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Marywood University

Marywood University (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,909,277 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($42,080,054). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$120M
Funders on record
122
Grants received
$52M
Net assets
$162M
73/122 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 8%
01What it does

What Marywood University does

Mission

A catholic university sponsored by the congregation of the sisters servants of the immaculate heart of mary, Marywood University roots itself in the principle of jesus and a belief that education empowers people. Enacting its ideals, marywood offers students a welcoming and (continued on schedule o)

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. INSTRUCTION AND SCHOLARSHIPS: MARYWOOD PROVIDED UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE INSTRUCTION TO 3,124 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME STUDENTS. CONSIDERED A 'LIBERAL ARTS' UNIVERSITY, MARYWOOD HAS TWO DEGREE-GRANTING COLLEGES, AND OFFERS UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES IN 61 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDE Arts, Communication, literature, Language, Music, Theater, Dance, Health Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Psychology, Architecture, Business, Education, Social Work, Science, Math, Computer Sciences, and Social Sciences. MARYWOOD IS FULLY ACCREDITED BY THE MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION. MARYWOOD OFFERS 40 GRADUATE PROGRAMS INCLUDE Art, Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, Business, Education, Architecture, Health Sciences, Computer science, Social science, and Language

    $81,111,067 spentof which $41,358,383 as grants$96,457,029 earned by the program
    82% of program spending
  2. Auxiliary services: marywood provided dormitory services to 800 resident students and food services to resident students, commuter students, and campus staff. Marywood offered seven on-campus housing options and four dining venues.

    $10,217,489 spent$7,672,186 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  3. Research and academic support: marywood provided services to support the instructional areas noted above. This includes library, art galleries, academic labs and clinics. Faculty and staff are encouraged to secure funding for various research projects from federal, state, and local sources, as well as private funding agencies.

    $7,662,228 spent
    8% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,990,784.

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 ($100M) Expenses 100 ($100M) Net assets 100 ($120M)2018 Revenue 100 ($99M) Expenses 97 ($97M) Net assets 103 ($123M)2019 Revenue 104 ($104M) Expenses 98 ($98M) Net assets 110 ($131M)2020 Revenue 101 ($101M) Expenses 97 ($97M) Net assets 113 ($135M)2021 Revenue 101 ($101M) Expenses 97 ($97M) Net assets 124 ($148M)2022 Revenue 110 ($110M) Expenses 108 ($108M) Net assets 114 ($136M)2023 Revenue 117 ($116M) Expenses 111 ($111M) Net assets 122 ($145M)2024 Revenue 114 ($114M) Expenses 112 ($112M) Net assets 127 ($152M)2025 Revenue 120 ($120M) Expenses 115 ($115M) Net assets 135 ($162M)
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Revenue (120)Expenses (115)Net assets (135)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 2023 to 2024, from $234M to $255M (+9%).

$203M
$207M
$216M
$228M
$244M
$228M
$234M
$255M
$260M
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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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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2022 4% · 2023 5% · 2024 3% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

10% of Marywood University’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 732 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$264k
’17
$2.5M
’18
$6.2M
’19
$3.8M
’20
$3.7M
’21
$1.9M
’22
$5.2M
’23
$2.2M
’24
$5.1M
’25
2.5
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

Sr Kathleen Lunsmann IHM

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Joined·+4+8+7+6+6·+8
No longer listed·45657·8
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 43 funders, grant income rose $436k → $7.4M.

17 of 122 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 Marywood University’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 122 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

Marywood University leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

81%
largest funder
87%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 86% · 2019 89% · 2020 85% · 2021 84% · 2022 88% · 2023 79% — 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

32% of Marywood University's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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

Marywood University draws 95% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 20 states in all.

NH
IL
NY
MA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
MD
DE
AZ
NC
SC
DC
OK
TX
FL

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

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Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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

Marywood University is better cushioned than half of the 684 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin4% · below the median
Months of reserve2.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025

Government funding Marywood University receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.6M on record — $15.4M federal, $121k state.

Federal$15.4M
grants $15.4Mcontracts $70k
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Top agencies
  • Department of Education$13.1M
  • National Science Foundation$1.9M
  • Department of Justice$295k
  • Department of Defense$70k
State$121k
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Top programs
  • FEDERAL$121k

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

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 13%Fundraising 1%

Governance

23
board members
96%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

80%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Congregation of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart · exempt
  • Charitable Remainder Trust (2) · corp_trust
  • Perpetual Trust · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds Marywood University?
Marywood University (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 122 organizations whose IRS filings report $51,909,277 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($42,080,054). 73 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Marywood University have?
IRS filings report 122 organizations giving $51,909,277 in grants to Marywood University, 73 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Marywood University?
CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $42,080,054 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Marywood 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.

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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 122 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