MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

EIN 23-1352664 ALLENTOWN, PA

Revenue 2023: $149,565,905
Expenses 2023: $160,176,644

Program services were 90.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: B420
Classification: 1200
Street: 2400 CHEW ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

MUHLENBERG AIMS TO HELP STUDENTS BECOME INDEPENDENT THINKERS WHO ARE INTELLECTUALLY AGILE, CHARACTERIZED BY A ZEST FOR REASONED AND CIVIL DEBATE, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND TRADITIONS OF DIVERSE CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURES, ABLE TO EXPRESS IDEAS WITH CLARITY AND GRACE, COMMITTED TO LIFE-LONG LEARNING, EQUIPPED WITH ETHICAL AND CIVIC VALUES AND PREPARED FOR LIVES OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MUHLENBERG AIMS TO HELP STUDENTS BECOME INDEPENDENT CRITICAL THINKERS WHO ARE INTELLECTUALLY AGILE, CHARACTERIZED BY A ZEST FOR REASONED AND CIVIL DEBATE, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE ACHIEVEMENTS AND TRADITIONS OF DIVERSE CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURES, ABLE TO EXPRESS IDEAS WITH CLARITY AND GRACE, COMMITTED TO LIFE-LONG LEARNING, EQUIPPED WITH ETHICAL AND CIVIC VALUES AND PREPARED FOR LIVES OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.

INSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH EXPENDITURES FOR 2,063 FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. THE COLLEGE OFFERS 40 MAJORS IN THE HUMANITIES, FINE ARTS, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL SCIENCES, IN ADDITION TO STRONG PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS IN SUCH AREAS AS PRE-HEALTH, PRE-LAW, PRE-THEOLOGY, BUSINESS AND EDUCATION. MUHLENBERG PROFESSORS ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS. THEY CONDUCT CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH, PUBLISH BOOKS AND ARTICLES, ARE QUOTED IN THE MEDIA, PRESENT AT CONFERENCES, AND WIN AWARDS. MUHLENBERG PROFESSORS ARE THE FORCE BEHIND THE COLLEGE'S UNMATCHED CONNECTIVITY. THEY DRIVE THE RICH AND REWARDING CURRICULUM, WHICH CONNECTS AND COMBINES CLASSICAL LIBERAL ARTS WITH OUTSTANDING PRE-PROFESSIONAL STUDY.

Expenses $41,135,536 · Revenue $102,536,223
OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES: LIBRARY, DEPRECIATION, INTEREST, NON-CASH FINANCIAL AID, AMORTIZATION OF BOND SETTLEMENT COSTS (2,063 FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS). STUDENT SERVICES INCLUDING RECRUITMENT FOR ADMISSION, COUNSELING, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PEER TUTORING PROGRAM, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL AID ADMINISTRATION, AND STUDENT RECORD ADMINISTRATION. ALL OF THESE SERVICES CONTRIBUTE TO THE SENSE OF CONNECTIVITY EXPERIENCED BY MUHLENBERG STUDENTS WHILE INTERACTING IN THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY.

Expenses $85,800,037 · Grants $61,758,375
AUXILIARY SERVICES: HOUSING OF 1,750 STUDENTS; MEALS FOR APPROXIMATELY 1,625 STUDENTS; AND A BOOKSTORE FOR APPROXIMATELY 2,063 STUDENTS AND 808 EMPLOYEES.

Expenses $18,069,347 · Revenue $23,531,310

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

RICHARD C CRIST JR

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
RICHARD P ROMEO

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
LANCE BRUCK

FIRST CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SANDRA L SMITH BODNYK

VICE CHAIR AT LARGE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
BETH ADDERLY DONALDSON

SECOND VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DOUGLAS J PEEBLES

THIRD VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JAN JURDEN

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LAUREN C ANDERSON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
BRUCE BIRD

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CHRISTOPHER DEFOREST

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DAWN R ELLENBERGER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
GERALD GALGANO

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
VINCENT GALGANO

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SHANNON GARY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DAVID P JENKINS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ELMER MOORE JR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
TIMOTHY P WALBERT

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
NANCY HUTTON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LAWRENCE A JACOBS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
RAYMON W MCDANIEL JR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
HAROLD STOVALL

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DAVID SILBER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
KIM BLEIMANN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LINDA CENCI

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
DENNIS WILLIAMS JR

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$149,565,905

Expenses

$160,176,644

Contributions

$8,768,109

Grants paid

$61,758,375
2022

Revenue

$150,243,432

Expenses

$160,599,197

Contributions

$9,370,821

Grants paid

$61,737,328

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$149,565,905	$160,176,644	$8,768,109	$61,758,375
2022	$150,243,432	$160,599,197	$9,370,821	$61,737,328

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2024 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2023 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2022 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2021 · 990

Revenue

$176,101,982

Expenses

$161,439,294

Assets (EOY)

$556,665,533
2021 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2020 · 990

Revenue

$171,294,187

Expenses

$153,543,953

Assets (EOY)

$587,334,493
2020 · 990-T

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

not reported

Assets (EOY)

not reported
2019 · 990

Revenue

$183,614,616

Expenses

$161,489,312

Assets (EOY)

$527,977,730
2018 · 990

Revenue

$176,447,587

Expenses

$156,755,726

Assets (EOY)

$533,194,400
2017 · 990

Revenue

$162,882,297

Expenses

$150,570,915

Assets (EOY)

$528,205,281

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2024	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2023	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2022	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2021	990	$176,101,982	$161,439,294	$556,665,533
2021	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2020	990	$171,294,187	$153,543,953	$587,334,493
2020	990-T	not reported	not reported	not reported
2019	990	$183,614,616	$161,489,312	$527,977,730
2018	990	$176,447,587	$156,755,726	$533,194,400
2017	990	$162,882,297	$150,570,915	$528,205,281

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$1,009,000

2024 EDUCATIONAL
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$1,006,000

2023 EDUCATIONAL
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

$1,005,500

2022 WIRE
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$981,027

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$914,980

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$530,000

2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC

$250,000

2024 COLLEGE EXCELLENCE PROGRAM
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND

$202,500

2022 GENERAL SUPPORT
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$151,969

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA

$145,847

2023 CHARITABLE DONATION

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

OSCAR & MILDRED LARSON SCHOLARSHIP TRUST

501(C)(3) · PROVIDE FINANCIAL AID TO ELIGIBLE MUHLENBERG COLLEGE STUDENTS · PA · controlled entity

Declared as related by

LEHIGH VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES

On its 2024 return
OSCAR & MILDRED LARSON SCHOLARSHIP TRUST AT MUHLENBERG COLLEGE

On its 2023 return

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY TRUSTS (2)

T · ANNUITY · PA
CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS (8)

T · ANNUITY · PA
POOLED INCOME FUND

T · ANNUITY · PA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.