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CALVIN UNIVERSITY

EIN 38-3071514 GRAND RAPIDS, MI

Revenue 2024
$193,018,897
Expenses 2024
$212,806,288

Program services were 95.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B430
Classification
2000
Street
3201 BURTON ST SE

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 CALVIN UNIVERSITY IS TO EQUIP STUDENTS TO THINK DEEPLY, TO ACT JUSTLY, AND TO LIVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AS CHRIST'S AGENTS OF RENEWAL IN THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EQUIP STUDENTS TO THINK DEEPLY, TO ACT JUSTLY, AND TO LIVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY AS CHRIST'S AGENTS OF RENEWAL IN THE WORLD. CALVIN UNIVERSITY IS A CHRISTIAN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO RIGOROUS INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY. STUDENTS STUDY THE LIBERAL ARTS AND A BROAD RANGE OF MAJORS. A CALVIN EDUCATION PREPARES STUDENTS TO ANSWER GOD'S CALL TO LIVE AND SERVE IN GOD'S WORLD AS AGENTS OF RENEWAL.

  • CALVIN UNIVERSITY IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY IN THE REFORMED TRADITION OF HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY SEEKING TO BE AGENTS OF RENEWAL IN THE ACADEMY, CHURCH, AND SOCIETY. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS 81 BACCALAUREATE AND 9 MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS. IT MAINTAINS A BROAD CORE CURRICULUM INCLUDING COURSES IN MATHEMATICS, BIBLICAL OR THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, THE ARTS AND SCIENCES, LITERATURE, AND MORE. STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS AROUND THE WORLD DURING SHORT TERM AND SEMESTER PROGRAMS. THE UNIVERSITY ALSO PROVIDES A CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION TO INMATES AT THE RICHARD A. HANDLON CORRECTIONAL FACILITY IN IONIA, MI. THIS FIVE-YEAR PROGRAM RESULTS IN A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN FAITH AND COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP. CALVIN UNIVERSITY IS CONSISTENTLY RANKED AMONG THE BEST COLLEGES OF THE REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES MIDWEST BY THE U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT. THE CURRENT STUDENT TO FACULTY RATIO IS 14:1. 98.4% OF THE 2025 CALVIN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES ARE EITHER EMPLOYED OR IN GRADUATE SCHOOL.

    Expenses $166,246,329 · Grants $75,216,323 · Revenue $130,967,048

  • CALVIN UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ARE INTENDED TO ENHANCE STUDENTS' SPIRITUAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. THE UNIVERSITY'S STUDENT SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AREAS SUCH AS REGULAR WORSHIP AND BIBLICAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, A HEALTH SERVICES CLINIC, EMOTIONAL WELLNESS SUPPORT, STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, CAMPUS TRADITIONS, SPORTS AND RECREATION, SERVICE-LEARNING, A DEDICATED CAMPUS SAFETY DEPARTMENT, SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS, NUMEROUS SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND OTHER FINANCIAL AID.

    Expenses $20,594,495 · Revenue $22,669,216

  • CALVIN UNIVERSITY PROVIDES ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE PRIMARY MISSIONS OF INSTRUCTION, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC SERVICE. ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES INCLUDE AREAS SUCH AS LIBRARIES, TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT, ACADEMIC TUTORING AND COACHING, WRITING ASSISTANCE, ON-CAMPUS MUSEUMS/GALLERIES, AND OTHER SERVICES THAT DIRECTLY ASSIST INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $2,352,549 · Revenue $95,451

  • OTHER UNIVERSITY EXPENSES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AUXILIARY SERVICES, RESEARCH, MAINTENANCE OF GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS, AND PUBLIC SERVICES.

    Expenses $14,351,898 · Grants $3,105,659 · Revenue $94,658

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.

  • BRUCE LOS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • PERRIN RYNDERS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • CAROLYN VAN ALLEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GENE MIYAMOTO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ADAM RAMIREZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALICE KLAMER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREA KARSTEN

    BOARD MEMBER-PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW ELLIOT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY BROOKHOUSE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY KAMPHUIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BEN IPEMA

    BOARD MEMBER-PART YEAR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRIAN BOOMSMA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYAN DIK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARL TRIEMSTRA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDWARD COLEMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY BOS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEATHER RAMIREZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JACK BEEKSMA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES VALK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES ZWIERS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN EIGEGE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHLEEN RIDDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEVIN ADAMS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAMBERT KAMP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAMBERT KAMPHUIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $193,018,897
    Expenses
    $212,806,288
    Contributions
    $28,750,648
    Grants paid
    $78,321,982
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $184,861,512
    Expenses
    $198,033,650
    Contributions
    $34,241,070
    Grants paid
    $68,109,216
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $190,867,663
    Expenses
    $180,039,650
    Contributions
    $49,886,447
    Grants paid
    $63,368,834

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

  • 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
    $190,369,265
    Expenses
    $168,886,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $582,902,399

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $166,988,840
    Expenses
    $153,262,573
    Assets (EOY)
    $586,373,912

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $185,893,983
    Expenses
    $176,102,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $488,669,511

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $189,610,675
    Expenses
    $176,002,739
    Assets (EOY)
    $472,086,218

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $182,021,236
    Expenses
    $172,843,368
    Assets (EOY)
    $455,851,797

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $176,514,071
    Expenses
    $169,703,960
    Assets (EOY)
    $466,838,360

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 as related by

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $69,389 raised

    2022 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$5,007 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $40,865 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    $8,805 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.