Minnesota · Nonprofit
NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY
NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY (Minnesota) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,993,534 to it, the largest being Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation ($1,725,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $25M
What Northwestern Health Sciences University does
Mission
Northwestern Health Sciences University prepares and serves the next generation of professionals and leaders to become vital contributors to the delivery and advancement of health care. Our mission is accomplished through educational excellence, innovative research, evidence-informed patient-centered care, public health advocacy and collaborative community engagement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Core program - the university's accredited chiropractic, acupuncture & chinese medicine, massage therapy, nutrition and undergraduate programs provide instruction and clinical experience to students, leading to a degree and/or professional certificate.fall 2024 enrollment per program (number of students):chiropractic - 495; acupuncture and chinese medicine - 81; massage therapy - 92; nutrition - 58; undergraduate - 234, allied health - 185.
$21,109,765 spentof which $1,834,982 as grants$25,207,750 earned by the program88% of program spendingClinical - the clinics provide chiropractic, acupuncture, massage therapy and physical therapy treatments to students, employees and the public. Students obtain experience through clinical service. The university also provides these services at several community clinics.number of students in the on-site clinics - 583number of patient visits - 28,160
$1,464,562 spent$957,829 earned by the program6% of program spendingAuxiliary - the bookstore's primary purpose is to provide educational materials for students, but is open to the general public as well.
$1,384,238 spent$544,583 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $23,958,565.
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 2021 to 2022, from $39M to $35M (−11%).
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 13% · 2022 2% · 2023 14% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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
Keith M Johnson
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $59k.
2 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY’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
NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 71% · 2019 62% · 2020 98% · 2021 96% · 2022 76% · 2023 76% — 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
0% of NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
92% of NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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
NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.9M on record.
- Department of Education$1.9M
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 NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Worksiteright LLC · disregarded
- Sweere Clinic LLC · disregarded
- Nwhsu America LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY?
- NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY (Minnesota) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,993,534 to it, the largest being Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation ($1,725,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,993,534 in grants to NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY?
- Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,725,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 17 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