Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,628 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS OFFICERS ($29,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What University Professional and Continuing Education Association does
Mission
University Professional and Continuing Education Association (upcea) advances leadership in professional, continuing and online education. The association is dedicated to meeting the needs of professional members and the institutions they serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Annual conference and seminars: a gathering of higher education professionals who develop, implement, and promote professional, continuing and online education. The annual conference offers relevant and engaging workshops, a lively exhibit hall, thoughtprovoking keynote speakers, and indepth panel discussions and concurrent sessions. A variety of special interest seminars are offered to the continuing education community that provide a forum for discussion about varying aspects of the field and supports the dissemination of best practices.
$762,179 spent$1,413,300 earned by the program20% of program spendingUpcea research and consulting (urc) formerly center for research & consulting and center for online leadership & strategy: center for research & consulting conducts benchmarking studies and customized enrollment and marketing studies for member institutions. The center for online leadership & strategy helps member institutions leverage online education as a critical strategic asset.
$806,347 spent$741,144 earned by the program22% of program spendingConvergence: credential innovation in higher education examines new and emerging trends and models, especially at the institutional level, in the emergent field of alternative credentials.
$469,189 spent$666,492 earned by the program13% of program spendingProfessional development: provides the essential skills and knowledge needed to earn a recognizable credential from the leading association for professional, continuing, and online (pco) education. Facilitated by leading experts with realworld experience in the field, our programs offer highvalue, relevant content and actionable takeaways for practitioners at all levels. It also provides a forum for peers to engage from across the field in a virtual classroom to strengthen understanding, breadth of knowledge, and skills. Badges are awarded upon successful completion of each course.additional programs include marketing and enrollment seminar, member services, distance and learning, professional development, sola-r, and other miscellaneous activitiesin alignment with upcea's mission.
$1,690,370 spent$3,359,480 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,728,085.
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 2024 to 2025, from $5.9M to $7.0M (+20%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 8% · 2023 8% · 2024 6% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Robert Hansen
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $27 → $46.
1 of 2 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 PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION’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 PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $128 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 PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
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 PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: 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 PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION?
- UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $29,628 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS OFFICERS ($29,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $29,628 in grants to UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGIATE REGISTRARS AND ADMISSIONS OFFICERS is the largest funder on record, with $29,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2 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