Virginia · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG
UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG (Virginia) receives grants from 112 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,274,874 to it, the largest being Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc ($1,631,104). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $111M
- Funders on record
- 112
- Grants received
- $6.3M
- Net assets
- $197M
What University of Lynchburg does
Mission
The mission of the University is to inspire independent thinkers who become trustworthy, effective leaders that shape caring communities. The vision of the University of Lynchburg is to cultivate a world that is innovative, authentic, and inclusive. The daily goal of the University of Lynchburg is to create an undeniably life-changing experience for students from their first encounter with the University until the moment they become proud Lynchburg alumni. The values of the University of Lynchburg include Academic Rigor, Belonging, Connection, Curiosity, Excellence and Service.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Includes student instruction and scholarships. For the Fall 2024, there were 1,595 undergraduates, 721 graduates for a total enrollment of 2,316 students.
$56,449,987 spentof which $32,088,604 as grants$103,631,601 earned by the program59% of program spendingIncludes auxiliary enterprises (such as dining services, student housing, campus store, and other snack bar areas).
$13,671,056 spent14% of program spendingIncludes other institutional services (such as information technology, interest expense, and other allocated expenses) that support student instruction.
$14,901,482 spent16% of program spendingIncludes student services and academic support, including but not limited to, enrollment services, registrar, health and counseling services, student activities, sports, recreation, the University's library, art gallery, academic advising, career services, and other support services.
$10,608,990 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $95,631,515.
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 $241M to $283M (+17%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 1% · 2022 1% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (14% 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.
Board chair
Julie P Doyle
Trustee/Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 33 funders to 39 funders, grant income rose $360k → $979k.
18 of 112 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 112 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 LYNCHBURG has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
76% 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 LYNCHBURG.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 35% · 2019 41% · 2020 40% · 2021 34% · 2022 41% · 2023 37% — 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.
How long its funders stay
31% of UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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 LYNCHBURG draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M 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
UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG's funding base is broadening — from 33 funders to 39 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 679 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.7M on record.
- Department of Education$12.8M
- National Science Foundation$2.3M
- Department of Justice$599k
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$50k
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 LYNCHBURG
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Historic Sandusky Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG: 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 LYNCHBURG?
- UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG (Virginia) receives grants from 112 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,274,874 to it, the largest being Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc ($1,631,104). 65 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG have?
- IRS filings report 112 organizations giving $6,274,874 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG, 65 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG?
- Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,631,104 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 112 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