Waynesburg University
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 250965603
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Waynesburg, PA, USA
- Phone
- 1-800-225-7393
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Undergraduate College (4-year)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,842,211
- Expenses
- $58,376,086
- Assets
- $120,357,164
- Liabilities
- $41,968,771
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
31 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DOUGLAS LEE (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DOUGLAS LEE (PRESIDENT): $352,456 total reported compensation
- DANA BAER PROVOST THRU 824 (PROFESSOR OF CJ (AS OF 8/24)): $220,858 total reported compensation
- STACEY BRODAK (VP OF ADVANCEMENT): $213,696 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Waynesburg University is a Christian university that helps students develop academically and professionally on the foundation of faith.
What it reported doing in 2024
Instructional: waynesburg university (university) is a private, not-for-profit, coeducational university chartered by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1850 situated in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania. The university is accredited by the middle states association of universities and schools and has a student body of approximately 1,300.see continuation on schedule o.a commitment to the integration of christian faith within the various academic disciplines and professional programs for both undergraduate and graduate students.a commitment to student-centered education where the interests, aspirations and needs of each student are valued and encouraged.recognition as a "college of distinction" for its continued commitment to engaged, hands-on education, fostering a dynamic learning communication through a specialized focus of student-centered education and high-quality outcomes.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 74% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% 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: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 90%; rating input score 90
- Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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: 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: -0.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.06; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 90% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $51.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $352K · 31 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.4M reported
- Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
- Schedules: 12 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: 12 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: 8 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.