California · Nonprofit
University of Saint Katherine
University of Saint Katherine (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,302 to it, the largest being ORTHODOX VISION FOUNDATION ($22,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $6.4M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $2k
What University of Saint Katherine does
Mission
To provide a balanced education in the liberal arts & sciences, founded and rooted in the life of the Orthodox Christian Tradition - inquiry seeking wisdom.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
University of Saint Katherine's (USK) Athletic Program was created to inspire a diverse group of student-athletes in the developments of spirit, soul, and body through Christ-centered leadership, integrated learning, and athletic excellence. USK received NAIA Full Membership in the Spring of 2019. We strive to meet all standards and regulations of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
$4,532,007 spent$5,078,202 earned by the program64% of program spendingUSK is a regionally accredited undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences that focuses its integrative, interdisciplinary teaching in the core areas of composition, English language and literature, American government and history, economics, business, and the sciences as part of general education and instruction in concentration - specific degree requirements. Outstanding teaching and research - with relevance to the practical world and Christian witness as guiding principles - is our primary purpose - inquiry seeking wisdom. We aim to graduate creative and compassionate leaders. USK's enrollment for 2023 was 232. College programs encompass 19 degree-granting programs, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations, laboratories, and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries. We realize these aims in a singularly collegial, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding students to become creative members of society. All students complete a six-semester interdisciplinary core, one semester of college algebra, one semester of introductory statistics and critical problem solving, two semesters of science, one semester of Orthodox Christian…
$2,535,549 spentof which $2,424,325 as grants$1,053,383 earned by the program36% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,067,556.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $2.3M to $6.5M (+179%).
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 14% · 2021 19% · 2022 12% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
3% of University of Saint Katherine’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $18k → $825.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Saint Katherine’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 Saint Katherine leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 89% · 2019 96% · 2020 94% · 2021 48% · 2022 70% · 2023 97% — 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
75% of University of Saint Katherine's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
62% of University of Saint Katherine's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $252 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 Saint Katherine has grown faster than half of the 11,412 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,412 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Government funding University of Saint Katherine receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Department of Education$1.7M
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 Saint Katherine
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
69%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for University of Saint Katherine: 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 Saint Katherine?
- University of Saint Katherine (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,302 to it, the largest being ORTHODOX VISION FOUNDATION ($22,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does University of Saint Katherine have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $61,302 in grants to University of Saint Katherine, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of University of Saint Katherine?
- ORTHODOX VISION FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $22,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like University of Saint Katherine find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), and the filings of 8 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