The Union Theological Seminary is a nonprofit organization based in Manhattan, New York City that provides education and training for members in “progressive theology” to advocate on social justice issues.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2024 $223,719,296 $39,103,505 $34,609,860 View 2023 $217,803,574 $46,602,334 $38,910,095 View 2022 $207,379,121 $27,425,534 $37,034,766 View 2021 $238,656,208 $35,345,843 $28,848,216 View 2020 $221,087,990 $83,857,072 $30,358,562 View
Prior year filings: 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation The Rev Dr Serene Jones PRESIDENT $370,456 William Peabody CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER $237,219 Nina Wong TREASURER $199,633 Afsheen Shamsi VP OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING $173,162 Su Yon Pak VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS & DEAN $172,832 Cornel West Chair In PHILOSOPHY AND CHRISTIAN PRACTICE $167,447 David Gastwirth Vp For ONLINE ED & LEARNING INNOVATION $131,627 Vanessa Hutchinson VP OF ADMISSSIONS & FIN. AID $126,616 Rita L Walters VP FOR DEVELOPMENT $124,242 Mary Boys Skinner McAlpin PROFESSOR OF PRACTICAL THEOLOGY $121,410 Jorge Busone Rodriguez Visiting ASSIST. PROF. OF HISTORICAL STUDIES $117,770 Jody West SECRETARY/VP FOR ADMINISTRATION $116,125 Gary Dorrien PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL ETHICS $111,235
More + Less – Grant Activity Grants Received Grants Given
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $60,653,516 Number of Grants: 702 Number of Funders: 206 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $10,000,000 2024 Sherman Fairchild Foundation Inc Burke Library Renovations $5,000,000 2022 Lilly Endowment Inc Support for Taking Off the Roof: Cultivating Collaboration and Ministerial Ingenuity program $1,800,000 2020 Lilly Endowment Inc Hispanic Summer Program capacity-building project $1,224,882 2023 Lilly Endowment Inc Support for Innovate Preaching Eco-Justice Initiative – A Compelling Preaching Initiative program $1,000,000 2021 Lilly Endowment Inc Support for Heartbeat project $500,500 2023 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $500,500 2024 National Philanthropic Trust INTERNATIONAL $500,000 2024 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY, EDUCATION $500,000 2024 TIDES FOUNDATION EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT $500,000 2022 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $500,000 2021 Novo Foundation PROJECT SUPPORT: POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN $500,000 2021 National Philanthropic Trust EDUCATION $500,000 2020 Lilly Endowment Inc RISE Together Mentorship Network project $500,000 2020 Novo Foundation PROJECT SUPPORT: POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN $400,000 2023 The Ford Foundation Core support for the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice $350,000 2022 The Ford Foundation Core support for the Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice and project support to organize a series of convenings to develop strategies and partnerships for a multiracial democracy. $325,000 2023 Freedom Together Foundation INITIATIVE TO COUNTER WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM $325,000 2020 National Philanthropic Trust Education $253,073 2023 Kate B Reynolds Trust FBO Union Theolog GENERAL OPERATING $250,000 2025 John E Fetzer Institute Inc GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $250,000 2023 John E Fetzer Institute Inc GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT $250,000 2023 The Ford Foundation Project support to organize a series of convenings to develop strategies and partnerships for a multiracial democracy $247,680 2024 Kate B Reynolds Trust FBO Union Theolog GENERAL OPERATING $236,973 2025 Kate B Reynolds Trust FBO Union Theolog GENERAL OPERATING $200,000 2023 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation FOR SUPPORT OF THE COUNTERING WHITE CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM INITIATIVE
More + Less – All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $1,793,800 Number of Grants: 14 Number of Recipients: 11 Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $310,000 2020 Repairers of the Breach Sub-grant to support national poor people's campaign program activities, organized in partnership with union's kairos center and repairers. $300,000 2023 New York Theological Seminary SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATIONS $20,000 2020 Interfaith America Collaborative work with union $15,000 2020 The Freedom Center for Social Justice Vision stipend under lilly endowment grant
