Neumann University
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231657958
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
- Location
- Aston, PA, United States
- Phone
- 6105585503
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Undergraduate College (4-year)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $79,133,274
- Expenses
- $79,652,523
- Assets
- $135,113,516
- Liabilities
- $51,943,050
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
35 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRIS DOMES (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRIS DOMES (PRESIDENT): $506,839 total reported compensation
- BRUCE CAIRNDUFF (CFO/VP ADMIN): $273,356 total reported compensation
- ERIC WELLINGTON (PROVOST): $203,812 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
After graduating from Neumann University in 2021, Carli Trice completed a year of service with the Colorado Vincentian Volunteers at the St. Francis Center in Denver, Colorado. Every year a few Neumann Graduates choose to spend their year in service with organizations like the Franciscan Volunteer Ministry or the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. Related Links Mission and Ministry. Founded in 1965 by the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, Neumann University is a private Catholic university rooted in the Franciscan tradition and located near Philadelphia. Dedicated to transforming lives through education, we are guided by our RISES values—Reverence, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. We empower students to grow intellectually, personally, and spiritually while preparing them to make meaningful contributions to the world. At Neumann, small class sizes (**13:1 student-faculty...
What it reported doing in 2024
Neumann university is a private, catholic, franciscan, co-educational university.fall enrollment (full time and part time) for 2025 was 2,174 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. The university offers bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees in a broad range of subjects. Graduate degrees include three doctoral programs and nine master programs. Student activities include numerous club activities, art, and musical groups, and nineteen varsity sports and six club teams.(continued on schedule o)faculty and students have been recognized by many organizations for their respective contributions to academic excellence and community service. During the year ended june 30, 2025, the university provided students with financial aid from internal resources of approximately $29,228,586 which represented about 48% of gross tuition and fee revenue for the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% 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 54% for direct work, and 46% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 98
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95.8%; rating input score 96; 49th 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 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 23 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $63M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $507K · 35 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.7M reported
- Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
- Schedules: 11 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: 11 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.