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DICKINSON COLLEGE

EIN 23-1365954 CARLISLE, PA

Revenue 2023
$244,460,881
Expenses 2023
$220,059,285

Program services were 88.6% 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
PO BOX 1773

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

DICKINSON COLLEGE PROVIDES A USEFUL, INNOVATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES TO PREPARE STUDENTS TO LEAD RICH AND FULFILLING LIVES OF ENGAGED GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O.DICKINSON COLLEGE, FOUNDED IN 1783, IS A HIGHLY SELECTIVE, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE KNOWN FOR ITS INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM. FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES, DICKINSON HAS EMBRACED THE VISION OF AN EVER-EVOLVING EDUCATION, AN EDUCATION THAT PREPARES RISING GENERATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL, ACTIVE, INFORMED LIVES AS GLOBAL LEADERS.

  • EDUCATING STUDENTS - DICKINSON COLLEGE IS COMMITTED TO MAKING A TOP-TIER EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES ACCESSIBLE REGARDLESS OF FAMILIES' ECONOMIC MEANS. ALL ADMITTED STUDENTS FROM THE MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS, WHO DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED AND WHO MET APPLICATION DEADLINES, WERE OFFERED AID. IN 2023-24, DICKINSON STUDENTS RECEIVED AN ESTIMATED $101,368,699 IN FINANCIAL AID, OF WHICH $84,955,014 WAS PROVIDED FROM THE COLLEGE'S FUNDS. STATE AND FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS, PARENT LOANS AND OTHER OUTSIDE SOURCES PROVIDED THE REMAINING FUNDS. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE OIN FALL 2023, THE COLLEGE EMPLOYED 220 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT FACULTY. 90% OF FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBERS HOLD A DOCTORATE OR OTHER TERMINAL DEGREE. OF THIS GROUP, FULL PROFESSORS COMPRISED 26%, ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS 36%, ASSISTANT PROFESSORS 32%, AND INSTRUCTORS 6%. THE STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO FOR FALL 2023 WAS 9:1. TO SUPPORT ITS ACADEMIC, STUDENT LIFE AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, THE COLLEGE ALSO EMPLOYS 314 PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF PERSONNEL (ALL FT) AND 318 SUPPORT STAFF PERSONNEL (274 FT; 44 PT). DICKINSON CONTINUES TO RECEIVE FAVORABLE AND FREQUENT MEDIA ATTENTION AND ATTRACT GREATER LEVELS OF STUDENT INTEREST EACH YEAR. AS THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND THE QUALITY OF RECENT ENTERING CLASSES DEMONSTRATE, DICKINSON HAS A SECURE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION AS A TOP-QUALITY LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE. THE INCREASED LEVEL OF INTEREST THE COLLEGE HAS SEEN IN RECENT YEARS PUTS THE COLLEGE IN A GOOD POSITION TO CONTINUE TO ANALYZE AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROFILE OF STUDENTS WHO ENROLL AND REMAIN AT DICKINSON IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SELECTIVITY, YIELD AND RETENTION.2,204 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED FOR FALL 2023, INCLUDING 212 STUDENTS STUDYING OFF-CAMPUS AT THE COLLEGE'S CENTERS IN THE U.S. AND ABROAD. FOR FALL 2023, STUDENTS CAME FROM 43 U.S. STATES AND TERRITORIES AND 44 FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS ADMITTED 3,095 FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS REFLECTING AN ACCEPTANCE RATE OF 43%. FIRST-YEAR ENROLLMENT FIGURES REFLECT THE COLLEGE'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC QUALITY (54% RANKED TOP 10% OF CLASS). THE 1-YEAR RETENTION RATE WAS 92%, AND 76% OF ENTERING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS GRADUATED WITHIN FOUR YEARS. DICKINSON STUDENTS MAY SELECT EITHER OF TWO BROAD DEGREE ORIENTATIONS WITHIN THE CURRICULUM: THE BACHELOR OF ARTS OR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS ARE THE SAME IN EITHER CASE; ONLY STUDENTS WITH THE CONCENTRATION IN ONE OF THE NATURAL OR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES MAY BE CANDIDATES FOR THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. COURSES ARE OFFERED IN TWO SEMESTERS, EACH COMPRISING 14 WEEKS OF CLASSES FOLLOWED BY FINAL EXAMINATIONS. THE FALL SEMESTER BEGINS IN LATE AUGUST AND CONCLUDES IN DECEMBER. STUDENTS HAVE A READING PERIOD AT THE END OF CLASSES IN WHICH TO PREPARE FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATIONS AND PAPERS WHICH ARE SCHEDULED DURING THE SUBSEQUENT WEEK. SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS NEAR THE END OF JANUARY AND RUNS THROUGH MID-MAY, FOLLOWING THE SAME PATTERN OF CLASSES AND EXAMINATIONS AS THE FALL SEMESTER. SEEKING A BALANCE BETWEEN THE FULL BREADTH OF LIBERAL LEARNING AND DEPTH REPRESENTED BY ONE DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO KNOWLEDGE, EACH DICKINSON STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO TAKE A MINIMUM OF 32 COURSES, COMPLETE A SERIES OF ALL-COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS, AND SELECT A MAJOR CONCENTRATION. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE INCLUDE A FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR, ONE "WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINE" COURSE AND ONE "QUANTITATIVE REASONING" COURSE. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION INCLUDE DISTRIBUTION COURSES (AT LEAST ONE COURSE IN THE ARTS, HUMANITIES, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LABORATORY SCIENCE), CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES, AND ONE COURSE IN SUSTAINABILITY.DICKINSON OFFERS A RICH CURRICULUM, INCLUDING THE EXPLORATION OF NEW FIELDS OF STUDY (RECENT INTRODUCTION OF A MAJOR IN DATA ANALYTICS AND A MINOR IN ETHICS ARE EXAMPLES). SOME OF THE COLLEGE'S RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:- SUBSTANTIAL FOUNDING DONOR INVESTMENTS TO ESTABLISH THE BURGESS INSTITUTE FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, WHICH WILL PROVIDE DICKINSON STUDENTS FROM ACROSS ALL MAJORS WITH NEW OR REDESIGNED COURSES, PRACTICAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES, MENTORSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, AND EXTENSIVE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER PREPARE THEM FOR CAREERS IN FINANCE, BANKING, ECONOMICS, BUSINESS AND RELATED FIELDS. THE INSTITUTE IS BUILDING ON ITS ALREADY STRONG MAJORS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS AS WELL AS TAPPING THE EXPERTISE OF ITS ALUMNI AND PARENTS TO FURTHER DEVELOP BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS IN ITS STUDENTS. - THE COLLEGE HAS REACHED THE $70 MILLION MARK IN ITS $75 MILLION CAMPAIGN FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. - THE COLLEGE OFFICIALLY OPENED THE JOHN M. PAZ '78 ALUMNI & FAMILY CENTER, AN ENTIRELY DONOR-FUNDED INITIATIVE SUPPORTED BY MORE THAN 1,000 ALUMNI DONORS. THIS IS A DEDICATED SPACE FOR ALUMNI AND PARENTS TO GATHER AND INTERACT WITH STUDENTS, FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS. IT INCLUDES EVENT SPACE AND SIX GUEST SUITES THAT ARE GENERATING NEW REVENUE WHILE ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING ALUMNI AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT ON CAMPUS.

