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The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund

EIN 72-0423889 · New Orleans, LA

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair55 out of 100GovernanceGood83 out of 100Impact evidenceReports resultsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

Higher Education, Research and Public Service.

Income
$1.9 billion
Spending
$1.8 billion
Spent on programs
86%
Reserves
-6.3 months of spending
Largest source of income
fees for its services, 69%
Employees
12,533
Volunteers
150
Highest pay
$3.1 million, head football coach

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Fair: 55 out of 100. Higher than 31% 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

    10 of 20

    It owes 33% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 10% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 8% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    86% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 9 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Good: 83 out of 100. Higher than 11% of charities in its peer group (education, over $100m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    32 of 38 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

    0 of 7

    Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    0 of 10

    Did not give 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 June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Reports results. Its tax return states measurable results. These are its own figures and nobody has checked them.

Results it reports

  • The instruction program served 14,664 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs.Work delivered
  • The research program included over 1,000 Federal and State awards.Work delivered
  • Auxiliary services supported 14,387 students.Work delivered

Read from the return by an AI model and shown only where the wording was found in the return. These are the charity's own figures.

Programs described in its return (4)
  1. $1.1 billion spent. Higher Education: Operation of a Private University: This category includes expenditures for all activities that are part of the institutions instruction program. Expenditures for credit and non-credit courses, for academic, occupational, and vocational instruction and for regular, special and extended sessions are included. The instruction program encompasses 14,664 students participating in undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in the fields of liberal arts, science and engineering, architecture, business, law, social work, medicine and public health and tropical medicine. Also included in this category are all forms of student aid and expenditures for the education and support of students.
  2. $63.0 million spent. Higher Education: Public Service: This category includes all expenditures for the public service component of the academic mission of the university. Public service is a core requirement of the undergraduate curriculum. Note that some of the sponsored activities included in the Organized Research achievement could also be described as Public Service. These include the operation of medical and law clinics that serve the underprivileged, and certain development work overseas. (14,664 students)
  3. $199.2 million spent. Higher Education: Organized Research: This category includes all expenditures for all activities that are part of the university's research program, which includes activities specifically organized to produce research outcomes, whether commissioned by an agency external to the institution or separately budgeted by an organizational unit within the institution. Subject to those conditions, it includes expenditures for individual and/or project research as well as those of institutes and research centers (over 1,000 Federal and State awards).
  4. $101.6 million spent. Higher Education: Auxiliary Enterprises: This category includes services that support educational activities and athletic expenditures. Services include bookstore, student housing, vending and food administration and campus recreation. (14,387 students)

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 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 June 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 September 1979.

    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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