North Dakota · Nonprofit
University of Jamestown
University of Jamestown (North Dakota) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,402,410 to it, the largest being JAMES A UNRUH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,401,344). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $68M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $7.4M
- Net assets
- $117M
What University of Jamestown does
Mission
University of Jamestown is a community dedicated to the development of wholeness in our students. We adhere to a curriculum of academic excellence which balances the ideals of the liberal arts tradition and sound professional preparation. Our Christian tradition encourages an atmosphere of self-discipline, responsibility and concern for continuing growth of the individual.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
PhD in Clinical Research
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
University of Jamestown is a residential, independent, four-year, coeducational, Liberal Arts College related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The University was chartered in 1884. The first classes began in September 1886. Throughout its more than 100-year history, the University of Jamestown has consistently stood for academic excellence and Christian principles in all that it does. The University offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in 46 major areas of study, as well as 41 minors and 5 pre-professional programs. The University expanded its offerings and began a doctoral program in 2013 and masters programs in 2015. The University again expanded its offerings in 2022 to include online certificate programs. University of Jamestown has been a continuous accredited member of the North Central Association since 1920.Post-Secondary Education: Instruction - Academic programs with approximately 1100 FTE students enrolled. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, masters and doctoral degrees are awarded by the Institution.
$11,267,730 spent$27,090,123 earned by the program26% of program spendingPost-Secondary Education: Student Aid - Institutional scholarships and work programs offered to students. Aid is awarded both based upon need and scholastic achievement.
$13,474,808 spentof which $13,474,808 as grants32% of program spendingPost-Secondary Education: General Administrative Support - Physical plant, general institution and administrative support.
$10,834,190 spent$135,168 earned by the program25% of program spendingPost-Secondary Education: Auxiliary Enterprises - Student housing, food services, and bookstore.
$7,129,559 spent$6,485,997 earned by the program17% of program spendingPost-Secondary Education: Student Services - Counseling, financial aid, registrar, recruiting and academic assistance.
Post-Secondary Education: Other Sponsored Programs - Athletics, choir, band.
Post-Secondary Education: Library - Provide educational support via books, publications, periodicals, multimedia, and through other means to academic departments and students.
The 7 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $42,706,287.
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 2022 to 2023, from $91M to $117M (+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: 2020 0% · 2021 10% · 2022 8% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
25% of University of Jamestown’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $97k → $811k.
13 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $482k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Nierling Family Scholarship Jamestown College Trust). These are real filings, and they are not money University of Jamestown raised.
From the IRS filings of University of Jamestown’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 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
University of Jamestown has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
52% 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 University of Jamestown.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 40% · 2019 32% · 2020 23% · 2021 39% · 2022 26% · 2023 43% — 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
58% of University of Jamestown's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% 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
University of Jamestown draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside North Dakota, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
University of Jamestown runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding University of Jamestown receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.1M on record.
- Department of Education$4.7M
- Department of Labor$2.3M
- Department of Agriculture$63k
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 University of Jamestown
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 North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Jamestown College Foundation · exempt
- Perpetual Trusts (2) · corp_trust
- Perpetual Trust (1) · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for University of Jamestown: 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 University of Jamestown?
- University of Jamestown (North Dakota) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,402,410 to it, the largest being JAMES A UNRUH FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,401,344). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does University of Jamestown have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $7,402,410 in grants to University of Jamestown, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of University of Jamestown?
- JAMES A UNRUH FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,401,344 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like University of Jamestown find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 59 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