Tennessee · Nonprofit
TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY (Tennessee) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,287,181 to it, the largest being DON WAGGONER & ZELMA WAGGONER FOUNDATION ($11,712,136). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $96M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $139M
What Trevecca Nazarene University does
Mission
Trevecca Nazarene University is a private, co-educational, christian liberal arts university. The university exists to carry out the educational mission of the church by means of academic programs that promote scholarship, critical reflection, thoughtful worship, and the preparation of students for lives of meaningful service in various careers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trevecca Nazarene University is a comprehensive, fully accredited, christian university offering undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees. Located in the heart of nashville, tennessee, the university seeks to engage students in scholarship, critical thinking, and meaningful worship to prepare them for lives of leadership and service.the university offers 15 associate degrees, 74 baccalaureate degrees, 25 master's programs, and 3 doctoral programs as well as one specialist and three certificate programs in a number of fields including business, science, technology, health care, education, counseling, religion, music, leadership, and library and information sciences. This year, trevecca launched new degree programs, specialized tracks and expanded formats to continue equipping servant leaders in a variety of fields. The ph.d. In leadership studies offers a path for doctoral graduates to contribute to the evolving body of knowledge in the field of leadership through research or instruction. The bachelor of science in human performance and fitness program prepares graduates for hands-on careers in health, fitness, and exercise science. In the education specialist in instructional…
$51,239,896 spentof which $25,803,159 as grants$68,185,678 earned by the program59% of program spendingStudent services areas include offices which provide guidance and resources for students and their families and contribute to students' emotional and physical wellbeing and intellectual, cultural, and social development outside the context of the formal instruction program. This includes the office of admissions, the registrar, the office of student financial services, and athletics which is comprised of varsity and junior varsity teams across 14 sports.student services also includes the center for student development (csd) which provides students with programs to accompany their college career at all stages. From freshmen link groups to career development counseling and internship programs, csd has everything students need to succeed. The counseling center, clinic, disability services, security, and office of the chaplain are housed within the csd.
$30,189,833 spent$12,758,324 earned by the program35% of program spendingAcademic support: trevecca provides support to the academic functions across campus through the functions of the office of the provost, office of the academic dean, office of institutional effectiveness, office of institutional research, the library, and the center for online learning.
$4,881,019 spent6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $86,310,748.
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 2021 to 2022, from $168M to $238M (+42%).
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% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 2% · 2021 12% · 2022 15% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% 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
Brian Wilson
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $195k → $5.4M.
19 of 60 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 TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 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
TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 92%; 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 51% · 2018 71% · 2019 96% · 2020 57% · 2021 59% · 2022 95% · 2023 74% — 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
37% of TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Tennessee, across 18 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY's funding base is broadening — from 8 funders to 18 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10.7M on record.
- Department of Education$10.4M
- Department of Agriculture$346k
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 TREVECCA NAZARENE 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 Tennessee
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
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 10 states
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- 303 Murfreesboro Road LLC · disregarded
- 411 Woodycrest LLC · disregarded
- 195 Polk LLC · disregarded
- Tnoh Partners VI · partnership
- Charitable Remainder Unitrusts (1) · corp_trust
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Questions and answers
- Who funds TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY?
- TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY (Tennessee) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $16,287,181 to it, the largest being DON WAGGONER & ZELMA WAGGONER FOUNDATION ($11,712,136). 26 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $16,287,181 in grants to TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY, 26 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY?
- DON WAGGONER & ZELMA WAGGONER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,712,136 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TREVECCA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 60 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