    Expenses $164,314,735 · Grants $79,959,362 · Revenue $137,589,304

  • AUXILIARY SERVICES - AUXILIARY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE COLLEGE INCLUDE HOUSING AND DINING SERVICES, CAMPUS STORES, AND OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES.

    Expenses $30,752,844 · Grants $1,513,528 · Revenue $40,259,926

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.

  • DOUGLAS J PAULS

    TRUSTEE/CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • RUTH A FERGUSON

    TRUSTEE/VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • NEAL B ABRAHAM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • WILLIAM S AMICK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PETER J ANDERSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GRETCHEN E BRIGDEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK S BURGESS

    TRUSTEE/COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • MIKE L CAPONE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • VALERIA E CARRANZA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LAURA I COLONY

    TRUSTEE/COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • ERIC J FENNEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOHN B FRISCH

    TRUSTEE/COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • HOLCOMBE T GREEN III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GEORGE V HAGER JR

    TRUSTEE/COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • THOMAS W HARE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • FRANK E JAMES III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JULIE I JOHNSON

    TRUSTEE/COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • THOMAS L KALARIS

    TRUSTEE/COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • BRIAN E KAMOIE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK I LEHMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • STUART I MATHEWS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN M MILLER

    TRUSTEE/COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • WILLIAM L MUELLER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • AMY L NAUIOKAS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ELIZABETH E NEEDHAM

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $244,460,881
    Expenses
    $220,059,285
    Contributions
    $28,508,676
    Grants paid
    $81,472,890
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $221,585,875
    Expenses
    $200,730,120
    Contributions
    $20,714,987
    Grants paid
    $72,163,768

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
    $245,578,818
    Expenses
    $192,451,585
    Assets (EOY)
    $875,521,974

  • 2021 · 990-T

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $184,839,246
    Expenses
    $167,079,745
    Assets (EOY)
    $866,389,755

  • 2020 · 990-T

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

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $183,897,570
    Expenses
    $183,586,026
    Assets (EOY)
    $727,423,592

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $198,527,205
    Expenses
    $191,702,515
    Assets (EOY)
    $731,813,464

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $209,116,419
    Expenses
    $190,448,057
    Assets (EOY)
    $718,155,414

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 2023 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.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST (5)

    T · ANNUITY · PA

  • POOLED INCOME FUND (1)

    T · ANNUITY · PA

  • PERPETUAL TRUST (3)

    T · PERPETUAL TRUST · 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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.