Illinois · Nonprofit
SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY
SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY (Illinois) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,920,754 to it, the largest being MARIE C WOLF CHARITABLE TRUST ($590,228). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $137M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $149M
What Saint Xavier University does
Mission
Saint Xavier University, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human dignity and the common good.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Founded in chicago by the sisters of mercy in 1846, Saint Xavier University is a distinguished, four-year, private catholic institution that provides a transformative educational experience to more than 3,400 undergraduate and graduate students who are prepared to become compassionate leaders. Chicago's first catholic university and the first mercy institution of higher learning in the world, saint xavier is student-centered and mission driven, connecting students to active and engaged learning and service opportunities and providing a well-rounded curriculum accredited by the higher learning commission/north central association of colleges and schools. Saint xavier offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degree programs as well as degree completion programs within its college of liberal arts and education, school of nursing and health sciences, and graham school of management. Saint xavier is a 10-time college of distinction, recognized in the areas of nursing, business, education, career development, equity and inclusion, and military support. Sxu was also named a military friendly school by military friendly in 2025. Saint xavier's school of nursing and health sciences…
$108,143,023 spentof which $60,963,220 as grants$125,199,534 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $108,143,023.
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 $127M to $144M (+13%).
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 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 4% · 2021 8% · 2022 9% · 2023 6% · 2024 3% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Tasha Henderon
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $126k → $521k.
10 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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
SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 37% · 2019 36% · 2020 24% · 2021 21% · 2022 29% · 2023 22% — 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
55% of SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
78% of SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $314k 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
SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40.3M on record.
- Department of Education$37.5M
- National Science Foundation$1.7M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.1M
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 SAINT XAVIER 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAINT XAVIER 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 SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY?
- SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY (Illinois) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,920,754 to it, the largest being MARIE C WOLF CHARITABLE TRUST ($590,228). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $2,920,754 in grants to SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY?
- MARIE C WOLF CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $590,228 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 53 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