Delaware Valley University

Overview

Mission

Delaware Valley University provides higher education grounded in experiential learning—designed to help students gain hands-on experience and pursue meaningful careers and lifelong growth. We are inspired by the ideals of our founder, who in 1896, emphasized respect for all people and ideas, and honored knowledge with practice, progress and the common good. Our historical commitment to experiential learning integrates theory and practice and prepares undergraduate and graduate students to meet the challenges of a complex global environment and to engage in lifelong learning. We provide students with the requisite skills and a spirit of inquiry that enrich and inform their lives, prepare them to pursue meaningful careers, and fulfill societal, community and family responsibilities. _Adopted by the Board of Trustees at its meeting on February 19, 2010_.

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

Distribution model

Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.

• Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 80
• Transparency & Controls: 81
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 49
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $89.8M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $459K · 29 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.5M reported
• Consistency: 37 of 38 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
• Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
• 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.

• Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
• High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
• Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.
• High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.