Juniata College

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231352652
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Huntingdon, PA, USA
Phone
(877) 586-4282
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Undergraduate College (4-year)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,691,853
Expenses
$115,524,146
Assets
$249,068,181
Liabilities
$86,417,763

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

Leadership & pay

55 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES A TROHA BA MA PHD (PRESIDENT (NON-VOTING))
  • JASON R MORAN MS (VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT)
  • JEFFREY P SCACCIA (VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE)
  • KATHRYN GUISE (EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES A TROHA BA MA PHD (PRESIDENT (NON-VOTING)): $688,898 total reported compensation
  • LAUREN L BOWEN PHD (PROVOST): $318,681 total reported compensation
  • JAMES R WATT MA (VP ADVANCEMENT & NEW STRAT INITIATIVES): $256,357 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Join Juniata's community and become the author of your own powerful story.

What it reported doing in 2024

Juniata college is a nonprofit educational institution established in 1876 to provide higher education to students. The college awards grants-in-aid and scholarships from its unrestricted and restricted net assets to individuals who meet the college's academic standards. The amounts of such awards are determined primarily based upon the academic performance of each applicant. Additional financial aid is provided to students from federal and state programs in which the college participates and from monies contributed to the college by alumni and friends. Continued on schedule o.during the year ended may 31, 2025, the college provided student financial aid from internal resources of approximately $45,652,000, which represented 63% of gross tuition and fee revenue. Student financial aid from monies contributed to the college by alumni and friends was approximately $3,783,000.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% 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 47% for direct work, and 53% 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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.16; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 39 of 39 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $94M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $689K · 55 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $9.7M reported
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 11 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 16 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.