Education : Private Liberal Arts Colleges

Swarthmore College

Committed to the preparation of future leaders

Rating

Overall Rating    
      (58.86)
Organizational Efficiency      
Program Expenses 79.2%    
Administrative Expenses 17.9%    
Fundraising Expenses 2.7%    
Fundraising Efficiency $0.16    
Efficiency Rating    
      (32.92)
Organizational Capacity      
Primary Revenue Growth 4.1%    
Program Expenses Growth 8.0%    
Working Capital Ratio (years) 11.49    
Capacity Rating    
      (25.93)

Income Statement     (FYE 06/2007)

Revenue  
Primary Revenue $85,839,000
Other Revenue $165,910,644
Total Revenue $251,749,644
   
Expenses  
Program Expenses $105,025,465
Administrative Expenses $23,746,343
Fundraising Expenses $3,671,257
Total Functional Expenses $132,443,065
   
Payments to Affiliates $0
Excess (or Deficit) for the year $119,306,579
   
Net Assets $1,579,637,000

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Contact Information

Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
tel: (800) 525-8622
fax: (610) 690-6897
EIN: 23-1352683

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Leadership      (FYE 06/2007)

Name Title Compensation % of Expenses
Alfred H. Bloom President (The person identified as holding the highest position of management, and therefore who would normally be responsible for carrying out the mission of the charity and leading the organization on a day-to-day basis.) $536,231 0.40%

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Mission

Founded as a coeducational college in 1864 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts and engineering college, located 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia. Swarthmore enrolls 1,490 undergraduate students from 48 states and 35 foreign countries, and has a student-faculty ratio of eight to one. The College offers more than 600 courses a year and more than 50 courses of study; an exceptional honors program; individual special majors; a program in education that leads to Pennsylvania secondary school certification; and undergraduate research opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and engineering.

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