Public Charity

Washington and Lee University

Washington and Lee University, of LEXINGTON, VA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $436.5M in revenue, $313.0M in expenses, $2.9B in total assets. 461 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $152.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 540505977 LEXINGTON, VA Undergraduate Colleges NTEE: B42 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$436.5M
Total Expenses$313.0M
Total Assets$2.9B
Grant Records461
Funding Total$152.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

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Where $100 goes at Washington and Lee University

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

$72 Programs the work itself
$26 Management running the organization
$2 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $72 for programs

$72
University providing a liberal arts education
All 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

PROFESSOR Brian Murchison
TRUSTEE Brodie G Riordan
TRUSTEE Charles H Prioleau
DEAN Chawne Kimber
TRUSTEE Christopher C Dyson
TRUSTEE Christopher H Williams

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$131,366,303 264 grants
Education
$18,953,368 147 grants
Sports & Recreation
$152,500 7 grants
Health & Medicine
$136,120 5 grants
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
$58,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $436.5M $313.0M $2.9B
2024 $284.8M $297.0M $2.6B
2023 $276.6M $276.8M $2.5B
2022 $248.8M $254.9M $2.5B
2021 $258.5M $239.1M $2.6B

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $258.5M to $436.5M (+69%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.9B.

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