Massachusetts · Nonprofit
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 118 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,593,118 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,540,650). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $194M
- Funders on record
- 118
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $138M
What Western New England University does
Mission
Western New England University, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from among our colleges of arts and sciences, business, engineering, pharmacy and health sciences, and school of law. One of only a few u.s. Comprehensive institutions enrolling under 5,000 students recognized with national and international accreditations at the highest levels in law, business, and engineering, we serve students predominantly from the northeastern u.s., but enroll students from across the country and around the world. The vast majority of undergraduate students reside on campus. Our 215-acre campus in springfield, massachusetts, is remarkable for its beauty, security, and meticulous upkeep. Our mission: the hallmark of the Western New England University experience is an unwavering focus on and attention to each student's academic and personal development, including learning outside the classroom. Faculty, dedicated to excellence in teaching and research, and often nationally recognized in their fields, teach in an environment of warmth…
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Undergraduate - the university provides academic, residential and other services to a diverse student population predominantly drawn from the northeast region of the united states and many countries worldwide.
$138,142,525 spentof which $70,690,736 as grants$125,490,769 earned by the program76% of program spendingGraduate and professional - the university offers a wide range of graduate programs and first professional opportunities in arts and sciences, business, engineering, law , pharmacy and health sciences, which includes a doctor of occupational therapy program.
$23,186,329 spentof which $10,869,475 as grants$33,939,435 earned by the program13% of program spendingAuxiliary - the university offers residential opportunities to undergraduate and professional students from traditional dormitory settings to apartments and suites.
$19,499,408 spentof which $1,125,769 as grants$23,795,862 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $180,828,262.
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 $251M to $276M (+10%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 3% · 2022 5% · 2023 1% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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
Nicholas Lapier
Chairman (until 6/19/25)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 46 funders, grant income rose $154k → $1.2M.
15 of 118 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 118 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
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 16% · 2018 75% · 2019 71% · 2020 49% · 2021 31% · 2022 28% · 2023 33% — 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
42% of WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
61% of WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $4.5M that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 22 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY's revenue grew 24% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25.8M on record — $21.2M federal, $4.6M state.
- Department of Education$13.6M
- National Science Foundation$4.8M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$850k
- Department of Health and Human Services$801k
- Department of Energy$498k
- Department of Justice$400k
- MA$4.5M
- CT$104k
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 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Trust (2) · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY: 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 WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY?
- WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY (Massachusetts) receives grants from 118 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,593,118 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($4,540,650). 62 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 118 organizations giving $11,593,118 in grants to WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY, 62 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $4,540,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 118 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