Delaware State University

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510305893
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dover, DE, USA
Phone
3028576200
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
University or Technological Institute

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$275,459,558
Expenses
$273,433,946
Assets
$529,571,484
Liabilities
$553,545,678

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

48 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANTIONE ALLEN (PRESIDENT)
  • IRENE CHAPMAN-HAWKINS (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MELISSA HARRINGTON (ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANTIONE ALLEN (PRESIDENT): $729,666 total reported compensation
  • IRENE CHAPMAN-HAWKINS (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT): $371,907 total reported compensation
  • ANAS BEN ADDI (SVP OF FINANCE/CFO): $355,653 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Delaware State University is a public historically black university that provides a comprehensive education to a diverse student body, fostering academic excellence, research, and community engagement.

What it reported doing in 2024

Delaware state university is a preeminent institution of higher learning that provides a liberal arts education. Some statistics about the university, at a glance: 52 undergraduate degree programs, 27 master's degree programs, 7 doctoral degree programs, accredited by the commission of higher education of the middle states, association of colleges & schools, as well as 7 specialized academic accrediting agencies. William c. Jason library includes a collection of 214,539 printed volumes, 100 electronic databases, 17,255 electronic journals, 417,930 electronic books, 8,453 streaming media content, and total holdings of 658,277 publications.(continued on schedule o.)faculty profile - 220 faculty members within 17 academics departments. 189 faculty members possess a ph.d. Or a terminal degree (terminal master's of flight captain). Student-to-faculty ratio is 17:1. Total enrollment 6,280, 73% full-time, 27% part-time; 44% live on campus, 56% commute; 54% in the following programs: management, accounting, nursing, biological sciences, kinesiology, liberal studies, psychology/social sciences, and related programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.2%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 54.3%; rating input score 54
  • Fundraising efficiency: $200.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: 99%; rating input score 99; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 44th 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: 0.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.05; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 54.2% of revenue deployed · 54.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $148.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $730K · 48 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $33.9M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 41 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 11 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 37/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.