CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

224 WEST 57TH STREET 4TH FL, NEW YORK, NY 10019-3212

In care of

% MICHAEL IGNATIEFF

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

CARSTEN Q SCHNEIDER, 224 WEST 57TH STREET 4TH FL, NEW YORK, NY 10019

Signed the 990

CARSTEN Q SCHNEIDER, INTERIM RECTOR AND PRESIDENT

Phone

(212) 548-0600

Website

WWW.CEU.EDU

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CBIZ ADVISORS LLC

Mission

CEU IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING THE VALUES OF OPEN SOCIETY AND SELF-REFLECTIVE CRITICAL THINKING. IT AIMS AT EXCELLENCE IN THE MASTERY OF ESTABLISHED KNOWLEDGE, COURAGE TO PURSUE THE CREATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE IN THE HUMANITIES, THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, LAW AND MANAGEMENT, AND ENGAGEMENT IN PROMOTING APPLICATIONS FOR EACH, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THEIR POLICY IMPLICATIONS. CEU IS A NEW MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION, A CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES, AND A SOURCE OF SUPPORT FOR BUILDING OPEN AND DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES THAT RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN DIGNITY.

Program accomplishments

• THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE STUDY AND RESEARCH OFFERING BACHELOR, MASTER AND DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS OF STUDY AS WELL. THE UNIVERSITY CURRENTLY OFFERS 11 DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, 35 MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS AND 3 UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN VIENNA. THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS, CULTURE, POLITICS AND SOCIETY, AND DATA SCIENCE AND SOCIETY. THERE ARE ONE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED IN THE FOLLOWING FIELDS: BUSINESS ANALYTICS, HISTORICAL STUDIES, CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY, FINANCE, GENDER STUDIES, HUMAN RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, LEGAL STUDIES (COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND GLOBAL BUSINESS LAW AND REGULATION), MUSEUM STUDIES, NATIONALISM STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC POLICY, SOCIAL DATA SCIENCE, AND SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY. IN ADDITION TO ITS MASTER'S DEGREE PROGRAMS, THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY, COMPARATIVE GENDER STUDIES, COMPARATIVE HISTORY, LATE ANTIQUE, MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES, LEGAL STUDIES, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, AND NETWORK SCIENCE. THE UNIVERSITY HAS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN PROVIDING US-STYLE UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE EDUCATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND VIEWS EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AS PART OF ITS CONTINUING CONTRIBUTION TO THE REGION.
  Expenses $94,796,863 · grants $94,778,922
• THE VERA AND DONALD BLINKEN OPEN SOCIETY ARCHIVES (OSA) AT CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY IS A COMPLEX ARCHIVAL INSTITUTION. OSA IS BOTH A REPOSITORY OF IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS, PRIMARILY RELATED TO THE HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR AND GRAVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND A LABORATORY OF ARCHIVAL EXPERIMENTS ON NEW WAYS OF ASSESSING, CONTEXTUALIZING, PRESENTING, AND MAKING USE OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS. OSA IS A RESEARCH INSTITUTE DEALING WITH ARCHIVAL, TAXONOMICAL, INFORMATIONAL AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO ITS HOLDINGS, AND ALSO REFLECTING ON THE ROLE, OBLIGATIONS, AND LIMITS (AS WELL AS ON OVERCOMING THESE) OF REPOSITORIES THAT PRESERVE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SOURCES. OSA, ITS HOLDINGS, AND THE RESEARCH BASED ON OUR COLLECTIONS, ARE THE BASIS OF AN EXPANDING TEACHING PROGRAM. OSA RECEIVES STUDENTS FROM THE CEU AND INSTITUTIONS AROUND THE GLOBE, WHO COME HERE TO STUDY THE ROLE AND USE OF ARCHIVAL EVIDENCE, THE CHANGING FUNCTIONS OF THE ARCHIVES, HOW TO BUILD TRUST IN NEW TYPES OF ARCHIVAL INSTITUTIONS, AND THE SPECIAL METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF STUDYING THE SOURCES OF THE FANTASIES ON WHICH THE COLD WAR WAS CONSTRUCTED. OSA IS AN ARCHIVE OF THE COPY, MEANING THAT WE ARE PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN THE CONTENT, RATHER THAN THE MATERIALITY OF OUR DOCUMENTS; WE ACTIVELY SEEK OUT NON-TRADITIONAL DOCUMENTS MATERIAL PREVIOUSLY MARGINALIZED BASED ON ITS CONTENT, SOCIAL ORIGIN, OR FORM. OSA IS ALSO "AN ARCHIVE OF LAST RESORT," HELPING IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS WHOSE HOLDINGS ARE IN DANGER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL, IDEOLOGICAL OR POLITICAL REASONS, TO FIND SECURE AND PROFESSIONAL ARCHIVE FOR THEIR ENDANGERED DOCUMENTS. ONE OF OSA'S AIMS IS TO BROADEN ACCESS TO PRIMARY SOURCES BY OVERCOMING TECHNICAL, LEGAL, GEOGRAPHIC, AND SOCIO-CULTURAL BARRIERS.
