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California Lutheran University

Thousand Oaks, California · EIN 95-2962604 · Education · tax-exempt since 1983

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 70.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended May 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.19.2 months76
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.90% of practices90
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.28
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.10% from one source64
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.96.8%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.8%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.12not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
May 2025Form 990$204.85M$191.27M$13.58M$306.47M19.22,266B
May 2024Form 990$185.14M$192.53M−$7.39M$296.08M18.52,362A
May 2023Form 990$178.85M$190.57M−$11.72M$291.22M18.32,402B
May 2022Form 990$199.87M$179.29M$20.58M$308.08M20.62,259B
May 2021Form 990$181.46M$169.44M$12.02M$306.88M21.72,246B
May 2020Form 990$202.54M$185.77M$16.78M$268.60M17.42,598B
May 2019Form 990$187.03M$183.63M$3.41M$251.90M16.52,453A
May 2018Form 990$179.60M$171.87M$7.73M$252.40M17.62,420A
May 2017Form 990$173.99M$162.95M$11.04M$242.73M17.92,495B
May 2016Form 990$159.15M$154.01M$5.13M$227.22M17.72,431A

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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