Claremont McKenna College (EIN 951664101) - Form 990 Financial Analysis & Trantor Score

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Financial Vulnerability Assessment (Tuckman-Chang)

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Financial Trends

Organization Details

Formation Year

1946

Legal Domicile

Principal Officer

Hiram Chodosh

Phone

9096218043

Tax Period

2024-07-01 to 2025-06-30

Claremont McKenna College, founded in 1946, is a major nonprofit that reported $275.7M in total revenue in fiscal year 2024. Revenue grew 18% year-over-year, indicating healthy expansion. The organization ran a surplus of $53.6M, a strong 19% operating margin.

Mission

Claremont McKenna College's mission is to prepare students for thoughtful and productive lives and responsible leadership in business, government, and the professions. The College pursues this mission by providing a liberal arts education that emphasizes economics and political science; promotes faculty and student scholarship that contributes to intellectual vitality and an understanding of public policy issues; supports a professoriate that is dedicated to effective undergraduate teaching; reinforces a close student-teacher relationship that fosters critical inquiry; sustains an active residential and intellectual environment; sponsors scholarly support for a faculty of teacher-scholars; and champions freedom of expression, viewpoint diversity, and constructive dialogue, as well as institutional neutrality, through The Open Academy.

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Trantor Score

Financial Health Score (300–850) · Liquidity · Solvency · Sustainability · Efficiency

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

Financial Overview (2024)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $43,105,672

Program Service Revenue $131,026,746

Investment Income $100,257,501

Other Revenue $1,353,165

TOTAL REVENUE $275,743,084

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $35,133,560

Salaries & Benefits $89,876,076

Fundraising Expenses $5,434,604

Program Expenses $176,448,646

Other Expenses $97,089,567

TOTAL EXPENSES $222,099,203

Year-over-Year Comparison

	2024	2023	Change
Revenue	$275,743,084	$233,775,667	+0.2%
Expenses	$222,099,203	$219,081,480	+0.0%
Net Income	$53,643,881	$14,694,187	+2.7%

Key Indicators

✗ Grants to Organizations ✓ Grants to Individuals ✓ Lobbying ✗ Political Activity ✗ Foreign Activities ✗ Donor Advised Fund ✓ Schedule B Required

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Financial Health Indicators

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Financial Distress Indicator

Liquidity & Cash Position

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Altman Z-Score • Liquidity Ratios • Solvency Analysis • Growth Indicators • Efficiency Metrics

Governance

Voting Members

Independent Members

Employees

2025

Volunteers

1056

Governance Policies

✓ Conflict of Interest Policy

✓ Whistleblower Policy

✓ Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

✓ Operated a School

✗ Operated a Hospital

✗ Provided First Class Travel

⚠ Reported Conflict of Interest

✗ Reported Asset Diversion

✗ Excess Benefit Transaction

✗ Made Political Expenditures

✓ Engaged in Lobbying

✗ Operated Donor Advised Fund

✓ Maintained Art Collections

✗ Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers

$2,626,343

Total Directors

$904,143

Key Employees

$3,411,548

Highest Compensated

reported

Name	Title	Hours/Week	Role	Reportable Comp	Other Comp	Total
Hiram Chodosh	President	40.00	Officer Director	$687,590	$216,553	$904,143
Kenneth J Valach	Chair of the Board	1.00	Officer Director	$0	$0	$0
E David Hetz	Vice Chair of Board of Trustees	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Harry T McMahon	Vice Chair of Board of Trustees	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
David G Mgrublian	Vice Chair of Board of Trustees	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Bruce A Soll	Vice Chair of Board of Trustees	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Todd Barker	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
James B Bemowski	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Gov Stephen C Bullock	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
A Steven Crown	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Tina Daniels	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Cary Davidson	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
David Dreier	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Steven L Eggert	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Elyssa Elbaz	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Eric Fujimoto	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Antoine Grant	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Laura M Grisolano	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Stella Ho	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Dahlia Jabro	Trustee (as of 07/24)	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Susan Matteson King	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Jeffrey S Klein	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Betsey Berns Korn	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Henry R Kravis	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Duane Kurisu	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Michael Larson	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Jennifer Lew	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Tao Li	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
James B McElwee	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Marci Lerner Miller	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Akshata N Murty	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Paul Nathan	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Donna Wengert Neff	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Douglas L Peterson	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Rey Ramsey	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
G Jeffrey Records Jr	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
George R Roberts	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Richard J Romero	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
John Shrewsberry	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Darrell G Smith	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Shaw B Wagener	Trustee	1.00	Director	$0	$0	$0
Sharon Basso	Executive VP and COO	40.00	Officer	$375,403	$98,671	$474,074
Matthew Bibbens VP of Campus	Planning & Cap. Proj., Sp. Counsel	40.00	Officer	$345,839	$92,976	$438,815
Erin Watkins	VP of Business, CFO (thru 12/31/24)	1.00	Officer	$300,000	$49,025	$349,025
Kimberly Shiring Secretary of	the College and Director of Public Art	40.00	Officer	$180,690	$35,453	$216,143
Mia Alonzo	Controller	4.00	Officer	$0	$42,581	$244,143
Linda Kroll	VP of Business, CFO (as of 1/25)	40.00	Officer	$0	$0	$0
James Floyd	VP and Chief Investment Officer	1.00	Key Emp	$1,266,825	$126,370	$1,393,195
Diana Graves	VP for Student Affairs	40.00	Key Emp	$328,636	$88,174	$416,810
Michelle Chamberlain VP Adv	Dean of R.D. Sch. Prg. (thru 4/1/25)	40.00	Key Emp	$356,090	$59,776	$415,866
Heather Antecol VP for Acad	Affairs & Dean of Faculty, Prof.	40.00	Key Emp	$344,130	$67,151	$411,281
Marcie Gardner	General Counsel	40.00	Key Emp	$310,840	$81,807	$392,647
Nyree Gray VP for HR and	Chief Civil Rights Officer	40.00	Key Emp	$334,462	$47,287	$381,749
Michael Denny	AVP for Investments	1.00	Highest	$693,700	$67,780	$761,480
Ran Libeskind-Hadas	Faculty	40.00	Highest	$464,499	$83,811	$548,310
Nishant Dass	Faculty	40.00	Highest	$459,003	$82,694	$541,697
Eric Hughson	Faculty	40.00	Highest	$418,501	$61,949	$480,450
Eric Helland	Faculty	40.00	Highest	$372,796	$49,545	$422,341
Peter Uvin	Former VP Academic Affairs	40.00		$277,415	$38,206	$315,621

Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year	Revenue	Expenses	Assets	Net Income
2025	$275,743,084	$222,099,203	$2,708,910,623	$53,643,881
2024	$233,775,667	$219,081,480	$2,540,600,820	$14,694,187
2023	$222,715,378	$209,774,969	$2,392,275,877	$12,940,409
2022	$465,299,409	$197,485,637	$2,409,070,336	$267,813,772
2021	$164,116,931	$151,529,141	$2,226,003,040	$12,587,790
2020	$321,560,955	$162,961,294	$1,751,055,641	$158,599,661
2019	$191,632,076	$159,565,470	$1,444,354,936	$32,066,606
2018	$148,659,295	$149,305,663	$1,388,711,499	$-646,368

Claremont McKenna College