Public Charity

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in BOSTON, MA. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $3.2B, expenses of $3.1B, total assets of $6.8B. Imperigo tracks 768 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $172.1M.

EIN: 041679980 BOSTON, MA Student Sororities & Fraternities NTEE: B83 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.2B
Total Expenses$3.1B
Total Assets$6.8B
Grant Records768
Funding Total$172.1M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Where $100 goes at Northeastern University

How Northeastern University divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$91 Programs the work itself
$8 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $91 for programs

$44
Instruction northeastern enables 52,269 students to fulfill their educational goals by providing teaching and advising that result in the granting of associate, bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in…
48% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 52,269 students
$36
Student financial aid Northeastern awards grants and scholarships to students from several sources: federal and state governments, institutionally-funded and endowment/donor funded
40% of program spending
$11
Auxiliary enterprises northeastern provides student housing in 33 residential buildings and other related program services
12% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PROF. & SR ASSOC DEAN Alan Mislove
Trustee/VICE CHAIR Alan S Mckim
STERNBERG FAMILY DIST PROF Alessandro Vespignani
GEORGE D BEHRAKIS CHAIR Alexandros Makriyannis
Trustee Amin Khoury
Trustee Anita Nassar

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$61,320,140 244 grants
Education
$43,272,904 201 grants
Research & Policy
$39,473,683 169 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$10,815,005 22 grants
Health & Medicine
$4,619,939 40 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.2B $3.1B $6.8B
2024 $3.0B $2.8B $6.4B
2023 $2.6B $2.5B $6.0B
2022 $2.4B $2.1B $5.5B
2021 $2.1B $1.8B $4.7B

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.1B to $3.2B (+53%), with total assets most recently reported at $6.8B.

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