Clarkson University: $233.4M Revenue, $195.4M Program Expenses

Clarkson University grades a B on the nonprofit efficiency rubric. 79/100 on the composite — above the national median, with strong performance on some factors balanced by middling performance on others.

Annual revenue at Clarkson University runs $233.4M (2023), placing it among the larger U.S. nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset. Clarkson University directs 80% of its expenses to programs — above the third-party-rater threshold for an efficient organization.

Five-year revenue is essentially flat — Clarkson University's funding base appears stable but not growing. For mature organizations this is often the steady state; for younger ones it can signal a funding plateau worth diagnosing. CEO compensation is reported as zero in the filing — typical for nonprofits where the chief executive is paid through a related entity (parent system, university, or foundation) rather than the filing organization itself, or for small organizations whose chief is a volunteer or board member. In the Education category, Clarkson University sits alongside universities, K-12 systems, scholarship funds, and education-research organizations. Education-sector nonprofits often hold large endowments, which affects how the reserves-and-revenue ratios should be read.