Rutgers University Foundation: $208.6M Revenue, $198.1M Expenses

On the NonprofitTruth efficiency rubric, Rutgers University Foundation pulls an A — the highest available grade. The 82/100 composite reflects strong financial reserves, controlled officer compensation, and the kind of multi-year financial discipline that grant-makers look for.

Rutgers University Foundation is a large nonprofit by U.S. standards: $208.6M in 2023 revenue against $198.1M in expenses. Organizations in this revenue bracket usually run multiple programs with permanent staff and a meaningful endowment or reserve. On the reserves factor, Rutgers University Foundation 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).

Five-year revenue trajectory is strongly positive: Rutgers University Foundation has grown materially in real terms, which usually signals successful fundraising and program expansion. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Rutgers University Foundation reports $2.4M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $208.6M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, Rutgers University Foundation 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.