Public Charity

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY is a Public Charity headquartered in WILBERFORCE, OH. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $23.1M revenue, $22.5M expenses, $31.8M total assets. 62 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $7.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 310604719 WILBERFORCE, OH Undergraduate Colleges NTEE: B42 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$23.1M
Total Expenses$22.5M
Total Assets$31.8M
Grant Records62
Funding Total$7.4M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY IS A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY AND THE PRIMARY MISSION IS TO ENGAGE, SUPPORT, AND ASSIST STUDENTS IN IDENTIFYING AND PREPARING FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PURPOSES IN LIFE AS SOCIAL CHANGE AGENTS, SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS, ENTREPRENEURS, THOUGHT-LEADERS AND GLOBAL CITIZENS BY IMPARTING KNOWLEDGE THROUGH RIGOROUS INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY AND CRITICAL THINKING. THE MISSION IS MOST EFFECTIVELY ACCOMPLISHED BY INSTILLING PRIDE, DISCIPLINE AND INSPIRING LIFE-LONG LEARNING, PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED, AND THE SKILLS DEVELOPED.

Where $100 goes at Wilberforce University Wilberforce University

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

$50 Programs the work itself
$50 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $50 for programs

$49
Provide a post-secondary education to the students of Wilberforce university
99% of program spending
$1
The univesity provides post secondary education to minority students from various parts of the uninted states
1% 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

TRUSTEE Adrienne Trimble
CFO Amani Lewis
TRUSTEE Angela Rye
TRUSTEE Angela T Rye
TRUSTEE/DIRE Bishop Stafford Wicker
TRUSTEE Delores Wright

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$6,312,445 28 grants
General Support
$957,102 29 grants
Research & Policy
$9,730 1 grant
Unspecified
$72,132 4 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $23.1M $22.5M $31.8M
2024 $21.3M $20.2M $30.3M
2023 $12.2M $16.1M $26.2M
2022 $18.5M $17.4M $28.5M
2021 $40.7M $14.8M $28.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $40.7M to $23.1M (-43%), with total assets most recently reported at $31.8M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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