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GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY

EIN 21-0634981 LAKEWOOD, NJ

Revenue 2023
$71,804,009
Expenses 2023
$69,187,729

Program services were 81.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B420
Classification
2700
Street
900 LAKEWOOD AVE

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

GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY (GCU), PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION AND IS OPEN TO STUDENTS OF ALL FAITHS, DELIVERS A CURRICULUM THAT PROMOTES SCHOLARSHIP, SERVICE, AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

GEORGIAN COURT OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITION. FOR MORE INFORMATION GEORGIAN COURT OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC TRADITION, WITH A SPECIAL CONCERN FOR WOMEN, AND IS COMMITTED TO ITS CORE VALUES OF JUSTICE, RESPECT, INTEGRITY, SERVICE, AND COMPASSION.

  • AS OF FALL 2023, GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY ENROLLED 1,910 STUDENTS ACROSS MORE THAN 30 UNDERGRADUATE AND 10 GRADUATE PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS & DIGITAL MEDIA, THE SCHOOL OF ARTS, SCIENCES AND EDUCATION, AND THE HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH SCHOOL OF NURSING & WELLNESS AT GCU.THE UNIVERSITY'S FASTEST-GROWING AND MOST COMPETITITVE DEGREE PROGRAM, THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (BSN), BENEFITS FROM A PARTNERSHIP WITH HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, ONE OF NEW JERSEY'S LARGEST HEALTHCARE NETWORKS. IN 2023-24. GCU GRADUATED ITS THIRD COHORT OF STUDENTS FROM THE ACCELERATED BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING (ABSN) PROGRAM.OUR HISTORY GEORGIAN COURT, LOCATED IN HISTORIC LAKEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, IS THE ONLY CATHOLIC INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION SERVING RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. THE UNIVERSITY HAS HISTORIC ROOTS AS A WOMEN'S COLLEGE, AND SERVED MEN IN EVENING AND GRADUATE COURSES, USUALLY PART-TIME, UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2012. GCU BECAME FULLY COEDUCATIONAL IN SEPTEMBER 2013 WITH THE ADDITION OF MEN IN CAMPUS RESIDENCE HALLS AND THE LAUNCH OF MEN'S ATHLETICS. BY THE 2023-24 ACADEMIC YEAR, GCU'S UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION WAS 67% FEMALE AND 33% MALE GCU PROVIDES ALL STUDENTS WITH A VALUES-BASED LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION THAT (1) ENHANCES THEIR MARKETABILITY AFTER GRADUATION; (2) EMPHASIZES PURPOSEFUL LEADERSHIP; AND (3) PREPARES GRADUATES TO CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY IN THEIR CAREERS, COMMUNITIES AND PERSONAL LIVES. THE UNIVERSITY EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF FORMATION, WHOLE-PERSONHOOD AND EXPERIENCES THAT HELP STUDENTS BECOME JUST AND COMPASSIONATE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. THESE EFFORTS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF MISSION & MINISTY, WHICH ORGANIZES PROGRAMMING ON CATHOLIC INTELLECTUAL TRADITION, AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES . AS A ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, GCU WELCOMES STUDENTS FROM ALL RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC, AND SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS, GUIDED BY ITS MERCY CORE VALUES: RESPECT, INTEGRITY, JUSTICE, COMPASSION, AND SERVICE.THE STUDENT EXPERIENCEGEORGIAN COURT OFFERS A CURRICULUM THAT ENGAGES STUDENTS IN BOTH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPLORATION. THE SMALL STUDENT-FACULTY RATIO OF 11:1 ALLOWS FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING AND PROMOTES SUCCESS THROUGH HIGH-IMPACT PRACTICES SUCH AS LEARNING COMMUNITIES, SERVICE LEARNING, FACULTY-LED RESEARCH, STUDY ABROAD, INTERNSHIPS, AND CAPSTONE PROJECTS. ONE NOTABLE EXAMPLE OF THESE PRACTICES IS THE WORK OF GCU NURSING STUDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND BEYOND.THE UNIVERSITY'S COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS IS PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL FOR FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS, WHO MADE UP 33% OF THE FALL 2023 FRESHMAN CLASS, AND FOR STUDENTS FROM LOWER-INCOME FAMILIES, WITH 46% OF FRESHMEN RECEIVING PELL GRANTS IN FALL 2023.ACCOLADESIN 2024, GEORGIAN COURT CLIMBED 16 SPOTS IN THE U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S BEST REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES NORTH RANKINGS, ACHIEVING ITS HIGHEST POSITION IN OVER A DECADE. THE UNIVERSITY ALSO ADVANCED IN THE TOP PERFORMERS ON SOCIAL MOBILITY CATEGORY, MOVING FROM 103RD TO 90TH.GCU ALSO EARNED A SPOT ON PHI THETA KAPPA'S 2024 TRANSFER HONOR ROLL, HIGHLIGHTING IT AS ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFER-FRIENDLY INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S. THE UNIVERSITY WAS ONE OF ONLY FIVE NEW JERSEY COLLEGES OR UNIVERSITIES TO RECEIVE THE PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION EACH YEAR SINCE 2018.GROWTH, RETENTION AND ACHIEVEMENTGRADUATE PROGRAMS AT GEORGIAN COURT CONTINUE TO THRIVE ONLINE AND IN PERSON, ATTRACTING PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS NEW JERSEY AND BEYOND. THE CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (CPS) ALSO PROVIDES EXECUTIVE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES IN HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION, AND NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT. PROGRAMMING TO SUPPORT LATINX STUDENTS AT GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY HAS BEEN REVITALIZED AND EXPANDED THROUGH VAMOS, A PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON SCHOLARSHIPS, DEDICATED SUPPORT, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING TO ASSIST LATINX STUDENTS IN NAVIGATING AND EXCELLING IN COLLEGE. THROUGH THE VAMOS PROGRAM, STUDENTS GAIN ACCESS TO 12 EXCLUSIVE WORKSHOPS DEVELOPED THROUGH AVANZANDO, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED INITIATIVE CREATED BY UNIDOSUS. THESE WORKSHOPS EQUIP LATINX AND FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH THE TOOLS AND STRATEGIES THEY NEED TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND.GRANTS & GIVINGIN 2023-24, GEORGIAN COURT SECURED OVER $1 MILLION IN COMPETITIVE GOVERNMENT GRANTS, CONTINUING ITS TREND OF ANNUAL MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR AWARDS. THESE FUNDS, ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS, SUPPORTED NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS, GLOBAL EDUCATION, AND STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS, ENSURING AFFORDABILITY AND ACCESS.COMMITMENT TO CORE VALUES THROUGH SERVICESERVICE IS DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN THE GEORGIAN COURT EXPERIENCE, WITH HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES EACH YEAR.ONE LONGTIME CAMPUS TRADITION IS THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING FOOD BASKET DRIVE, WHERE STUDENTS FILL REUSABLE GROCERY BAGS WITH HOLIDAY ESSENTIALS, WRITE PERSONALIZED HOLIDAY CARDS, AND DELIVER THE COMPLETED FOOD BASKETS TO LOCAL FAMILIES IN NEED.TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY ON CAMPUS, THE OFFICE OF MISSION & MINISTRY MANAGES JULIAN'S CUPBOARD STUDENT FOOD PANTRY. LOCATED IN MERCY HALL, THE PANTRY IS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS DURING OFFICE HOURS OR VIA AN ONLINE REQUEST SYSTEM.STUDENT NEED AT GCUIN 2023-24, 99% OF FULL-TIME FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS RECEIVED SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL AID.

