Niagara University: $156.3M Revenue, $152.1M Expenses

Niagara University grades a B on the NonprofitTruth efficiency rubric. 76/100 on the composite — above the national median, with strong performance on some factors balanced by middling performance on others.

Niagara University is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $156.3M in 2023 revenue against $152.1M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. On the reserves factor, Niagara 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 trend is mildly positive across the five-year filing window — modest growth, consistent with stable funding sources keeping pace with organizational costs. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Niagara University reports $1.4M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $156.3M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, Niagara 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.