George Washington University: $1.8B Revenue, $1.7B Expenses

George Washington University earns a C on the efficiency rubric — the median bucket on the NonprofitTruth scale, indicating performance close to the national midpoint across financial reserves, officer compensation, and revenue consistency. Composite score: 64/100.

On revenue, George Washington University is among the largest U.S. nonprofits: $1.8B in 2023 reported revenue. Organizations at this scale typically operate hospitals, university systems, or national federations — the financial pattern looks more like a corporation than the small-charity stereotype. George Washington University holds a moderate reserve position relative to its $1.7B in annual expenses — neither fragile nor a large surplus.

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. George Washington University is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: George Washington University reports $7.8M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $1.8B in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, George Washington 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.