Pacific Lutheran University Inc: $158.6M Revenue, $126.3M Program Expenses

Pacific Lutheran University Inc earns an A on the nonprofit efficiency rubric — a top-tier rating that reflects strong program-spending ratios, reasonable executive compensation, and stable financial reserves. The composite score of 86/100 places it in the upper bracket of U.S. tax-exempt organizations.

Annual revenue at Pacific Lutheran University Inc runs $158.6M (2023), placing it among the larger U.S. nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset. Pacific Lutheran University Inc directs 80% of its expenses to programs — above the third-party-rater threshold for an efficient organization.

Five-year revenue is essentially flat — Pacific Lutheran University Inc'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, Pacific Lutheran University Inc 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.