University Of Dayton: $911.4M Revenue, $652.4M Program Expenses

On the LakeQuality nonprofit efficiency rubric, University Of Dayton pulls an A — the highest available grade. The 81/100 composite reflects a combination of program-focused spending, controlled overhead, and the kind of multi-year financial discipline that grant-makers look for.

Annual revenue at University Of Dayton runs $911.4M (2022), placing it among the larger U.S. nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset. Program-spending efficiency is strong: 80% of total expenses flow to program activities, above the 75% benchmark most third-party charity raters use.

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. University Of Dayton is not expanding rapidly but is not shrinking either; the trajectory is consistent with stable donor and grant relationships. 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, University Of Dayton 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.