Seton Hall University

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221500645
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
South Orange, NJ, USA
Phone
9737619318
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$656,832,000
Expenses
$585,426,000
Assets
$945,344,000
Liabilities
$353,845,000

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

Leadership & pay

69 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MONSIGNOR JOSEPH REILLY STL PHD (PRESIDENT/REGENT/TRUSTEE)
  • JOSEPH E NYRE PHD (FORMER PRESIDENT/REGENT/TRUST)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHAHEEN HOLLOWAY (HEAD COACH MEN'S BASKETBAL): $2,295,406 total reported compensation
  • PATRICK G LYONS MBA (EVP OPER. & CHIEF OF STAFF): $1,337,934 total reported compensation
  • KATIA PASSERINIPHD (PROVOST AND SR. EXEC. V.P.): $943,644 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Seton Hall University is a major Catholic university. In a diverse and collaborative environment it focuses on academic and ethical development. Seton Hall students are prepared to be leaders in their professional and community lives in a global society and are challenged by outstanding faculty, an evolving technologically advanced setting and values-centered curricula. The Mission Statement was reaffirmed by the Board of Trustees on May 24, 2023.

What it reported doing in 2024

Academic support and student services - academic support provides support services, such as libraries, academic technology, faculty curriculum development, for its primary missions of instruction, research and public service. Student services provide various services to students, such as counseling, career guidance, financial aid, student records, health services and transportation, which contribute to the students' emotional and physical well-being and to their intellectual, cultural and social development outside the context of the university's formal instructional programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 82% 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 56% for direct work, and 44% 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: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 77
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.7%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 88.3%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.02 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th 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: 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 76.9%; rating input score 77; 25th 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: 10.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.61; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.7% of revenue deployed · 88.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 30 of 39 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $517.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.3M · 69 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $54.8M reported
  • Consistency: 44 of 44 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 14 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 39 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.