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METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO
METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,114,214 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($4,585,225). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $16M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $7.1M
- Net assets
- $75M
What Methodist Theological School in Ohio does
Mission
Methodist Theological School in Ohio provides theological education and leadership in pursuit of a just, sustainable and generative world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Methodist Theological School in Ohio (mtso) offers five master's degree programs serving 151 individuals and a doctor of ministry program serving 56 individuals. The school also provides public theology through such endeavors as the theological commons at mtso, the schooler institute on preaching and the williams institute lectures. Public lectures, workshops and symposia are offered throughout the year and served 639 individuals.
$6,376,211 spentof which $2,928,545 as grants$11,514,377 earned by the program90% of program spendingAuxiliary enterprises expenses for auxiliary services for the convenience of our students.
$479,544 spent$525,167 earned by the program7% of program spendingThe school began a farming operation during 2014 that was named seminary hill farm (the "farm"). The farm was created to further the sustainability and land initiative in the school's mission. The farm operation supplies food for the school's dining hall, as well as the surrounding community.
$243,275 spent$11,188 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,099,030.
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 $60M to $73M (+23%).
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 1% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 1% · 2021 10% · 2022 0% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO’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. 4 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
Grace Imathiu
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $266k → $593k.
4 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
29% 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 METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 82% · 2019 79% · 2020 47% · 2021 84% · 2022 75% · 2023 42% — 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
67% of METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% 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
METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $643k on record.
- Department of Education$643k
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 METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO?
- METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,114,214 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($4,585,225). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $7,114,214 in grants to METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,585,225 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METHODIST THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL IN OHIO find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 14 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