Public Charity

CITIZEN UNIVERSITY

CITIZEN UNIVERSITY is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in SEATTLE, WA. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $2.0M, expenses of $2.2M, total assets of $2.3M. Imperigo tracks 22 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $2.0M.

EIN: 464270721 SEATTLE, WA Citizen Participation NTEE: W24 Latest filing: 2025

Organization Summary

Grant Records 22

Filing History 2021–2025

Funding Total $2.0M

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Financial Snapshot · 2025

Total Revenue $2.0M

Total Expenses $2.2M

Total Assets $2.3M

Total Revenue$2.0M

Total Expenses$2.2M

Total Assets$2.3M

Grant Records22

Funding Total$2.0M

Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

CITIZEN UNIVERSITY IS WORKING TO FORTIFY THE HABITS AND SKILLS OF POWERFUL, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR VISION IS A NATION OF VIBRANT, SELF-GOVERNING COMMUNITIES WHERE EACH PERSON UNDERSTANDS THEIR CIVIC POWER, COMMITS TO TAKING RESPONSIBILITY, AND IS MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTING TO A HEALTHY, SHARED CIVIC LIFE. WE DO THIS BY EQUIPPING AND SUPPORTING CIVIC CATALYSTS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO PRACTICE AND SPREAD HABITS OF CITIZENSHIP IN WAYS THAT FEEL RELATIONAL, RELEVANT, AND SUSTAINABLE.

Where $100 goes at Citizen University

How Citizen University divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$77 Programs the work itself

$18 Management running the organization

$5 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $77 for programs

$17

The civic saturday fellowship prepares motivated americans to inspire a renewed sense of shared civic purpose and moral courage in their community

22% of program spending

$16

The youth collaboratory brings together civic-minded high school sophomores and juniors from across the country for six months of learning and two national convenings where they engage around…

21% of program spending

$15

Graduates of our training programs join our cu community, an ongoing peer learning network of hundreds of civic catalysts from around the nation grounded in shared purpose

19% of program spending

Plus 3 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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.

Sample Grants Received

ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

2024

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & CAPACITY BUILDING

$300,000

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

2024

For grant recipient's exempt purposes

$80,000

ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

2023

GENERAL

$22,000

FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

2023

For grant recipient's exempt purposes

$17,630

Stand Together Foundation

2022

GENERAL OPERATING

$250,000

Showing up to 5 of 22 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER Chris Hayashida-Knight

TREASURER Diane Douglas

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Eric Liu

DIRECTOR James Williams

VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY Katie Hong

CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER Kayla Demonte

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support

$1,243,705 16 grants

Youth Development

$300,000 1 grant

Education

$275,000 3 grants

Health & Medicine

$200,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets
2025	$2.0M	$2.2M	$2.3M
2024	$785K	$2.1M	$2.5M
2023	$2.3M	$1.7M	$3.9M
2022	$2.8M	$1.1M	$3.2M
2021	$1.5M	$828K	$1.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.5M to $2.0M (+34%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.3M.

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

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