Financial Documents

Bunsis Financial Analysis Columbia 2023.pdf

2023 financial analysis 

Over the past few years, Howard Bunsis, an institutional finance expert and professor of accounting at Eastern Michigan University, has examined the publicly available financial data for several universities, including Portland State, Johns Hopkins, Stony Brook, and Rutgers. This has allowed faculty and staff at these institutions to contradict claims of institutional poverty and highlight management bloat. Last fall, the Columbia chapter of the AAUP joined with our friends at the CPW-UAW (the union for CU postdoctoral researchers) to raise funds to secure Bunsis’s services to conduct a financial analysis of the university. In addition to the report, you can watch the recording of Professor Bunsis's presentation of his findings to the Columbia AAUP chapter and the CPW-UAW here.
Note that this analysis was done before either the 2020 or 2021 990s were available.

2021 Columbia University In The City Of New York - Full Filing- Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica.pdf

2021 990

The most recent available 990 for the university, for fiscal 2021.

2020 Columbia University In The City Of New York - Full Filing- Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica.pdf

2020 990 

The 990 for 2020.

135598093_202006_990_2021052618202696.pdf

2019 990 

The 990 for 2019.

135598093_201906_990_2021012717665305.pdf

2018 990 

The 990 for 2018.

135598093_201806_990_2019070516463418.pdf

2017 990 

The 990 for 2017.

The yearly 990s and audits are available from Pro Publica's website.