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LAFAYETTE COLLEGE

EIN 24-0795686 EASTON, PA

Largest nonprofits in Pennsylvania

Revenue 2024
$335,226,661
Expenses 2024
$292,271,663

Program services were 87.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B420
Classification
2000
Street
730 SULLIVAN 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

CHARTERED IN 1826, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE IS DEDICATED TO EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION. STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN A TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT BRIDGES THE LIBERAL ARTS, ENGINEERING, AND INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY. THE COLLEGE FOSTERS (CONTINUED IN SCH O) INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY, ARTISTIC EXPLORATION, SCHOLARSHIP, AND PERSONAL GROWTH IN A VIBRANT, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. LAFAYETTE STUDENTS BECOME CRITICAL THINKERS, CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OF THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS AN ACCREDITED FOUR-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE.

  • LAFAYETTE COLLEGE IS A LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE OFFERING BACHELOR OF ARTS ENGINEERING, NATURAL SCIENCES, AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. IN FALL 2024, THE 2,750 STUDENTS CAME FROM 44 STATES AND 47 COUNTRIES. THE STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO AT THE COLLEGE IS APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 1. OF THE 259 FULL-TIME FACULTY, 252 HOLD A DOCTORATE OR OTHER TERMINAL DEGREE. APPROXIMATELY 63% OF THE STUDENTS ATTENDING LAFAYETTE COLLEGE RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 718 STUDENTS WERE AWARDED AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE HAS A FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATE OF 77% AND SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE OF 85%. APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE COLLEGE'S GRADUATES WERE EMPLOYED, IN GRADUATE SCHOOL, OR SECURED INTERNSHIPS WITHIN 6 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION.

    Expenses $214,602,676 · Grants $74,332,949 · Revenue $222,680,307

  • AS A RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE, LAFAYETTE STUDENTS COMPLEMENT THEIR ACADEMIC. SCHOLARSHIP WITH A MYRIAD OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND LEARN FROM THE LARGE WORLD REPRESENTED ON THE COLLEGE'S CAMPUS. AS PART OF THEIR EXPERIENCE AT A RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE, LAFAYETTE STUDENTS ARE DEEPLY ENGAGED ACADEMICALLY AND HAVE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES TOENGAGE IN A VAST OFFERING OF EXTRACURRICULAR AND CO-CURRICULAR POSSIBILITIES. LAFAYETTE COLLEGE OFFERS MORE THAN 150 STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, 23 NCAA DIVISION 1 ATHLETIC PROGRAMS, AND NUMEROUS EXPERIENCES IN THE FINE ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS ALL OF WHICH ARE COMPLEMENTED BY A STRONG STUDENT LIFE PROGRAM THAT ENHANCES THE LAFAYETTE EXPERIENCE BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

    Expenses $40,304,687 · Revenue $41,210,445

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.

  • Nicole F Hurd

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $1,133,570
    From this org
    $1,027,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $105,688
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $672,500
    Bonus
    $241,500
    Other
    $113,882
    Deferred
    $32,888
    Nontaxable benefits
    $72,800
    Filer's total
    $1,133,570
  • Robert E Sell

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Linda Assante Carrasco

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Angel L Mendez

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • James R Birle Jr

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Antonio F Fernandez

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Susan L Fox

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Leo A Helmers

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jefferson W Kirby

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Pamela S Passman

    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • James L Benjamin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kimberly W Benston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harry S Cherken

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sebastian J Crapanzano

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tanuja Majumdar Dehne

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Laneta J Dorflinger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Johnathan S Ellis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John A Fry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kirsti Wells Goodwin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael C Heaney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Harold N Kamine

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Claudine D Lilien

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Judson C Linville

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kamaka R Martin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • D Christian McCumber

    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $335,226,661
    Expenses
    $292,271,663
    Contributions
    $43,415,297
    Grants paid
    $74,332,949
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $262,517,308
    Expenses
    $278,282,629
    Contributions
    $28,947,436
    Grants paid
    $71,079,022
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $258,966,915
    Expenses
    $258,407,731
    Contributions
    $33,828,877
    Grants paid
    $64,292,294

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
    $266,381,429
    Expenses
    $241,181,437
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,574,043,978
  • 2021 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $234,245,342
    Expenses
    $205,645,124
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,615,001,306
  • 2020 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $228,460,340
    Expenses
    $228,590,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,381,563,896
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $234,681,594
    Expenses
    $229,795,481
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,387,145,011
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $262,865,295
    Expenses
    $215,351,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,376,620,355
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $261,462,319
    Expenses
    $208,481,429
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,332,988,727

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

  • SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $68,810

    2023 NIH GRANT

  • SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

    $60,618

    2024 NIH GRANT

  • 2022 NSF GRANT

  • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY

    $16,919

    2022 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

  • 2023 NSF GRANT

  • UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY

    $5,985

    2023 COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

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 on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related corporations and trusts on its 2024 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS (23)

    T · INVESTMENTS · PA · 100% owned · controlled entity

  • PERPETUAL TRUST (1)

    T · INVESTMENTS · NV

  • PERPETUAL TRUST (2)

    T · INVESTMENTS · NV

  • PERPETUAL TRUST (3)

    T · INVESTMENTS · PA

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