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CAPITAL UNIVERSITY

EIN 31-4379435 COLUMBUS, OH

Largest nonprofits in Ohio

Revenue 2023
$122,570,338
Expenses 2023
$130,864,170

Program services were 90.6% 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
1 COLLEGE AND MAIN

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 · 2023

Mission

CAPITAL UNIVERSITY TRANSFORMS LIVES BY EMPOWERING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS THROUGH ENGAGING ACADEMIC, CO-CURRICULAR, AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES.

  • CAPITAL UNIVERSITY PROVIDES ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES TO 1,747 UNDERGRADUATE AND 641 GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS FOUR UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES WITH MORE THAN 70 MAJORS, AND GRADUATE DEGREES IN LAW, BUSINESS, NURSING, MUSIC, EDUCATION, AND THEOLOGY TAUGHT BY APPROXIMATELY 147 FULL-TIME FACULTY. MORE THAN 1,600 UNDERGRADUATE AND 500 GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS RECEIVE INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS. SINCE CAPITAL IS IN A METROPOLITAN SETTING IN THE COLUMBUS SURBURB OF BEXLEY, STUDENTS ENJOY MANY ACADEMIC, CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE GRADUATE PROGRAMS HOUSED ON THE MAIN CAMPUS IN BEXLEY, THE CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS PROVIDING STUDENTS THE PROSPECT OF ENHANCING THEIR EDUCATION THROUGH INTERNSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY AGENCIES AND WITH LAW FIRMS IN OHIO'S CAPITAL CITY. THE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AT CAPITAL INCLUDES A RICH VARIETY OF INTERNSHIPS AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH NATIONAL CORPORATIONS, HEALTH, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENTAL OFFICES.

    Expenses $106,059,950 · Grants $50,812,914 · Revenue $90,591,683

  • AUXILIARY ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS PRIMARILY FURNISH GOODS AND SERVICES TO STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF. IT IS MANAGED AS A SELF-SUPPORTING ACTIVITY AND CONSIST PRIMARILY DINING AND HOUSING SERVICES.

    Expenses $12,500,319 · Revenue $10,295,771

  • OTHER CONSISTS OF MISCELLANEOUS FEES AND PROGRAM REVENUES.

    Revenue $1,153,837

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Steven Bahls

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Laura Barbins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Paul Chodak

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erika Clark Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dominic Deluca

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tim Donovan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Luke Fedlam

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christine Holt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jean Kohler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michael Lancaster

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marty McDonald

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vincent Parisi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andre Porter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Prince

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Niklaus Schillack

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tyler Schleich

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kim Shumate

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marti Taylor

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jeff Thiele

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William Wiecher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mo Wright

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Kaufman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $414,489
    From this org
    $370,626
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,863
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $291,768
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $78,858
    Deferred
    $11,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,613
    Filer's total
    $414,489
  • Jody Fournier

    PROVOST AND VP-LEARNING

    Total calculated
    $290,752
    From this org
    $221,795
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,957
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,298
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $497
    Deferred
    $15,525
    Nontaxable benefits
    $53,432
    Filer's total
    $290,752
  • William Mea

    VP-BUSINESS&FIN./TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $293,699
    From this org
    $248,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,585
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $246,530
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,584
    Deferred
    $17,213
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,372
    Filer's total
    $293,699
  • April Novotny

    VP-ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $193,477
    From this org
    $174,189
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,288
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,952
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $237
    Deferred
    $10,073
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,215
    Filer's total
    $193,477

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
    $122,570,338
    Expenses
    $130,864,170
    Contributions
    $7,303,910
    Grants paid
    $51,452,333
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $125,146,279
    Expenses
    $131,428,980
    Contributions
    $16,668,750
    Grants paid
    $53,252,385

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
    $132,427,868
    Expenses
    $132,090,936
    Assets (EOY)
    $276,697,863
  • 2021 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $141,564,165
    Expenses
    $128,587,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $300,691,955
  • 2020 · 990-T

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

    Revenue
    $130,364,593
    Expenses
    $134,815,530
    Assets (EOY)
    $268,714,019
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $131,535,800
    Expenses
    $131,221,148
    Assets (EOY)
    $274,033,111
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $126,958,053
    Expenses
    $129,354,280
    Assets (EOY)
    $282,628,577

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.

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 2023 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUSTS (2)

    T · INVESTMENTS · OH

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.