Wellesley College: $385.6M Revenue, $265.8M Program Expenses

Wellesley College earns a C on the efficiency rubric — the median bucket on the LakeQuality scale, indicating performance close to the national midpoint across program spending, executive compensation, and financial reserves. Composite score: 63/100.

Annual revenue at Wellesley College runs $385.6M (2023), placing it among the larger U.S. nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset. Wellesley College directs 80% of its expenses to programs — above the third-party-rater threshold for an efficient organization.

Five-year revenue has grown modestly. Wellesley College 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, Wellesley College 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.