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MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY

EIN 24-0795460 BETHLEHEM, PA

Revenue 2024
$165,248,966
Expenses 2024
$150,354,444

Program services were 87.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
7000
Street
1200 MAIN 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

MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY'S REVOLUTIONARY EXPERIENCE IS FOCUSED ON CREATING A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS WHERE STUDENTS WORK CLOSELY WITH PROFESSORS TO DEVELOP SKILLS AND HABITS, INTEGRATING THEM INTO PROFESSIONAL CAREERS THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING. BY FOCUSING ON THE SKILLS OF COMMUNICATION, ANALYSIS, TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP, ETHICAL REASONING, GLOBAL AWARENESS, AND CRITICAL THINKING, MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY PREPARES STUDENTS WITH THE TRANSFERABLE SKILLS NEEDED FOR ANY CAREER. A MORAVIAN EDUCATION IS UNIQUE IN ITS USE OF HISTORY, SKILL OF REFLECTIVITY, AND ITS ENCOURAGEMENT TO BE PRODUCERS. THE FOUNDERS OF MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY WERE PRODUCERS AS WELL AS EDUCATORS, SO A MORAVIAN EDUCATION FOCUSES ON THE PRODUCTION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE, MUSIC, LITERATURE, ART, AND TECHNOLOGY. STUDENTS PUT ALL THESE SKILLS INTO PRACTICE THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, STUDY ABROAD, INTERNSHIPS, CO-OPS, CERTIFICATES, AND FIRST PROFESSIONAL GRADUATE DEGREES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY'S EDUCATION PREPARES EACH INDIVIDUAL FOR A REFLECTIVE LIFE, FULFILLING CAREERS, AND TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP IN A WORLD OF CHANGE.

  • MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY: MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY OPERATES AN INDEPENDENT, RESIDENTIAL UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED WITH THE MORAVIAN CHURCH IN AMERICA. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREES THAT BLEND LIBERAL ARTS WITH PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS. FOR MORE THAN 275 YEARS, THE MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY DEGREE HAS BEEN PREPARING STUDENTS FOR REFLECTIVE LIVES, FULFILLING CAREERS, AND TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP IN A WORLD OF CHANGE. THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATES A SOCIALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY DIVERSE GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM A VARIETY OF ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, THE UNIVERSITY HAD AN ENROLLMENT OF 1,788 FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, 364 FULL-TIME GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND 98 FULL-TIME DOCTORAL STUDENTS.

    Expenses $116,321,334 · Grants $56,203,932 · Revenue $114,537,358

  • SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY: THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY OFFERS MASTER'S DEGREES AND GRADUATE CERTIFICATES PROVIDING THE THEOLOGICAL DEPTH, PRACTICAL SKILLS, AND SPIRITUAL WISDOM TO SERVE WITH PURPOSE AND CONFIDENCE. ROOTED IN THE ECUMENICAL HOSPITALITY AND PROPHETIC WITNESS OF THE MORAVIAN CHURCH AND THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, THE MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY EDUCATES LEADERS WHO CULTIVATE COMMUNITY, PURSUE JUSTICE, AND EMBODY CHRIST'S RADICAL LOVE THROUGH LIVES OF SERVICE, SCHOLARSHIP, AND SPIRITUAL DEPTH. THE AVERAGE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ENROLLMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, WAS 40 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $2,649,779 · Grants $559,132 · Revenue $1,136,046

  • AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES: MORAVIAN UNIVERSITY PROVIDES TEXTBOOKS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES THROUGH ITS BOOKSTORE, LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH ITS DORMITORIES AND NUTRITIOUS MEALS THROUGH ITS FOOD SERVICES TO THE STUDENTS LISTED IN PART III, LINES 4A AND 4B.

    Expenses $12,575,398 · Revenue $15,432,494

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.

  • Brian H Oswald

    CHAIR JOINT BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related

  • Rev Dr Elizabeth D Miller

    VICE CHAIR JOINT BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Andrew W Hart

    VICE CHAIR UNIVERSITY BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Deborah McKinnon

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Ray S Bishop Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related

  • Dr Curtis H Barnette

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Todd Bateson

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Rev David E Bennett

    UNIVERSITY/SEMINARY TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Zoey Bronson

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • C J Brown

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Placido Corpora

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Craig Danielson

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Brian J Corvino

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Michael M Ellis

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Robert Flicker

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Thomas Ike

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Jennifer Jimenez

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Rev Melissa L Johnson

    UNIVERSITY/SEMINARY TRUSTE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Michael Lazari Karapetian

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Melissa Ludwig

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Hugh Norwood

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Al Pape

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Rev Dr Cornelius Routh

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Dr William S Schaninger Jr

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Louis Julian Spann

    UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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
    $165,248,966
    Expenses
    $150,354,444
    Contributions
    $11,901,719
    Grants paid
    $56,763,064
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $140,599,054
    Expenses
    $140,559,770
    Contributions
    $11,723,324
    Grants paid
    $52,419,628
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $132,107,742
    Expenses
    $132,634,752
    Contributions
    $9,139,668
    Grants paid
    $47,968,285

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
    $137,954,892
    Expenses
    $128,381,155
    Assets (EOY)
    $299,127,997

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $123,053,733
    Expenses
    $117,977,972
    Assets (EOY)
    $317,733,693

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $122,475,456
    Expenses
    $116,380,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $285,011,171

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $114,137,764
    Expenses
    $118,753,214
    Assets (EOY)
    $286,907,560

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $113,509,302
    Expenses
    $107,789,026
    Assets (EOY)
    $285,073,771

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

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.