Nebraska · Nonprofit
YORK UNIVERSITY
YORK UNIVERSITY (Nebraska) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,292,682 to it, the largest being Hirschfeld Family Foundation Inc ($9,400,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $20M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $35M
What York University does
Mission
The university provides post secondary education to individuals seeking a bachelor's degree from an accredited university or a master's degree in education or leadersihp through an online program.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Post secondary education for students in various fields. The university is accredited to award bachelor degrees to students. Classes are held on-campus by the university. The university has available housing and food services for students. In addition, the university offers master's degrees in education and leadership to students through an innovative graduate online training program.
$11,626,607 spentof which $5,591,567 as grants$13,397,526 earned by the program67% of program spendingIntercollegiate athletics, including scholarships, salaries and travel. As a post-secondary institution the university has intercollegiate athletic teams that compete with other institutions. The athletic program offers athletic scholarships to various individuals. Coaches of the athletic teams are salaried. Travel directly related to competitions is paid by the university.
$5,199,471 spent30% of program spendingLibrary & audio visual to support educational function. As part of its academic processes, the university maintains library and audio-visual services to its students.
$467,785 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,293,863.
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 $36M to $43M (+18%).
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 12% · 2022 5% · 2023 5% · 2024 3% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
24% of YORK UNIVERSITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
R Wayne White
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell $2.1M → $1.9M.
10 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 YORK UNIVERSITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
YORK UNIVERSITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 90%; 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 93% · 2018 93% · 2019 92% · 2020 95% · 2021 35% · 2022 83% · 2023 78% — diversifying over time.
“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
47% of YORK UNIVERSITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
95% of YORK UNIVERSITY's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
YORK UNIVERSITY's revenue grew 54% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding YORK UNIVERSITY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.6M on record.
- Department of Education$4.8M
- Department of Defense$1.4M
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.2M
- Department of Agriculture$140k
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$25k
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 YORK 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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for YORK 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 YORK UNIVERSITY?
- YORK UNIVERSITY (Nebraska) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,292,682 to it, the largest being Hirschfeld Family Foundation Inc ($9,400,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YORK UNIVERSITY have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $11,292,682 in grants to YORK UNIVERSITY, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YORK UNIVERSITY?
- Hirschfeld Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $9,400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YORK UNIVERSITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 32 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