Widener University: $243.6M Revenue, $246.3M Expenses

The efficiency rubric puts Widener University at a B grade: a composite of 74/100 that lands above the national midpoint. The grade reflects solid financial reserves alongside reasonable officer compensation and steady revenue.

Annual revenue at Widener University runs $243.6M (2023), placing it among the larger U.S. nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset. On the reserves factor, Widener 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 has been roughly stable over the five-year filing window. The pattern is normal for established organizations operating in a mature program area. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: Widener University reports $2.3M in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $243.6M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. In the Education category, Widener 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.