Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY
MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,181,470 to it, the largest being ERIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($3,715,455). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $149M
- Funders on record
- 102
- Grants received
- $9.2M
- Net assets
- $90M
What Mercyhurst University does
Mission
Rooted in our Mercy Catholic liberal arts identity, we educate and inspire diverse learners in an environment where faith and reason flourish together for meaningful lives, dignified work, and leadership in service toward a just and loving world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
At the fall census date during the 2024-25 academic year there were 2,632 students enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and associate degree programs at the campus. The student population was comprised of 2,109 full-time and 165 part-time undergraduate students along with 259 full-time and 99 part-time graduate students. There were 136 full-time and 101 part-time faculty. During the academic year, 778 total degrees were conferred in the following categories: Baccalaureate 497, Associate 49, Masters 178, UG certificates 41 and Grad certificates 13. The University offered 13 graduate programs, 61 undergraduate majors with 67 minors, and 9 associate degree programs.
$64,837,049 spentof which $48,911,392 as grants$98,265,705 earned by the program45% of program spendingAuxiliary services includes student housing, foodservice, the University bookstore and the University's conference center on the Main campus. The total student population in University housing on the Main campus was 1,658 for the 2024-25 fiscal year. During the 2024-25 fiscal year 1,581 students at the Main campus had paid meal plans while many other students and employees dine in University facilities on a pay-as-you-go basis. The University maintains a bookstore on the Main campus. The University has a conference center facility at the Main campus and regularly hosts outside groups and organizations.
$12,534,291 spent$23,388,206 earned by the program9% of program spendingAthletic expenses include all expenses for athletic and club sports including but not limited to salaries and wages, travel and living, game expenses, meetings and events, vehicle leases, recruitment and financial aid.
$19,634,225 spentof which $10,872,787 as grants$1,636,281 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$48,445,788 spent$3,444,671 earned by the program33% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $145,451,353.
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 2017 to 2018, from $134M to $172M (+28%).
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 10% · 2018 9% · 2019 9% · 2020 11% · 2021 12% · 2022 13% · 2023 9% · 2024 11% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
13% of MERCYHURST 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. 5 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
Martin John J
CVC HIDTA Executive Director
Board chair
NeCastro Joseph G
Chair of the Board of Trustees
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $450k → $807k.
17 of 102 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 102 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
MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 61%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% 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 MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 92% · 2019 31% · 2020 38% · 2021 26% · 2022 36% · 2023 19% — 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
37% of MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
68% of MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY'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 $2.9M that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 17 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 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
MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $9.2M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $144.6M on record — $144.5M federal, $121k state.
- Executive Office of the President$126.6M
- Department of Education$17.0M
- Department of Justice$407k
- National Science Foundation$184k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$100k
- Department of State$86k
- 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.
Organizations like MERCYHURST 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Mercyhurst Student Housing LLC · disregarded
- Wb Hidta LLC · disregarded
- Atlanta Carolinas HIDTA LLC · disregarded
- Cvc Hidta LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY?
- MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 102 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,181,470 to it, the largest being ERIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($3,715,455). 51 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 102 organizations giving $9,181,470 in grants to MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY, 51 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY?
- ERIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,715,455 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MERCYHURST 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 102 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