Nonprofit · EIN 62-0476822
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
Tax-exempt · NASHVILLE, TN 37240
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $2,818,556,976 | $2,400,025,861 | $418,531,115 | $14,819,492,400 | $3,639,041,938 | $11,180,450,462 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $2,567,650,038 | $2,297,164,772 | $270,485,266 | $13,766,694,412 | $3,469,355,057 | $10,297,339,355 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $494,671,806
- of which government grants
- $232,889,433
- Program service revenue
- $1,529,734,239
- Investment income
- $751,299,590
- Royalties
- $21,624,114
- Net rental income
- $4,802,920
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $556,706,891
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$61,327
- Tax-exempt bond proceeds
- $8,260,935
- Other revenue
- $42,851,341
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $569,225,782
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $18,591,412
- Other salaries and wages
- $775,267,028
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $977,629,939
- Professional fundraising fees
- $631,533
- Legal fees
- $10,667,264
- Accounting fees
- $838,194
- Occupancy
- $119,215,357
- Travel
- $37,501,331
- Depreciation
- $116,394,806
- Program services (functional)
- $1,892,525,315
- Management and general (functional)
- $452,894,743
- Fundraising (functional)
- $54,605,803
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $13,766,694,412
- Total assets, end of year
- $14,819,492,400
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,639,041,938
- Net assets, end of year
- $11,180,450,462
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,367,972,437
- Publicly traded securities
- $4,877,631,113
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $6,330,941,530
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $4,849,508,932
- Gross unrelated business income
- $98,888,983
- Gross receipts
- $9,654,440,037
- Employees
- 14,639
- Volunteers
- 5,500
- Year formed
- 1873
- State of legal domicile
- TN
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 June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders W Hall | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $5,747,977 | $2,679,418 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 16.7 | $4,779,501 | $8,884 |
| Clark Lea | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 50 | $4,302,829 | $51,528 |
| Daniel Diermeier | See Schedule O Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $3,020,799 | $396,011 |
| Mark Byington | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $2,600,247 | $110,082 |
| Timothy C Corbin | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 50 | $1,742,426 | $304,953 |
| Brett C Sweet | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $1,680,346 | $335,193 |
| Douglas Christiansen | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 50 | $1,406,800 | $103,228 |
| Candice S Lee | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $1,301,396 | $95,536 |
| John M Lutz | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $1,223,845 | $36,720 |
| C Cybele Raver | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $1,137,840 | $45,056 |
| Ruby Shellaway | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $929,921 | $62,487 |
| Eric C Kopstain | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $768,143 | $106,416 |
| John Kuriyan | See Schedule O Key employee | 50 | $809,365 | $52,097 |
| Timothy P McNamara | See Schedule O Key employee | 50 | $796,737 | $43,724 |
42 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Savion | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $754,023 | $35,409 |
| John Geer | See Schedule O Former | 50 | $735,475 | $51,186 |
| Andre L Churchwell | See Schedule O Former | 50 | $680,466 | $45,350 |
| Lawrence J Marnett | See Schedule O Former | 50 | $588,179 | $44,395 |
| Nathan Green | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $524,512 | $82,460 |
| Steve Ertel | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $479,834 | $100,659 |
| Darren Reisberg | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $525,209 | $44,914 |
| Nicholas S Zeppos | See Schedule O Former | 10 | $223,542 | $0 |
| Adena Friedman | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Adolpho A Birch III | Secretary Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexander C Taylor | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Hoine | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Anu Pardeshi | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce R Evans | Chairman Trustee or director | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| Cindy Kent | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Conner Searcy | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Corey E Thomas | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Cynthia J Warner | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| David Ingram | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| George Huber | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg S Allen | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ike Lawrence Epstein | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey J Rothschild | Vice-Chairman Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Frist | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John Arnold | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Winkelried | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Justin Ishbia | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kathleen E Justice-Moore | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kito K Huggins | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lamar Alexander | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Makeba Williams | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark P Mays | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Wilf | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nina Kohler | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nora W Tyson | Vice-Chariman Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Marshall | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Levy | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Sean Connolly | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Shaiza Rizavi | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven H Madden Sr | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Suzanne Perot McGee | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| W Douglas Parker | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 57 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders W Hall | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $6,001,511 | $2,244,482 |
| Jerry Stackhouse | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 50 | $4,187,650 | $280,632 |
| Clark Lea | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 50 | $3,663,116 | $48,021 |