    Expenses $43,826,196 · Grants $17,835,358 · Revenue $52,628,106

  • STUDENT SERVICE SUPPORT - OTHER EXPENDITURES TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF OFFICES DEDICATED TO STUDENT SERVICE ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $9,255,466

  • AS A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAL ATHLETIC COLLEGIATE CONFERENCE (CACC), GEORGIAN COURT HAD OVER 300 STUDENT-ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN NCAA DIVISION II SPORTS AS OF FALL 2023. SPORTS PROGRAMS INCLUDED ACROBATICS AND TUMBLING, BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, CROSS COUNTRY, LACROSSE, SOCCER, SOFTBALL, VOLLEYBALL, AND INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD.IN MAY 2024, THE UNIVERSITY WON THE 2023-24 CACC SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD FOR MEN'S SPORTS, EARNING TOP HONORS IN THE SPRING SEASON STANDINGS.

    Expenses $3,101,170

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.

  • JOSEPH R MARBACH PHD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $420,291
    From this org
    $370,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,216
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,475
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $39,600
    Deferred
    $10,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,016
    Filer's total
    $420,291

  • MICHELE TERESA ARONICA RSM

    PH.D., CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEACON JAMES J KNIPPER

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES E ANDREWS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S CHIESA ESQ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RODRIGO A COLON JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALICIA COOK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE DESTAFNEY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRIS DOMES EDD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENNETH M ESSER JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REGINA FOLEY PHD MBA RN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY ELLEN FUHRMAN RSM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV MON R VINCENT GARTLAND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARILYN E GONYO EDD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOYCE A HECKMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIANNE HOLLER DO FACOI

    FAAHPM, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT H HUTCHINS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL J LAFERRERA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY K E MAPLES ESQ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KERRY ANNE MCGEARY PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHAEL A NOONE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JUDITH M PERSICHILLI RN BSN MA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TAMMI C REDD PHD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEGAN E MULCAHY ROMANO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JENNIFER MACGREGOR SAFEER CPA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $71,804,009
    Expenses
    $69,187,729
    Contributions
    $4,624,727
    Grants paid
    $17,835,358
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $58,760,311
    Expenses
    $68,281,870
    Contributions
    $3,409,945
    Grants paid
    $16,023,767

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
    $70,027,794
    Expenses
    $67,902,182
    Assets (EOY)
    $127,824,827

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $66,436,020
    Expenses
    $62,671,293
    Assets (EOY)
    $136,690,213

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $66,863,638
    Expenses
    $66,128,861
    Assets (EOY)
    $124,131,723

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $68,401,375
    Expenses
    $68,771,389
    Assets (EOY)
    $130,282,700

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $66,146,838
    Expenses
    $66,390,646
    Assets (EOY)
    $134,145,051

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

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 2022 return

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 2022 return

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $3,300 raised

    2023 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$4,989 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $3,830 raised

    2022 Commercial Fundraiser

    -$5,304 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $19,603 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    $10,469 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $2,485 raised

    2021 Commercial Fundraiser

    $79 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $5,860 raised

    2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $5,860 to charity

  • RUFFALO NOEL LEVITZ LLC

    $705 raised

    2020 Commercial Fundraiser

    $705 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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 23 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.