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Hofstra University

Hempstead, New York · EIN 11-1630906 · Education · tax-exempt since 1942

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Charity Clarity grade A (score 84.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Graded against 10,640 education nonprofits with revenue over $50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.22.7 months69
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.79
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.5% from one source84
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.98.0%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.8%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.20not scored

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Year by year

201620172018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Aug 2025Form 990$733.58M$679.97M$53.61M$1.29B22.75,843A
Aug 2024Form 990$705.75M$642.15M$63.60M$1.21B22.55,785A
Aug 2023Form 990$653.52M$617.41M$36.10M$1.07B20.95,677A
Aug 2022Form 990$607.16M$578.25M$28.90M$985.91M20.55,337B
Aug 2021Form 990$606.89M$537.79M$69.10M$1.11B24.95,636B
Aug 2020Form 990$576.22M$548.71M$27.51M$926.92M20.36,749A
Aug 2018Form 990$583.10M$529.70M$53.40M$825.89M18.77,103A
Aug 2017Form 990$569.90M$519.10M$50.79M$744.80M17.27,103A
Aug 2016Form 990$526.30M$498.65M$27.64M$659.94M15.96,983A

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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