartile
Months of reserve4.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 679 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025

Government funding Hanover College receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.4M on record.

Federal$5.4M
grants $5.4Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Education$5.4M
  • National Endowment for the Humanities$24k

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 6%Fundraising 2%

Governance

32
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

76%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IN

Part of a family of 4 related entities

  • Hanover Educational Properties LLC · disregarded
  • Old Mill LLC · disregarded
  • Independent Colleges of Indiana · exempt
  • Charitable Remainder Trusts (2) · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds Hanover College?
Hanover College (Indiana) receives grants from 98 organizations whose IRS filings report $43,929,436 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($32,550,988). 53 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Hanover College have?
IRS filings report 98 organizations giving $43,929,436 in grants to Hanover College, 53 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Hanover College?
LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $32,550,988 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Hanover College find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 98 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