Ohio · Nonprofit
University of Mount Union
University of Mount Union (Ohio) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,941,506 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,999,968). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $120M
- Funders on record
- 107
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $322M
What University of Mount Union does
Mission
The university affirms the institution's mission to prepare students for fulfilling lives, meaningful work and responsible citizenship. The University of Mount Union offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in a wide array of academic coursework in keeping with the liberal arts tradition.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The largest program service is undergraduate and graduate education bachelor's degrees in arts, music, music education and science are offered. There are 46 majors including business administration, education, and sports business. Master's degrees in physician assistant studies, educational leadership, and business administration. Doctorate in physical therapy is offered. Total enrolmment for fall 2024 was 2273
$81,329,508 spentof which $41,649,945 as grants$79,329,650 earned by the program84% of program spendingAuxiliary services is one of the largest program services which includes housing students and providing contracted food services.
$10,157,418 spent$14,821,410 earned by the program10% of program spendingIntercollegiate athletcis is a program service that is offered to our students. The university has 25 different men's and women's teams available under the authority of ncaa division iii. In the current year, 845 students competed in at least one sport and the university has a steep tradition in the ohio athletic conference, the third oldest conference in the country. Many of our athletic teams are very competitive, both within the oac and on a national stage. Program expenses within intercollegiate athletics represents compensation for coaches and team expenses, while revenue only encompasses ticket sales. As a division iii school, mount union offers no athletic scholarships, allowing our students to participate in intercollegiate athletics as an extension of their overal living and learning experience.
$5,540,953 spent$854,853 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $97,027,879.
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 $302M to $335M (+11%).
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 6% · 2022 11% · 2023 0% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of University of Mount Union’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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
Matthew Darrah
Chair - Board of Trustees
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 44 funders, grant income rose $290k → $1.3M.
20 of 107 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 Mount Union’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 107 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 Mount Union has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
56% 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 Mount Union.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 20% · 2019 44% · 2020 40% · 2021 17% · 2022 12% · 2023 35% — 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
54% of University of Mount Union's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
73% of University of Mount Union's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M 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 Mount Union holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding University of Mount Union receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11.3M on record.
- Department of Education$11.2M
- Department of Agriculture$60k
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 Mount Union
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Trusts (12) · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for University of Mount Union: 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 Mount Union?
- University of Mount Union (Ohio) receives grants from 107 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,941,506 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,999,968). 63 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does University of Mount Union have?
- IRS filings report 107 organizations giving $10,941,506 in grants to University of Mount Union, 63 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of University of Mount Union?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,999,968 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like University of Mount Union find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 107 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