Thomas Jefferson University

Overview

Mission

We Improve Lives. This campus also includes a 200-person tiered lecture hall and three 80-seat classrooms that will support the latest innovations in educational technology. A dedicated library, collaborative learning and study spaces, a student lounge and a central concourse support faculty-student and student-student engagement at the highest level. The campus is adjacent to a trail leading to a park. There is ample parking on campus and it is close to public transportation. Close Voorhees Campus.

What it reported doing in 2024

Expenses incurred in functioning as an innovative health sciences university that conducts research and offers undergraduate and graduate instruction through the sidney kimmel medical college at thomas jefferson university, as well as, the jefferson colleges of nursing, pharmacy, health professions, population health, rehabilitation sciences and life sciences. Additionally, this organization serves as the tax-exempt parent organization of thomas jefferson university/jefferson health; a comprehensive professional university and tax-exempt integrated healthcare delivery system ("system"), with a tripartite mission of education, research and patient care. For additional information, please refer to the organization's community benefit statement included in schedule o.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231352651
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Headquarters
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Phone
2155038344
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Graduate, Professional Schools (Separate Entities)

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 96.3%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $257.59 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.28; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 99.3% of revenue deployed · 96.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5B in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $7M · 40 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $132.1M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 43 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 13 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 89 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 183 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

40 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSEPH G CACCHIONEMDFACC (TRUSTEE - CEO TJU/JEFF HEALTH): $7,010,762 total reported compensation
  • Baligh R YehiaMDMPPMSc (PRESIDENT JEFFERSON HEALTH): $3,720,349 total reported compensation
  • JOHN P MORDACH (TREAS. - EVP/CFO (TERM 2/2025)): $2,905,617 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.