Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a public charity based in Teaneck, New Jersey. Its work centers on higher education, research, and related university programs; the university’s website describes support for faculty and staff seeking research and project funding, while its IRS filings report no grants given in the three years listed.
Fairleigh Dickinson University at a glance
In short: Fairleigh Dickinson University reported $1.4M in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $1,373,555 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -35.0% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $386,154,247
- -4.1% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $299,828,119
- +0.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $6,673,333
- +5.8% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $312,401,062
- +1.5% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
How to apply to Fairleigh Dickinson University
- How to Apply
For proposals pursued through the Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects, the university asks applicants to notify their dean or director and chair, if applicable, at least three weeks before the deadline, and to…
For proposals pursued through the Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects, the university asks applicants to notify their dean or director and chair, if applicable, at least three weeks before the deadline, and to notify the office at least two weeks before the deadline. Proposals must be routed through the Notice of Intent to Apply system. Faculty seeking private foundation or corporate support are directed to obtain an approved Proposal Authorization Form.
- Contact
Mailing address: 1000 River Road Mail Code H-Dh1-01, Teaneck, NJ 07666-1914
Phone: (201) 692-2381
Website: https://fdu.edu
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who Fairleigh Dickinson University funds
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The university’s activities are described across its campuses in northern New Jersey and Vancouver, Canada. Its 2024 filing also lists campuses in Wroxton, England, additional New Jersey instructional locations, and study-abroad opportunities. The available information does not specify a geographic focus for outside grantmaking.
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $60K (2019) to $3.6M (2020). In 2025 it reported $1.4M in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $386,154,247 | $299,828,119 | $312,401,062 | $1,373,555 | Total only | $6,673,333 |
| 2024 | $402,718,318 | $297,707,550 | $307,648,172 | $2,114,710 | Total only | $6,308,693 |
| 2023 | $414,620,511 | $275,176,420 | $308,552,689 | $1,809,295 | Total only | $2,304,292 |
| 2022 | $425,356,665 | $297,795,789 | $311,866,052 | $2,466,459 | Total only | $6,386,240 |
| 2021 | $464,494,283 | $308,951,361 | $310,031,085 | $2,146,492 | Total only | $6,838,278 |
| 2020 | $428,238,780 | $329,823,958 | $327,799,021 | $3,580,411 | Total only | $2,314,820 |
| 2019 | $434,113,622 | $339,725,000 | $325,465,730 | $60,000 | 7 | $4,386,094 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
FDU’s stated mission is to prepare “world citizens through global education,” providing students with multidisciplinary, intercultural, and ethical understandings. Its 2024 filing describes higher education instruction at undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels, as well as research activities. It also describes auxiliary services for students, including food service and residence halls.
The filing says the university’s endowment supports student assistance, faculty recruitment and retention, campus maintenance, scholarships, and program enhancements such as technology, research, and library acquisitions. These are described as support for the university’s own students, faculty, and programs, not as grants to outside applicants.
Grantmaking
FDU’s IRS filings report zero grants in each of 2023, 2024, and 2025. The available information does not provide grant totals or typical grant sizes, or identify outside grantees.
The university describes internal funding opportunities for faculty research, scholarship, professional development, and pilot projects. Its Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects also helps faculty and researchers pursue and manage external funding. These processes concern funding for university projects, not applications by outside organizations for grants from FDU.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists Michael J Avaltroni as President and Trustee. Trustees listed on that filing are Ami Simunovich, David E Knee, Donna D DelPrete Marki, Gregory H Olsen, James Orefice, Kishore Ballal, Linda M Bowden, Micheline Nader, and Paul C Santucci. Ballal’s listing notes “Start 10/24”; Bowden is listed as Trustee – Vice Chair.
