Form 990 for tax year 2025

Totals

Total revenue

$4,256,856

Total expenses

$4,715,343

Contributions and grants received

$3,693,435

Grants paid

$2,942,586

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$539,121

Other revenue

$24,300

Total assets, end of year

$9,880,646

Total liabilities, end of year

$504,118

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$9,376,528

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,180,457

Management and general expenses

$181,444

Fundraising expenses

$353,442

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,180,457

Program services were 88.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2025

• SCHOLARSHIPS - RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE STUDENTS ARE AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING SPENCER DOES. SPENCER AWARDS UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, PH.D. AND PRE-INSTRUCTOR OF PRACTICE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS STUDYING AT INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, AS WELL AS PART-TIME GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS TO RISK AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION.DURING 2025, SPENCER AWARDED 105 SCHOLARSHIPS

  Expenses $872,500 · Grants $872,500

• GENERAL GRANTS - SPENCER'S GRANTS PROGRAM SUPPORTS INITIATIVES THAT ALIGN WITH THE FOUNDATION'S MISSION TO FUND THE EDUCATION OF TOMORROW'S RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE LEADERS. SPENCER CONSIDERS GRANT PROPOSALS THAT FALL IN THE FOLLOWING TWO CRITICAL BRANCHES: 1. PROVIDE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE STUDENTS, AND 2. ATTRACT NEW TALENT TO THE INDUSTRY.DURING 2025, SPENCER AWARDED 90 GENERAL GRANTS

  Expenses $1,197,582 · Grants $1,197,582

• INTERNSHIPS - THROUGH OUR INTERNSHIP GRANT PROGRAM, SPENCER AIMS TO SUPPORT TOMORROW'S RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE LEADERS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. SPENCER PROVIDES INTERNSHIP GRANTS OF UP TO $7,500 TO RISK MANAGERS TO HIRE INTERNS IN THE RISK MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF THEIR ORGANIZATIONS. EMPLOYERS APPLY FOR THE GRANTS FROM SPENCER, AND STUDENTS THEN APPLY DIRECTLY WITH THE COMPANIES FOR THE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.DURING 2025, SPENCER AWARDED 33 INTERSHIP GRANTS

  Expenses $262,500 · Grants $262,500

• COURSE DEVELOPMENT - SPENCER'S COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM SUPPORTS INTRODUCTORY RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE COURSE DEVELOPMENT - FOR UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY OFFERED ANY SUCH INSTRUCTION - AS WELL AS PROPOSALS FOR ADDITIONAL COURSE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT - FOR UNIVERSITIES LOOKING TO DEVELOP A RMI PROGRAM AND/OR EXPAND EXISTING RMI COURSE OFFERINGS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON NEW AND EMERGING AREAS IN THE INDUSTRY.DURING 2025, SPENCER AWARDED 17 COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. RISK MANAGER ON CAMPUS GRANTS - FOR 25 YEARS, SPENCER'S RISK MANAGER ON CAMPUS (RMOC) PROGRAM HAS BEEN PRAISED BY BOTH UNIVERSITIES AND RISK MANAGERS AS A REWARDING EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS AND A CHANCE TO GIVE BACK TO THE PROFESSION. THE PROGRAM BRINGS A PRACTICING RISK MANAGER TO THE UNIVERSITY TO PRESENT AND ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS ABOUT THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROFESSION AND INSURANCE INDUSTRY.DURING 2025, SPENCER AWARDED 70 RISK MANAGER ON CAMPUS GRANT STUDENT RISK MANAGEMENT CHALLENGE - THE SPENCER-RIMS STUDENT RISK CHALLENGE IS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION IN WHICH STUDENTS SHOWCASE THEIR RESEARCH SKILLS AND APPLY THEIR RISK MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE TO REAL-LIFE SCENARIO. THE COMPETITION REQUIRES UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE TEAMS COMPRISING OF FOUR STUDENTS TO DEVELOP AND PRESENT A COMPREHENSIVE RISK MANAGEMENT REPORT BASED ON A CASE STUDY. A JUDGING COMMITTEE EVALUATES THE TEAMS' SOLUTIONS, AND THE TOP EIGHT TEAMS ARE INVITED TO PRESENT THEIR STRATEGIES AT THE ANNUAL RIMS RISKWORLD CONFERENCE.

  Expenses $1,847,875 · Grants $610,004

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• ST JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY

  $82,500

  GENERAL GRANTRMOC GRANTRM CHALLENGE

• DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

  $64,000

  GENERAL GRANTRMOC GRANTCOURSE DEVELOMENT

• TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

  $50,000

  GENERAL GRANTRMOC GRANT

• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA

  $49,700

  GENERAL GRANT

• NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (NAAIA)

  $46,343

  GENERAL GRANT

• RISK & INSURANCE EDUCATION ALLIANCE (THE ALLIANCE)

  $45,000

  GENERAL GRANT

• DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

  $44,926

  GENERAL GRANTRMOC GRANTRM CHALLENGE

• UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO

  $40,000

  COURSE DEVELOPMENT

• MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

  $38,500

  GENERAL GRANTRMOC GRANT

• UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

  $37,869

  GENERAL GRANTRMOC GRANT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2025

Filed

12 August 2026

IRS schema version

2025v4.2

Source object

202632319349301413

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