| Daniel Diermeier | See Schedule O Trustee or director, Officer | 50 | $2,427,798 | $382,104 |
| Derek Mason | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 50 | $2,166,660 | $0 |
| Timothy C Corbin | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 50 | $1,819,456 | $304,341 |
| Brett C Sweet | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $1,749,056 | $351,972 |
| John M Lutz | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $1,484,891 | $36,969 |
| Candice S Lee | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $1,222,589 | $68,324 |
| John Kuriyan | See Schedule O Key employee | 50 | $1,094,054 | $46,585 |
| John Geer | See Schedule O Key employee | 50 | $1,066,194 | $45,577 |
| C Cybele Raver | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $986,474 | $37,578 |
| Randall Thomas | See Schedule O Highest-paid employee | 50 | $942,715 | $43,020 |
| Ruby Shellaway | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $815,093 | $57,063 |
| Eric C Kopstain | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $742,835 | $102,600 |
| Andre L Churchwell | See Schedule O Former | 50 | $714,062 | $38,521 |
| Lawrence J Marnett | See Schedule O Former | 50 | $672,383 | $39,186 |
| Steve Ertel | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $467,702 | $127,066 |
| Nathan Green | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $466,282 | $75,538 |
| Nicholas S Zeppos | See Schedule O Former | 50 | $218,072 | $0 |
| Adena Friedman | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Adolpho A Birch III | Secretary Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Alexander C Taylor | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Andrew Hoine | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Bruce R Evans | Chairman Trustee or director | 6 | $0 | $0 |
| Cindy Kent | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Conner Searcy | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Corey E Thomas | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| George Huber | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Greg S Allen | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ike Lawrence Epstein | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jay C Hoag | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jeffrey J Rothschild | Vice-Chairman Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Frist | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John Arnold | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| John R Ingram | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Jon Winkelried | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Justin Ishbia | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Kathleen E Justice-Moore | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kito K Huggins | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Lamar Alexander | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Makeba Williams | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark P Mays | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Mark Wilf | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nina Kohler | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Nora W Tyson | Vice-Chariman Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Peter Marshall | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Robert Levy | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Sean Connolly | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Shaiza Rizavi | Trustee Trustee or director | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Shirley M Collado | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Somto Okoye | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Steven H Madden Sr | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Suzanne Perot McGee | Trustee Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Timothy L Warnock | Trustee Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| W Douglas Parker | Trustee Trustee or director | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| Sydney Savion | See Schedule O Officer | 50 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2301 VANDERBILT PL PMB 407718, NASHVILLE, TN 37240-7727
- In care of
- % VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
- Mailing address (990-N for 2021)
- Station B Box 351826, Nashville TN 37235
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Daniel Diermeier, 211 Kirkland 2201 Westend, Nashville, TN 37240
- Principal officer (990-N for 2021)
- Ethridge Darlene, 659 lake road, Atkins AR 72823
- Signed the 990
- Brett Sweet, CFO
- Phone
- (615) 343-6601
- Website
- WWW.VANDERBILTUNIVERSITY.COM
- Return prepared by
- PwC US Tax LLP
Mission
See Schedule O
Program accomplishments
- See Schedule O - EducationExpenses $1,406,821,926 · grants $474,486,535 · revenue $1,450,858,431
- See Schedule O - Academic and Scientific ResearchExpenses $485,703,389 · grants $94,739,247 · revenue $95,361,442
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 June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 62-0476822
- 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
- 1941
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B43)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $14,819,492,400
- Income (IRS master file)
- $9,654,440,037
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $2,818,556,976 | $2,400,025,861 | $14,819,492,400 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $2,567,650,038 | $2,297,164,772 | $13,766,694,412 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $2,266,404,948 | $2,025,948,154 | $13,149,511,362 | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2021 Officer: Ethridge Darlene | June 30, 2022 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
| 990 | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2008 Officer: School of Engineering Office of the Dean | June 30, 2009 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
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 62-0476822).
Questions about VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
- What is the EIN of VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY is 62-0476822.
- Is VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1941.
- Are donations to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does VANDERBILT 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 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Daniel Diermeier.
- Who are the officers and directors of VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 57 people; 23 received compensation from the organization, the highest $5,747,977 (Anders W Hall, See Schedule O).
- How much revenue does VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $2,818,556,976, expenses of $2,400,025,861 and total assets of $14,819,492,400 at year end.
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