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MARIAN UNIVERSITY

EIN 35-0868175 INDIANAPOLIS, IN

Revenue 2023
$205,542,262
Expenses 2023
$185,685,218

Program services were 84.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B420
Classification
1000
Street
3200 COLD SPRING RD

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).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE (EIN 53-0196617). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BE A GREAT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING, ACHIEVED BY TEACHING, RESEARCH, & SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES IN FRANCISCAN & LIBERAL ARTS TRADITION.

  • MARIAN UNIVERSITY SERVED 3,879 STUDENTS AS MEASURED FALL, 2023. THIS WAS COMPRISED OF 2,709 UNDERGRADUATE, 319 GRADUATE AND 780 DOCTORAL AND 71 CERTIFICATION STUDENTS. INCLUDED IN THESE DEMOGRAPHICS ARE TRADITIONAL FULL AND PART-TIME UNDERGRADUATES, ACCELERATED ON-LINE ADULT PROGRAMS, ACCELERATED 2ND DEGREE NURSING, MEDICAL AND OTHER DOCTORAL AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. MARIAN OFFERS 47 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES. THE TOP 10 PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF MAJORS ARE: NURSING, MANAGEMENT, BIOLOGY, EXCERCISE SCIENCE, BUSINESS, MARKETING, FINANCE, LIBERAL ARTS, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. GRADUATE PROGRAMS CURRENTLY OFFERED ARE: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, CLINICAL EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY, COUNSELING, EDUCATION LEADERSHIP, LEADERSHIP PRACTICE, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND PHYSIOLOGY OF EXERCISE. DOCTORAL PROGRAMS CURRENTLY OFFERRED ARE DOCTOR OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE, FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER, NURSE ANESTHESIA AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP. DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE MARIAN STUDENT POPULATION IS AS FOLLOWS: MALE 38.9% AND FEMALE 61.0% AND OTHER .1%. IPEDS RACE/ETHNICITY: WHITE - 56.4%, BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN - 15.4%, HISPANIC/LATINO - 12.8%, ASIAN - 4.9%, TWO OR MORE RACES - 4.3%, AND ALL OTHERS - 6.2%. RELIGION: CHRISTIAN, ROMAN CATHOLIC - 38.4%, CHRISTIAN - OTHER - 47.7%, OTHER OR NO RELIGION, 13.9%. THE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE IS THE ONLY COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF INDIANA AND THE 2ND MEDICAL SCHOOL (ALONG WITH INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL). THE UNIVERSITY GRADUATED ITS FIRST CLASS IN SPRING 2017. THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO PLACE PHYSICIANS IN INDIANA AND THE NEIGHBORING STATES. PLACEMENT DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE CLASS OF 2024 INCLUDES: 100% PLACEMENT RATE, 56% IN PRIMARY CARE WITH 79% IN PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE AREAS. 67% OF GRADUATES MATCHED IN INDIANA AND SURROUNDING STATES, WITH A TOTAL OF MATCHES IN 25 STATES AND 71 CITIES. IN OCTOBER, 2020 MARIAN ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF THE E.S. WITCHGER SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING. THE INAUGURAL CLASS ENTERED IN FALL 2022 AND IN FALL 2023 MARIAN OPENED A STATE-OF-ART ENGINEERING FACILITY. DEGREES OFFERED IN BIOMEDICAL, CHEMICAL, CIVIL, COMPUTER AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. FALL 2023 ATTENDANCE INCLUDED 135 ENGINEERING STUDENTS.

    Expenses $156,429,091 · Grants $44,927,373 · Revenue $153,519,214

As filed on the 2023 return.

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.

  • Daniel J Elsener

    PRESIDENT, MARIAN UNIVERSITY

    Total calculated
    $944,386
    From this org
    $885,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,057
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $493,943
    Bonus
    $75,000
    Other
    $316,386
    Deferred
    $58,059
    Nontaxable benefits
    $998
    Filer's total
    $944,386
  • Denise B Feser

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sr Christa Franzer

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 32 related
  • Adarius Gardner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alan E Leighton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Anne M Frye

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Haire

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eddie L Rivers

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Edward Bonach

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fernanda Beraldi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fr Tim Wyciskalla

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fred S Klipsch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fritz French

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James Meer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeffrey Harrison

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jerry D Semler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jerry Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John J Hart

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jonathan S Nalli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kevin Speer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Linda M Hicks

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marianne Price PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Becher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael F Petrie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michele Steele

    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. 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $205,542,262
    Expenses
    $185,685,218
    Contributions
    $49,602,225
    Grants paid
    $44,927,373
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $175,718,071
    Expenses
    $173,371,841
    Contributions
    $31,907,253
    Grants paid
    $39,094,194

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
    $180,104,345
    Expenses
    $164,734,053
    Assets (EOY)
    $321,638,726
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $176,218,802
    Expenses
    $137,219,541
    Assets (EOY)
    $323,995,376
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $137,445,617
    Expenses
    $126,491,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $268,495,612
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $140,871,347
    Expenses
    $124,174,045
    Assets (EOY)
    $243,160,642
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $132,637,749
    Expenses
    $114,533,094
    Assets (EOY)
    $236,293,063

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 2023 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

Not present in the most recent drop.

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.