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University of Scranton

EIN 24-0795495 · Scranton, PA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair54 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON IS A CATHOLIC AND JESUIT UNIVERSITY. IT IS A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO THE FREEDOM OF INQUIRY AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDAMENTAL TO GROWTH IN WISDOM AND INTEGRITY OF ALL WHO SHARE ITS LIFE. IT OFFERS DEGREE PROGRAMS AT THE UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, PRE-PROFESSIONAL, AND PROFESSIONAL LEVELS.

Income
$294.1 million
Spending
$297.7 million
Spent on programs
88%
Reserves
-0.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 85%
Employees
2,648
Volunteers
470
Highest pay
$543,129, professor

Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Fair: 54 out of 100. Higher than 29% of charities in its peer group (education, over $100m).

  • Reserves

    0 of 35

    Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.

  • Debt

    16 of 20

    It owes 27% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    8 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 5% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    88% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 13 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 41% of charities in its peer group (education, over $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    29 of 31 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (7)
  1. $181.4 million spent. HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT FINANCIAL AID TOTAL INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL AID AWARDS PROCESSED AND DISBURSED BY THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE AMOUNTED TO $110,556,400 TO RECIPIENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE PROCESSED $50,067,508 OF FINANCIAL AID IN THE FORM OF LOANS TO STUDENTS. DURING THE 2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR 3,606 UNDUPLICATED RECIPIENTS RECEIVED SOME FORM OF FINANCIAL AID. LOANS PROVIDED TO STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS INCLUDE FEDERAL STAFFORD, PLUS, AND ALTERNATIVE LOANS. HIGHER EDUCATION; INSTRUCTION PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE INSTRUCTION TO 3,613 UNDERGRADUATE AND 1,111 GRADUATE STUDENTS. THERE ARE 70 UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR PROGRAMS, 34 GRADUATE (MASTERS) LEVEL PROGRAMS, FOUR DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, AND OVER 100 CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS TAUGHT AT THE UNIVERSITY. (Expenses $ 9,024,180 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 852,764) HIGHER EDUCATION; ACADEMIC SUPPORT: INCLUDES EXPENSES APPLICABLE TO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PRIMARY MISSION OF INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, OR PUBLIC SERVICE THAT ARE NOT CHARGED DIRECTLY TO THESE PROGRAMS. (Expenses $ 7,171,432 including grants of $) HIGHER EDUCATION; LIBRARY: EXPENSES INCURRED IN OPERATING AN 80,000 SQ. FT. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY CONTAINS OVER 633,035 VOLUMES, 203,507 FULL-TEXT ONLINE BOOKS, AND A MEDIA COLLECTION HOLDING 22,544 NON-PRINT ITEMS AND 9,085 STREAMING MEDIA PROGRAMS FOR STUDENT AND GENERAL PUBLIC STUDY AND RESEARCH. (Expenses $ 2,472,633 including grants of $) HIGHER EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICE: FUNDS EXPENDED FOR ACTIVITIES ESTABLISHED PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE NON-INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES BENEFICIAL TO INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY. THESE EXPENSES DO NOT INCLUDE OVER 175,000 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. (Expenses $ 1,915,299 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 1,767,933) HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH: INCLUDES THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH GRANTS/AWARDS TO PRODUCE RESEARCH EITHER FUNDED INTERNALLY OR COMMISSIONED BY AN AGENCY EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY.
  2. $36.6 million spent. HIGHER EDUCATION; AUXILIARY SERVICES: PROVIDES DORMITORY AND FOOD SERVICES TO APPROXIMATELY 2,163 RESIDENT STUDENTS AND FOOD SERVICES TO COMMUTER STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION.
  3. $22.6 million spent. HIGHER EDUCATION; STUDENT SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES: EXPENDITURES OR ACTIVITIES WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO STUDENTS' EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING AND DEVELOPMENT OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. (Expenses $ 9,024,180 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 852,764) HIGHER EDUCATION; ACADEMIC SUPPORT: INCLUDES EXPENSES APPLICABLE TO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PRIMARY MISSION OF INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, OR PUBLIC SERVICE THAT ARE NOT CHARGED DIRECTLY TO THESE PROGRAMS. (Expenses $ 7,171,432 including grants of $) HIGHER EDUCATION; LIBRARY: EXPENSES INCURRED IN OPERATING AN 80,000 SQ. FT. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY CONTAINS OVER 633,035 VOLUMES, 203,507 FULL-TEXT ONLINE BOOKS, AND A MEDIA COLLECTION HOLDING 22,544 NON-PRINT ITEMS AND 9,085 STREAMING MEDIA PROGRAMS FOR STUDENT AND GENERAL PUBLIC STUDY AND RESEARCH. (Expenses $ 2,472,633 including grants of $) HIGHER EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICE: FUNDS EXPENDED FOR ACTIVITIES ESTABLISHED PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE NON-INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES BENEFICIAL TO INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY. THESE EXPENSES DO NOT INCLUDE OVER 175,000 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. (Expenses $ 1,915,299 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 1,767,933) HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH: INCLUDES THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH GRANTS/AWARDS TO PRODUCE RESEARCH EITHER FUNDED INTERNALLY OR COMMISSIONED BY AN AGENCY EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY.
  4. $9.0 million spent. HIGHER EDUCATION; ACADEMIC SUPPORT: INCLUDES EXPENSES APPLICABLE TO AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PRIMARY MISSION OF INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, OR PUBLIC SERVICE THAT ARE NOT CHARGED DIRECTLY TO THESE PROGRAMS.
  5. $7.2 million spent. HIGHER EDUCATION; LIBRARY: EXPENSES INCURRED IN OPERATING AN 80,000 SQ. FT. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. THE LIBRARY CONTAINS OVER 633,035 VOLUMES, 203,507 FULL-TEXT ONLINE BOOKS, AND A MEDIA COLLECTION HOLDING 22,544 NON-PRINT ITEMS AND 9,085 STREAMING MEDIA PROGRAMS FOR STUDENT AND GENERAL PUBLIC STUDY AND RESEARCH.
  6. $2.5 million spent. HIGHER EDUCATION, PUBLIC SERVICE: FUNDS EXPENDED FOR ACTIVITIES ESTABLISHED PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE NON-INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES BENEFICIAL TO INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY. THESE EXPENSES DO NOT INCLUDE OVER 175,000 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS PROVIDED BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
  7. $1.9 million spent. HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH: INCLUDES THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH GRANTS/AWARDS TO PRODUCE RESEARCH EITHER FUNDED INTERNALLY OR COMMISSIONED BY AN AGENCY EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending May 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending May 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since January 1963.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.

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