CATHOLIC DISTANCE UNIVERSITY INC

EIN 54-1251090 CHARLES TOWN, WV

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Revenue 2024: $3,885,225
Expenses 2024: $3,832,388

Program services were 70.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: B40
Classification: 2000
Street: 300 S GEORGE 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 · 2024

Mission

THE MISSION OF CATHOLIC DISTANCE UNIVERSITY IS TO COMMUNICATE THE MIND AND HEART OF THE CHURCH IN A DIGITAL WORKD. USING DISTANCE EDUCATION, THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATES TEACHERS AND LEARNERS WORLDWIDE IN CATHOLIC THEOLOGY, THE LIBERAL ARTS, AND FAITH DEVELOPMENT FOR THE GROWTH OF FAITH, ECCLESIAL SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP FOR THE NEW EVANGELIZATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO COMMUNICATE THE MIND AND HEART OF THE CHURCH IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION. IN PURSUIT OF TRUTH, THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATES LEARNERS GLOBALLY THROUGH PERSONAL AND RELATIONAL ONLINE PROGRAMS IN CATHOLIC THEOLOGY AND FAITH DEVELOPMENT, LIBERAL ARTS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY, TO FOSTER FAITH, LEADERSHIP, AND SERVICE FOR THE CHURCH AND THE WORLD.

AS A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, THE ORGANIZATION DESIRES TO CULTIVATE AND IMPART AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ALL FORMS OF HUMAN INQUIRY AND VALUES. THE ORGANIZATION AIMS TO BE OF SERVICE TO CHRISTIAN THOUGHT AND EDUCATION IN THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY AS WELL AS TO SERVE THE NATION AND THE WORLD.

Expenses $2,681,979 · Revenue $1,509,403

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Dr Maria Sophia AguirreDR MARIA SOPHIA AGUIRRE

PRESIDENT AC

Total calculated

$96,697

From this org

$65,800

From related orgs

$0

Other

$30,897

Hours/week

40
Stephen PryorSTEPHEN PRYOR

CHAIRMAN

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Archbishop Timothy P BroglioARCHBISHOP TIMOTHY P BROGLIO

VICE CHAIRMA

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Brian MaherBRIAN MAHER

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Erica R KaneERICA R KANE

DIR PRES OPE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Peter Casarella PhDPETER CASARELLA PHD

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Scott M HambergerSCOTT M HAMBERGER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Alan F HolmerALAN F HOLMER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Amy Burns SmithAMY BURNS SMITH

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Paul Schott StevensPAUL SCHOTT STEVENS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
John Francis McCabeJOHN FRANCIS MCCABE

TRUSTEE EMER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Dr Margaret B MeladyDR MARGARET B MELADY

TRUSTEE EMER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Robert J Smith EsquireROBERT J SMITH ESQUIRE

TRUSTEE EMER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1

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

2024

Revenue

$3,885,225

Expenses

$3,832,388

Contributions

$1,960,619

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$2,856,901

Expenses

$2,887,730

Contributions

$1,152,355

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$2,379,216

Expenses

$2,333,063

Contributions

$1,095,216

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$3,885,225	$3,832,388	$1,960,619	$0
2023	$2,856,901	$2,887,730	$1,152,355	$0
2022	$2,379,216	$2,333,063	$1,095,216	$0

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

2021 · 990

Revenue

$2,029,351

Expenses

$2,023,005

Assets (EOY)

$2,146,003
2020 · 990

Revenue

$1,834,641

Expenses

$1,832,986

Assets (EOY)

$1,429,721
2019 · 990

Revenue

$1,805,667

Expenses

$1,755,676

Assets (EOY)

$1,198,493
2018 · 990

Revenue

$1,571,008

Expenses

$1,597,091

Assets (EOY)

$1,208,107
2017 · 990

Revenue

$1,811,996

Expenses

$1,719,325

Assets (EOY)

$1,127,592
2016 · 990

Revenue

$1,483,252

Expenses

$1,584,889

Assets (EOY)

$990,663
2014 · 990

Revenue

$1,464,185

Expenses

$1,243,526

Assets (EOY)

$1,247,362
2013 · 990

Revenue

$1,343,671

Expenses

$1,368,019

Assets (EOY)

$1,389,762
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$1,310,684

Assets (EOY)

$1,417,903
2011 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$1,233,911

Assets (EOY)

$1,391,594

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$2,029,351	$2,023,005	$2,146,003
2020	990	$1,834,641	$1,832,986	$1,429,721
2019	990	$1,805,667	$1,755,676	$1,198,493
2018	990	$1,571,008	$1,597,091	$1,208,107
2017	990	$1,811,996	$1,719,325	$1,127,592
2016	990	$1,483,252	$1,584,889	$990,663
2014	990	$1,464,185	$1,243,526	$1,247,362
2013	990	$1,343,671	$1,368,019	$1,389,762
2012	990	not reported	$1,310,684	$1,417,903
2011	990	not reported	$1,233,911	$1,391,594

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

MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

$1,010,000

2024 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

$800,000

2022 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC

$435,000

2023 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$130,250

2023 EDUCATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$113,750

2024 EDUCATION
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

$74,417

2022 EDUCATION
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

$68,500

2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC

$26,088

2022 SPONSORSHIP
ACT FOR ALEXANDRIA

$25,000

2023 PROGRAM SUPPORT
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

$25,000

2022 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

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

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.