Depaul University: $848.4M Revenue, $874.5M Expenses

Depaul University grades a B on the NonprofitTruth efficiency rubric. 73/100 on the composite — above the national median, with strong performance on some factors balanced by middling performance on others.

Annual revenue at Depaul University runs $848.4M (2023), placing it among the larger U.S. nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset. On the reserves factor, Depaul University scores well — assets relative to annual spending sit in the range nonprofit-finance experts consider healthy (roughly three months to two years of operating expenses).

Revenue has been roughly stable over the five-year filing window. The pattern is normal for established organizations operating in a mature program area. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Depaul University reports $8.9M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $848.4M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, Depaul 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 figures should be read.