EARTH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

Q115

Classification

2000

Street

151 ELLIS ST NE FL 1 STE 133

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 · 2025

• There were a number of projects and programs at EARTH University which received funding support from the Foundation. Among the most supported include Student Recruitment and Scholarships, Community Development Program, Research, Internship support, and Spanish Language Instruction. Such program support directly and indirectly benefited all 400+ students, as well as the communities surrounding the campus.

  Expenses $3,546,240 · Grants $1,521,593

• Most students attending EARTH University come from rural communities across Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean. EARTH offers a four-year degree in agricultural sciences that integrates scientific and technical education with leadership, entrepreneurship, ethical values, and environmental and social responsibility. The Foundation helps secure funding for the University's financial aid program. In 2025, EARTH enrolled an average of 403 students from 41 countries, including 187 women (46%), with approximately 92% of students receiving full or partial scholarships. Of the 104 first-year students enrolled in 2025, 90 received financial aid.

  Expenses $6,038,194 · Grants $7,796,111

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

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $7,597,935

  Expenses

  $10,871,952

  Contributions

  $5,524,261

  Grants paid

  $9,317,704

• 2024

  Revenue

  $8,770,126

  Expenses

  $9,707,905

  Contributions

  $6,986,184

  Grants paid

  $8,192,503

• 2023

  Revenue

  $7,505,858

  Expenses

  $9,413,217

  Contributions

  $5,858,224

  Grants paid

  $7,879,109

• 2022

  Revenue

  $7,355,397

  Expenses

  $9,985,113

  Contributions

  $4,937,537

  Grants paid

  $8,542,843

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

  $9,563,171

  Expenses

  $8,256,544

  Assets (EOY)

  $90,117,670

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,743,406

  Expenses

  $8,752,981

  Assets (EOY)

  $81,510,623

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,026,699

  Expenses

  $7,417,533

  Assets (EOY)

  $82,369,802

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,009,879

  Expenses

  $9,070,141

  Assets (EOY)

  $73,379,021

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,070,306

  Expenses

  $7,389,253

  Assets (EOY)

  $78,327,238

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $32,551,953

  Expenses

  $6,137,465

  Assets (EOY)

  $61,843,421

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,655,411

  Expenses

  $6,455,882

  Assets (EOY)

  $34,351,903

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,631,775

  Expenses

  $4,993,926

  Assets (EOY)

  $31,181,073

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,135,553

  Expenses

  $5,149,606

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,784,816

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,774,356

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,800,372

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

• ESCUELA DE AGRICULTURA DE LA REGION TROPICAL HUMEDA

  $1,527,735

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ESCUELA DE AGRICULTURA DE LA REGION TROPICAL HUMEDA

  $1,500,753

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ESCUELA DE AGRICULTURA DE LA REGION TROPICAL HUMEDA

  $1,475,592

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $290,519

  2024 · MULTIPLE GRANTS AWARDED

• GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $181,825

  2023 · MULTIPLE GRANTS AWARDED

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $175,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $146,700

  2022 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC

  $100,000

  2025 · PROGRAM SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $91,464

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $49,500

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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.

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