Texas · Nonprofit
University of St Thomas
University of St Thomas (Texas) receives grants from 134 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,942,294 to it, the largest being THE CARL A DAVIS AND LOIS E DAVIS FOUNDATION ($14,947,000). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $155M
- Funders on record
- 134
- Grants received
- $57M
- Net assets
- $232M
What University of St Thomas does
Mission
We are the University of St. Thomas, the Catholic University in the heart of Houston. We are committed to the Catholic intellectual tradition and the dialogue between faith and reason. By pursuing excellence in teaching, scholarship and service, we embody and instill in our students the core values of our founders, the Basilian Fathers: goodness, discipline and knowledge. We foster engagement in a diverse, collaborative community. The University of St. Thomas is a comprehensive university, grounded in the liberal arts. Committed to the unity of all knowledge, we offer programs in the traditional liberal arts, professional, and skill-based disciplines. Graduates of the University of St. Thomas think critically, communicate effectively, succeed professionally, and lead ethically.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The university of st. Thomas (the "university"), located in houston, texas, was founded by the basilians fathers in 1947. The university, accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges, is an independent, co-educational catholic university offering bachelor's degrees in 43 subject areas, master's degrees in 33 subject areas and doctorate degrees in two subject areas. The university provides instruction and support services to 3,395 undergraduate and 958 graduate students.
$63,648,180 spent$111,802,119 earned by the program55% of program spendingThe university has a comprehensive plan to assist qualified students through a program of scholarships, grants-in-aid, loans and part-time employment. Administered on an individual basis, according to the particular circumstances of each applicant, this program is designed to assist all students who have a genuine need. The overwhelming majority of students receive financial aid either from the university or through state and federal government sources.
$46,720,397 spentof which $46,720,397 as grants40% of program spendingAuxiliary operations: student housing, dining services, parking garage, and bookstore services
$5,710,753 spent$6,978,676 earned by the program5% of program spendingAnnual support from the university's endowment for student scholarships, endowed departmental chairs, faculty development, endowed lectures, and maintenance of campus facilities.
$0 spent$7,291,057 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $116,079,330.
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 $244M to $283M (+16%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 2% · 2021 9% · 2022 7% · 2023 4% · 2024 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of University of St Thomas’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Mr Robert F Corrigan Jr
Chair/board member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 44 funders to 55 funders, grant income fell $4.5M → $3.9M.
15 of 134 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 St Thomas’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 134 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 St Thomas has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 41% · 2019 25% · 2020 56% · 2021 31% · 2022 20% · 2023 29% — 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
43% of University of St Thomas's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
94% of University of St Thomas's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M 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 St Thomas runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Organizations like University of St Thomas
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- UST Rising Stars · disregarded
- Ust Realty Company · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for University of St Thomas: 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 St Thomas?
- University of St Thomas (Texas) receives grants from 134 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,942,294 to it, the largest being THE CARL A DAVIS AND LOIS E DAVIS FOUNDATION ($14,947,000). 83 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does University of St Thomas have?
- IRS filings report 134 organizations giving $56,942,294 in grants to University of St Thomas, 83 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of University of St Thomas?
- THE CARL A DAVIS AND LOIS E DAVIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $14,947,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like University of St Thomas find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 134 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