Florida · Nonprofit
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC (Florida) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,982,437 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($12,193,206). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $159M
- Funders on record
- 81
- Grants received
- $22M
- Net assets
- $70M
What Southeastern University Inc does
Mission
Southeastern university's dedication to students' spiritual and intellectual growth provides a framework for christ centered living both in and outside the classroom.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Southeastern university is an institution of higher education accredited to award associate, baccalaureate, masters and doctorate degrees by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges. For the year ended may 31, 2025 the university awarded 820 undergraduate degrees and 337 graduate degrees. Total student headcount for fall of 2025 was 13,636. Its picturesque campus located in central florida is home to 2,221 students, but its outreach is global, with students in every us state, washington d.c, and 4 u.s. Territories. Internationally, the university is represented in 55 countries with 315 total students. Founded by and associated with the assemblies of god christian denomination, the university serves a culturally diverse student body comprised of 39.4% ethnic minorities and various religious backgrounds.
$115,805,002 spentof which $42,485,803 as grants$117,560,402 earned by the program95% of program spendingAuxiliary enterprises: an important part of southeastern university's service to its students is the provision of convenient, nutritional meals and safe, comfortable living arrangements. During the 2024-2025 program year, seu provided its 1,561 residential and 660 commuter students a variety of meal plan options and campus dining facilities including tuscana ristorante, mi casa cafe, chick-fil-a, portico coffeehouse, backyard burgers, einstein bros. Bagels and papa john's pizza. Residential housing amenities included use of washers & dryers, wi-fi and phone hook-up, streaming services, and common areas for studying and recreation. Full-time, on-campus resident directors provided support and connection with needed resources.
$5,750,992 spentof which $1,629,337 as grants$16,397,812 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $121,555,994.
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 2019 to 2020, from $113M to $135M (+20%).
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 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
Terry Raburn
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $2.1M.
13 of 81 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 81 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
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 81%; 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 45% · 2018 80% · 2019 69% · 2020 96% · 2021 41% · 2022 53% · 2023 52% — 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
26% of SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC draws 72% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 25 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30.9M on record — $30.8M federal, $56k state.
- Department of Education$30.8M
- NJ$51k
- FL$4k
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 SOUTHEASTERN 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Southeastern University Foundation Inc · exempt
- American Center for Public Leadership · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC: 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 SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC?
- SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC (Florida) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,982,437 to it, the largest being LILLY ENDOWMENT INC ($12,193,206). 41 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 81 organizations giving $21,982,437 in grants to SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC, 41 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC?
- LILLY ENDOWMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,193,206 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 81 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