North Carolina · Nonprofit
WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY
WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY (North Carolina) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,991,052 to it, the largest being BILL & PEGGY BRITT FOUNDATION INC ($6,500,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $9.0M
- Net assets
- $54M
What William Peace University does
Mission
William Peace University is a private four-year university in downtown raleigh, north carolina. The mission of the university is to prepare students for careers in the organizations of tomorrow. Rooted in the liberal arts tradition, the student develops an appreciation for life-long learning, a focus on meaningful careers, and skills for ethical citizenship. On average, over 95 percent of our graduates go on to jobs or careers within a year of graduation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction & academic support: William Peace University is accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges (sacscoc). The institution offers 3 types of bachelor's degrees in over 25 majors. Serving approximately 800 students, 95% of our graduates are employed fulltime or enter graduate school within one year of graduation. William peace provided $10,919,100 of grants and assistance to university students to aid in the persuit of their degree.
$13,133,415 spentof which $10,216,498 as grants$20,116,270 earned by the program48% of program spendingAuxiliary enterprises: there are 6 residence halls on campus at William Peace University. Each residence hall has its particular style and history. Resident assistants live on each floor, ready to answer questions, foster group discussions, organize activities and more. Wpu rooms include wired and wireless internet, free basic cable and no cost laundry. Additionally, wpu provides the option of university affiliated student housing to all sophomore, junior and senior students. These off campus apartments provide an excellent student housing community in raleigh, with four bedroom options to fit all lifestyles. Operating in the same manner as on campus housing, village green at raleigh apartments have William Peace University resident staff living on site. The newly renovated belk dining hall offers tasty, nutritional food options, including a salad bar, deli, cooked to order expo station and a variety of daily cooked meals. Peace perk, the on campus coffee shop, offers starbucks coffee, sandwiches, snacks and a place to hang out. The wpu bookstore is the best place to find pacer gear.
$7,237,949 spent$4,263,639 earned by the program26% of program spendingStudent services & activities: with over 30 student clubs and organizations, there are plenty of opportunities for a student to get involved at wpu. Community service is encouraged and students embrace the concept of giving back. Student services also includes health and counseling services. Health services can provide routine treatment for minor illnesses and injuries, while maintaining confidential medical information for students. It also promotes awareness for health and wellness through campus events and activities. The counseling center provides short term, professional counseling to students coping with the challenges of college life. William Peace University offers students the chance to play and enjoy intercollegiate sports. Wpu is a member of the u.s.a. South athletic conference of the ncaa division iii and fields teams in eighteen sports including baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, and volleyball. William Peace University also offers intramural sports leagues for all interest levels.
$7,043,668 spent26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $27,415,032.
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 2018 to 2019, from $71M to $81M (+14%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 0% · 2020 3% · 2021 14% · 2022 10% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% 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
Alyson Gordon
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $61k → $841k.
3 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $6.0M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest William Peace University Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY raised.
From the IRS filings of WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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
WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 43% · 2019 79% · 2020 51% · 2021 40% · 2022 75% · 2023 59% — 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
58% of WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
82% of WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $71k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 18 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.7M on record.
- Department of Education$5.7M
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 WILLIAM PEACE 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Peace University Properties LLC · disregarded
- William Peace University Foundation · exempt
- William Peace University and Foundation Endowment Investment · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY?
- WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY (North Carolina) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,991,052 to it, the largest being BILL & PEGGY BRITT FOUNDATION INC ($6,500,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $8,991,052 in grants to WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY?
- BILL & PEGGY BRITT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILLIAM PEACE UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 33 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