Texas · Nonprofit
THE KING'S UNIVERSITY
THE KING'S UNIVERSITY (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $671,978 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($241,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.9M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $672k
- Net assets
- $14M
What The King's University does
Mission
The King's University integrates Biblical education and practical ministry to shape Spirit-formed individuals who follow Jesus, serve His Church, and are sent to impact the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The University provides an undergraduate education and graduate level seminary education with a student enrollment of over 500. Degree programs include Associate of Christian Ministries, Associate of Worship Leadership, Bachelor of Biblical & Theological Studies (Theological Studies, Music & Worship, Messianic Jewish Studies), Bachelor of Biblical Counseling, Bachelor of Christian Ministries, Bachelor of Intercultural Studies (Evangelism & Missions), Bachelor of Media Arts, Bachelor of General Christian Studies, Bachelor of Worship Leadership, Master of Divinity (Messianic Jewish Studies, Theology), Master of Marriage & Family Therapy (MMFT) (Counseling), Master of Practical Theology (Ministry), Master of Organizational Leadership (Leadership) and Doctoral of Ministry.
$7,531,106 spentof which $713,353 as grants$5,072,699 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $7,531,106.
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 $12M to $15M (+29%).
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% · 2020 11% · 2021 15% · 2022 8% · 2023 2% · 2024 5% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of THE KING'S UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Dr Andrew D Nicolette
Chair Department of Practical Ministry
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $85k → $65k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 88% 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 THE KING'S 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
THE KING'S UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 THE KING'S UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 71% · 2019 56% · 2020 35% · 2021 72% · 2022 59% · 2023 69% — 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
88% of THE KING'S UNIVERSITY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $78k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $594k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE KING'S UNIVERSITY receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $672k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE KING'S 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- The King's University · exempt
- Churched · exempt
- Living Way Ministries Jack Hayford Ministries · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trust · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE KING'S 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 THE KING'S UNIVERSITY?
- THE KING'S UNIVERSITY (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $671,978 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($241,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 88% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE KING'S UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $671,978 in grants to THE KING'S UNIVERSITY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE KING'S UNIVERSITY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $241,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE KING'S UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 7 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