PragerU

Legal name: Prager University Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271763901
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
Phone
7472512005
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,572,101
Expenses
$69,613,734
Assets
$110,680,780
Liabilities
$5,176,896

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARISSA STREIT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • ALLEN ESTRIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARISSA STREIT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $1,031,315 total reported compensation
  • DAVID PRAGER (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $523,616 total reported compensation
  • LAYNE THRASHER (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $491,064 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide educational, entertaining, pro-American videos for every age.

What it reported doing in 2025

Prager university foundation ("prageru") is the world's leading conservative nonprofit that is focused on changing minds. We promote american, judeo-christian values through the creative use of digital media, as our mission. Taking full advantage of today's technology and social media, we educate millions of americans and young people about the values that make america great. Our vision is a world committed to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Our primary program is marketing and producing educational content for all ages, 4-104, with a focus on a pro-american, judeo-christian message.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.7%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th 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: 9.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.9% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 68.7% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1M · 24 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $23.2M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.