Kentucky · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE
UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE (Kentucky) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,752,582 to it, the largest being TW Barker Family Foundation Inc ($1,100,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $93M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $5.8M
- Net assets
- $115M
What University of Pikeville does
Mission
The University of Pikeville is the leading higher education institution of central appalachia. Founded in 1889, upike remains steadfast in our commitment to preparing students for the future while creating intellectual, cultural, and economic opportunities for appalachia. Maintaining our commitment to christian principles, upike recognizes the infinite worth of each person, respecting a variety of religious expressions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instructional - includes all activities that are part of the institution's primary mission.the University of Pikeville is composed of the college of arts and sciences, the coleman college of business, the college of nursing and human services, the kentucky college of optometry, the kentucky college of osteopathic medicine, and the tanner college of dental medicine. Since our founding, 16,585 upike alumni have gone on to become leaders in business, education, law, medicine, and many other fields. The University of Pikeville offers an outstanding liberal arts based education with 30 bachelor degree programs, five associate degree programs, nine certificate programs, three master's programs, and two professional programs. Study abroad, experiential and service learning, and athletic opportunities are central to the upike experience and student success. From our faculty and staff - who are the heart of the institution - to our board of trustees, alumni, and friends, we stand together in charting the course as the leading university of central appalachia.
$51,614,670 spentof which $15,083,473 as grants$72,308,679 earned by the program68% of program spendingAuxiliary enterprises - food service, student, and public service.
$8,983,326 spent$5,802,359 earned by the program12% of program spendingStudent services and academic support - includes funds for offices of admissions and registrar whose primary purpose is to contribute to the student enrollment and class schedules. Student services contribute to the emotional and physical well-being of the students.
$15,427,710 spent$1,985,377 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,025,706.
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 $170M to $201M (+18%).
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 6% · 2018 5% · 2019 5% · 2020 5% · 2021 9% · 2022 5% · 2023 3% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE’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
Terry L Dotson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $296k → $341k.
9 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 PIKEVILLE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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 PIKEVILLE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
29% 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 PIKEVILLE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 29% · 2019 40% · 2020 30% · 2021 39% · 2022 26% · 2023 20% — 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 PIKEVILLE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
51% of UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE's grant income comes from Kentucky funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 PIKEVILLE is better cushioned than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $38.8M on record — $38.8M federal, $8k state.
- Department of Education$21.9M
- Department of Health and Human Services$7.2M
- Department of Commerce$4.4M
- Appalachian Regional Commission$3.5M
- Department of Defense$1.7M
- Department of Agriculture$159k
- FEDERAL$8k
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 PIKEVILLE
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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Upike Real Properties LLC · disregarded
- Up Real Estate Inc · exempt
- Charitable Remainder Trust(1) · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE: 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 PIKEVILLE?
- UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE (Kentucky) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,752,582 to it, the largest being TW Barker Family Foundation Inc ($1,100,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $5,752,582 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE?
- TW Barker Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF PIKEVILLE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 66 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