Utah · Nonprofit
WGU Advancement
WGU Advancement (Utah) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,846,370 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($3,427,602). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2022
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $13M
- Net assets
- $0
What WGU Advancement does
Mission
To support the educational and charitable purposes of western governors university by engaging in fund-raising activities, including identifying opportunities for funded research projects, building alumni outreach, soliciting support from government agencies and private foundations, and other related activities.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Program
WGU Advancement supports the educational and charitable purposes of western governors university and affiliates by engaging in fund-raising activities, including identifying opportunities for funded research projects, building alumni outreach, soliciting support from government agencies and private foundations. All funds raised by charitable contribution were used for student scholarships and transforming education.
$4,595,858 spentof which $4,595,858 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2021 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,595,858.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $4.2M to $658k (−84%).
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.
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.
Board chair
Scott Pulsipher
Director / chair
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $30k → $1.1M.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $4.5M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Western Governors University). These are real filings, and they are not money WGU Advancement raised.
From the IRS filings of WGU Advancement’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
WGU Advancement leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 68%; 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 67% · 2019 99% · 2020 30% · 2021 58% · 2022 48% · 2023 92% — 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
38% of WGU Advancement's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
WGU Advancement draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like WGU Advancement
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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
40% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- WGU Corporation · exempt
- Western Governors University · exempt
- Wgu Labs · exempt
- Wgu Academy · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WGU Advancement: 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 WGU Advancement?
- WGU Advancement (Utah) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,846,370 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($3,427,602). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WGU Advancement have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $12,846,370 in grants to WGU Advancement, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WGU Advancement?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,427,602 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WGU Advancement find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 FY2022 (financials across 2018–2022), and the filings of 22 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