Maryland · Nonprofit
THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES
THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,650 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $803k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $169k
- Net assets
- $534k
What The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities does
Mission
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities is an international membership organization of universities in urban and metropolitan areas that share common understandings of their institutional missions and values
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cumu programming and operations - cumu provided various programming andinitiatives throughout fy 2025 for its members, including virtual programming, learning communities, the anchor learning network, aln action summit, holland award, research fellowships, and other initiatives.
$378,533 spent63% of program spendingAnnual conference for members - the annual meeting is the premier event for university leaders to meet and exchange ideas with colleagues from across the country. Through panel presentations, roundtable discussions, poster sessions and more, the conference is an opportunity to learn about the latest challenges among metropolitan universities and take the time to develop new ideas to further strengthen our work.
$190,187 spent$194,590 earned by the program32% of program spendingCumu publishes the metropolitan universities journal, which disseminates scholarship and research relevant to urban and metropolitan universities. The journal is a peer-reviewed, open access publication and presents critical-evidence based studies and perspectives relevant to urban and metropolitan universities. The journal is managed and promoted by an editorial team including an executive editor, managing editor, copy editor, and communications manager.
$30,170 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $598,890.
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 2024 to 2025, from $688k to $992k (+44%).
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.
72% of THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Kristin Sobolik
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $18k.
From the IRS filings of THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES’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
THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
68% of THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
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
THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES: 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 THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES?
- THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES (Maryland) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,650 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $168,650 in grants to THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES?
- Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE COALITION OF URBAN AND METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 4 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