California · Nonprofit
PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC
PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,889,017 to it, the largest being WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ($825,460). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $42M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $24M
What Palo Alto University Inc does
Mission
Advancing human understanding through education, research, and practice in behavioral science
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Psyd in clinical psychology: the university offers a residential doctoral program in clinical psychology, leading to a doctor of psychology degree (psyd). This program is implemented in collaboration with the stanford school of medicine department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and was approved by wasc in 2002. The program, the pau-stanford psyd consortium, was first accredited by apa in 2006, re-accredited in 2019 by apa for ten years. During the 2024-25 academic year, this program welcomed a new cohort of 30 students, graduated 26 students, and experienced 4 withdrawals of the 160 students in the program (2.5% attrition). Additional outcomes data is reported annually to wasc, the department of education, the american psychological association, and other institutions. The university maintains a detailed public accounting of attrition, time to completion, internship match rates and more at https://paloaltou.edu/academic-programs/pau-stanford-psyd-consortium/outcomes-and-data.
$4,275,162 spentof which $209,403 as grants$7,768,166 earned by the program13% of program spendingPau's master's programs:ma in clinical mental health counseling: this program offers a master in clinical mental health counseling. This program has been wscuc accredited since 2011. The program has two emphases: clinical mental health and marriage, family, and child. This program has been cacrep accredited since january 2017, and prepares students to pursue licensure in counseling. During the 2024-25 academic year, this program welcomed a new cohort of 168 students, graduated 141 students, and experienced 9 withdrawals of the 383 students in the program (2.3% attrition).ms in psychology: the ms in psychology is an online program with four concentrations in forensic psychology, technology and mental health, phd clinical psychology prep, and general. Pau was granted wscuc accreditation for a distance education m.s. In psychology degree program in 2000. During the 2024-25 academic year, this program welcomed a new cohort of 44 students, graduated 24 students, and experienced 9 withdrawals of the 76 students in the program (11.8% attrition).
$1,903,308 spentof which $78,981 as grants$12,576,548 earned by the program6% of program spendingPhd in clinical psychology: the university has offered a residential doctoral program in clinical psychology, leading to a doctor of psychology (phd) since 1975. The phd program was accredited by the american psychological association (apa) in 1988 and was re-accredited in 2025 by apa for ten years. During the 2024-25 academic year, this program welcomed a new cohort of 56 students, graduated 49 students, and experienced 5 withdrawals of the 429 students in the program (1.2% attrition). Additional outcomes data is reported annually to wasc, the department of education, the american psychological association, and other institutions. The university maintains a detailed public accounting of attrition, time to completion, internship match rates and more at https://paloaltou.edu/academic-programs/phd-clinical-psychology/outcomes-and-data.
$2,493,935 spentof which $662,019 as grants$17,207,162 earned by the program8% of program spendingPau's undergraduate programs:b.s. In psychology: pau was granted wscuc approval for a bachelor of science in psychology onsite degree program in 2006, followed by approval to offer a distance education version starting in 2011.b.s. In business psychology: pau was granted wscuc approval for a bachelor of science in business psychology onsite degree program in 2009, followed by approval to offer a distance education version starting in 2011.during the 2024-25 academic year, the undergraduate program welcomed a new cohort of 16 students, graduated 5 students, and experienced 7 withdrawals of the 21 students in the program (33.3% attrition).new doctoral program:phd in counselor education & supervision: this program enrolled its first cohort in fall 2024. The program aims to prepare doctoral students to become culturally-affirming counselor educators and supervisors. The program will conduct a self-study and submit their findings to cacrep for initial accreditation by summer 2026. During the 2024-25 academic year, this program welcomed a new cohort of 8 students, graduated 0 students, and experienced 1 withdrawal of the 8 students in the program (12.5% attrition)the clinics@pau: this…
$23,308,758 spentof which $198,329 as grants$2,378,651 earned by the program73% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $31,981,163.
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 2022 to 2023, from $39M to $46M (+17%).
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 2% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 4% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC’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. 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $449k → $316k.
14 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC’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
PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 56%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
89% 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 PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 68% · 2019 46% · 2020 76% · 2021 63% · 2022 54% · 2023 62% — 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
33% of PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC draws 82% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $569k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC is better cushioned than half 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 PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.3M on record — $3.3M federal, $26k state.
- Department of Education$2.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.2M
- Department of Veterans Affairs$102k
- MA$24k
- FL$2k
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 PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC?
- PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC (California) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,889,017 to it, the largest being WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ($825,460). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,889,017 in grants to PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC?
- WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY is the largest funder on record, with $825,460 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 25 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