New York · Nonprofit
NAZARETH UNIVERSITY
NAZARETH UNIVERSITY (New York) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,343,217 to it, the largest being MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($4,906,326). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $140M
- Funders on record
- 135
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $243M
What Nazareth University does
Mission
Nazareth University fosters integrated learning through action and reflection, educating whole persons who are guided by empathy, committed to equity, and prepared to lead innovation for our time.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Higher education instruction-reflects expenses directly relating to the delivery of quality instructional programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education levels. Programs of study are delivered through the college of liberal arts, sciences, business & education, and college of visual, performing arts & design. (2,275 total student ftes)
$36,366,679 spent$92,839,649 earned by the program30% of program spendingScholarship programs: scholarships and grants-reflects the competitive scholarships, need based aid, and higher education opportunity grants awarded to students in order to make the total cost of attendance more affordable. (2,275 total student ftes)
$40,400,996 spentof which $40,400,996 as grants33% of program spendingAuxiliary enterprises-pertains to the operations of the institution that exist to furnish a service to students, faculty, or staff, and that charge a fee that is directly related to, although not necessarily equal to, the cost of the service. Auxiliary enterprises are managed as essentially self-supporting activities. Examples are residence halls, food services, and student health services. (2,275 total student ftes)
$16,257,561 spent$19,868,117 earned by the program13% of program spendingAll other program expenses, includes student services, academic support and arts center. Student services pertains to offices serving students including registration and records, student development, center for life's work, enrollment management and center for student success. Athletic expenses are also included in this category. Academic support pertains to library services, academic advisement, the center for international education and the offices of the deans, among others. The arts center is a presenter of exceptional music, theater and dance performances. (2,275 total student ftes)
$28,003,501 spent$987,723 earned by the program23% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $121,028,737.
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 $275M to $299M (+9%).
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 3% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 4% · 2022 6% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of NAZARETH 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. 2 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
John Drain
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 40 funders to 51 funders, grant income rose $963k → $1.8M.
11 of 135 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $581k from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money NAZARETH UNIVERSITY raised.
From the IRS filings of NAZARETH UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 135 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
NAZARETH UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 33% · 2019 25% · 2020 16% · 2021 51% · 2022 49% · 2023 54% — 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
40% of NAZARETH UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
94% of NAZARETH UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
NAZARETH UNIVERSITY is better cushioned than half of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding NAZARETH UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $17.6M on record.
- Department of Education$15.3M
- National Science Foundation$1.1M
- Department of Health and Human Services$810k
- Department of Justice$300k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$35k
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 NAZARETH 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 6 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NAZARETH 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 NAZARETH UNIVERSITY?
- NAZARETH UNIVERSITY (New York) receives grants from 135 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,343,217 to it, the largest being MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ($4,906,326). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NAZARETH UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 135 organizations giving $13,343,217 in grants to NAZARETH UNIVERSITY, 83 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAZARETH UNIVERSITY?
- MOTHER CABRINI HEALTH FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,906,326 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAZARETH UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 135 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