Public Charity

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY is a Public Charity headquartered in MALIBU, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $755.1M revenue, $666.5M expenses, $2.7B total assets. 283 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $69.6M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 951644037 MALIBU, CA Universities NTEE: B43 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$755.1M
Total Expenses$666.5M
Total Assets$2.7B
Grant Records283
Funding Total$69.6M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY IS A CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY COMMITTED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND CHRISTIAN VALUES, WHERE STUDENTS ARE STRENGTHENED FOR LIVES OF PURPOSE, SERVICE, AND LEADERSHIP. SEE SCHEDULE O FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Where $100 goes at Pepperdine University

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

$78 Programs the work itself
$21 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $78 for programs

$36
Student services, including scholarships to enrolled students - there are many auxiliary services offered to the students to promote their intellectual, emotional, and spiritual development
46% of program spending
$20
Academic support
25% of program spending
$18
Instruction and research
23% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 3,600 students; 5,400 students

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

Share on LinkedIn Share on Facebook
Add this to your website

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

REGENT THRU 5/25 Alan Beard
REGENT Anna Mergele
VP PLANNING, OPS & CONSTRUCTION Ben Veenendaal
REGENT Christopher Rudd
VP STUDENT AFFAIRS, VC RISE Connie Horton
REGENT Dale Brown

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$55,200,111 130 grants
Education
$11,771,012 104 grants
Research & Policy
$539,942 7 grants
Health & Medicine
$314,833 7 grants
Religion & Spirituality
$209,268 3 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $755.1M $666.5M $2.7B
2024 $705.5M $664.7M $2.6B
2023 $699.8M $649.4M $2.5B
2022 $719.1M $639.6M $2.4B
2021 $724.2M $559.6M $2.4B

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $724.2M to $755.1M (+4%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.7B.

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

See the full picture for PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

Complete financials, all 283 grant records, officer compensation, year-over-year trend charts, a geographic grant map, and data exports — across 880,000+ organizations.

Full Financial History Complete Grant Activity Officer Compensation Year-over-Year Charts Geographic Grant Map Data Exports
7-day free trial Cancel any time