  Expenses $11,950,750 · grants $11,950,750
• THROUGH ITS 13 RESEARCH CENTERS, CEU PROMOTES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH CAN TAKE PLACE, WHERE READINESS FOR INTELLECTUAL RISK-TAKING AND FOR RADICAL RETHINKING OF FOUNDATIONS IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED, AND WHERE VALUES OF OPEN SOCIETY, DEMOCRACY AND CRITICAL, REFLECTIVE THINKING ARE CULTIVATED. CEU RESEARCH CENTERS COMPLEMENT RESEARCH AND TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN CEU DEPARTMENTS, ENHANCING INTERDISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS AMONG DIFFERENT ACADEMIC AREAS AND INTERFACING ACADEMIC AND POLICY RELEVANT ACTIVITIES. THE CENTERS SUPPORT CEU'S MISSION BY RAISING THE UNIVERSITY'S INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY AND DEEPENING ITS REGIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS. BUILDING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTES, CORPORATIONS, NGOS AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, CEU RESEARCH CENTERS OPERATE LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH PROJECTS, ORGANIZE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC EVENTS, WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES, AS WELL AS OFFER FELLOWSHIPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE RESEARCH AREAS. THE RESEARCH CENTERS ARE: CENTER FOR BELIEF UPDATING AND DEBIASING, CENTER FOR COGNITIVE COMPUTATION, CENTER FOR EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES, CENTER FOR ETHICS AND LAW IN BIOMEDICINE, CENTER FOR RELIGIOUS STUDIES, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER, INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, BLINKEN OSA ARCHIVUM, PASTS INC., SHATTUCK CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL MIND CENTER, CEU DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE, YEHUDA ELKANA CENTER FOR TEACHING, LEARNING, AND HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH.
  Expenses $1,998,282 · grants $1,998,282
• CEU IS COMMITTED TO MAKING TANGIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY. IT DOES SO BY SHARING ITS KNOWLEDGE AND BY COLLABORATING WITH DIVERSE PARTNERS IN ACADEMIA AND ACROSS THE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND NONPROFIT SECTORS. COLLABORATION PROJECTS INCLUDE DIRECT FACULTY SUPPORT TO ORGANIZATIONS REQUIRING EXPERT ASSISTANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE REGION AND WORLDWIDE. CEU ALSO ATTRACTS INTERNATIONALLY DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS TO VIENNA AND BUDAPEST, HOSTING MORE THAN 500 EVENTS A YEAR WHERE PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO DIVERSE POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AS WELL AS EMERGENT QUESTIONS IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND THE HUMANITIES.
  Expenses $42,869 · grants $42,869

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in July, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

13-3956444

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

School

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1997

Accounting year ends

July

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

International, foreign affairs and national security (Q300)

Assets (IRS master file)

$434,149,809

Income (IRS master file)

$82,160,747

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 13-3956444).

Questions about CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY

What is the EIN of CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY?

The employer identification number (EIN) of CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY is 13-3956444.

Is CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1997.

Are donations to CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending July 31, 2026) is due December 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended July 2025.

Who is the principal officer of CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY?

The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 names CARSTEN Q SCHNEIDER.

Who are the officers and directors of CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY?

The 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 lists 16 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.

How much revenue does CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY have?

On its 990 for the year ended July 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $82,160,747, expenses of $109,087,950 and total assets of $434,149,809 at year end.

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