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Pacific Island University
Pacific Island University (GU) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,000 to it, the largest being V EUGENE & ROSALIE DEFREITAS CHAR FDN ($210,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $375k
- Net assets
- $187k
What Pacific Island University does
Mission
PIU exists to provide accessible, excellent, transformational Christian higher education and ministry training to Micronesia, the Pacific Islands, and to the ends of the earth. As such, our mission is to prepare men and women with biblical worldviews for leadership and service in life, work, and ministry in the global community and the church.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
PIU provided academic support by providing experienced, spiritual, and qualified faculty members to students, assisting students to acquire skills, perspectives, and commitment necessary for effective Christian service. In addition, the faculty and staff provide an educational environment of Christian integrity and love that enhances and supports the learning expenses.
$911,095 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $911,095.
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
Pacita Tomada
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $45k → $90k.
From the IRS filings of Pacific Island 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
Pacific Island University leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 56% — 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.
Where its funders are
Pacific Island University draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside GU, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Pacific Island University's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Pacific Island University receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of Education$1.2M
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 Pacific Island 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 GU
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Pacific Island 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 Pacific Island University?
- Pacific Island University (GU) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,000 to it, the largest being V EUGENE & ROSALIE DEFREITAS CHAR FDN ($210,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pacific Island University have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $375,000 in grants to Pacific Island University, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pacific Island University?
- V EUGENE & ROSALIE DEFREITAS CHAR FDN is the largest funder on record, with $210,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pacific Island University find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in GU. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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