Fairleigh Dickinson University is led by Michael J Avaltroni, President & Trustee since 2023 (on filings since 2019); 31 of 47 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Michael J Avaltroni
President & Trustee
Dean & School of Pharmacy → President & Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
80 hrs/week
$246K (2019) → $693K (2025)
Robert J Zatta
Trustee - Chair
Trustee → Trustee - Vice Chair, 2020
Trustee - Vice Chair → Trustee - Chair, 2022
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alfredo C. Tan
Director & Ghscse
Professor Computer Sci Eng → Director & School of Engineerng, 2022
Director & School of Engineerng → Director & Ghscse, 2024
On filings since 2019
65 hrs/week
$176K (2019) → $164K (2025)
Christopher A Capuano
Former President & Trustee
President & Trustee → Former President & Trustee, 2025
On filings since 2019
$636K (2019) → $647K (2025)
Peter J. Woolley
Director & School of Pub. Affairs
Fmr Provost Florham Campus → Director-Sch of Public Affairs, 2022
Director-Sch of Public Affairs → Director & School of Pub. Affairs, 2025
On filings since 2019
58 hrs/week
$182K (2019) → $179K (2025)
John Niser
Director, School of Hosp & Tour
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$156K (2022) → $189K (2025)
Ben Freer
Director of School of Psychology & Counseling
On filings since 2024
55 hrs/week
$169K (2024) → $184K (2025)
Bradford Hurlbut
Savp & Director of Athletics
New on the 2025 filing
60 hrs/week
$208K (2025)
David E Knee
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donna D DelPrete Marki
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gregory H Olsen
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul C Santucci
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert J Pures
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert T Saltarelli
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
STEPHEN S Weinstein
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stewart Krentzman
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Winston I Lowe Esq.
Trustee
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James Orefice
Trustee
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Micheline Nader
Trustee
On filings since 2021
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ami Simunovich
Trustee
On filings since 2022
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rosemary T Baran
Trustee
On filings since 2024
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kishore Ballal
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hania Ferrara
Former Senior Vice President Finance, Administration & Treasurer
Senior Vice President Finance & Administration → Senior Vice President Finance, Administration & Treasurer, 2024
Senior Vice President Finance, Administration & Treasurer → Former Senior Vice President Finance, Administration & Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2019
$309K (2019) → $354K (2025)
James G Almeida
Dean of Silberman
Interim Dean Silberman Coll → Associate Dean-Sch of Business, 2022
Associate Dean-Sch of Business → Dean of Silberman, 2024
On filings since 2019
65 hrs/week
$170K (2019) → $259K (2025)
Neal M Sturm
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
On filings since 2019
60 hrs/week
$216K (2019) → $219K (2025)
Richard C Frick
Vice President Facilities & Auxiliary Svcs
On filings since 2019
70 hrs/week
$212K (2019) → $211K (2025)
Rose D'Ambrosio
Vice President for Human Resources
On filings since 2020
55 hrs/week
$174K (2020) → $197K (2025)
Edward Silver
General Counsel & Secretary
On filings since 2021
60 hrs/week
$268K (2021) → $278K (2025)
Frank Barra
Senior Vice President & CFO
Associate Vice President & Finance → Assistant Vice President for Finance, 2023
Assistant Vice President for Finance → Senior Vice President & CFO, 2024
On filings since 2021
60 hrs/week
$175K (2021) → $293K (2025)
Steve Nelson
Associate Vice President for Administrative Operations
Avp-Univ Operations → Avp-Univ Administrator Operations, 2024
Avp-Univ Administrator Operations → Associate Vice President for Administrative Operations, 2025
On filings since 2021
50 hrs/week
$195K (2021) → $198K (2025)
Pierre Balthazard
Former Dean & School of Business
Dean & School of Business → Former Dean & School of Business, 2025
On filings since 2022
$280K (2022) → $172K (2025)
Robert Pignatello
Senior Vice President for Operations
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$193K (2022) → $304K (2025)
Wilfred Zerbe
Campus Executive Vancouver
On filings since 2022
50 hrs/week
$180K (2022) → $202K (2025)
Anastasia Rivkin
Dean & School of Pharmacy
On filings since 2023
50 hrs/week
$230K (2023) → $239K (2025)
Chadwin Sandifer
Executive Associate Dean
Associate Dean → Executive Associate Dean, 2025
On filings since 2023
45 hrs/week
$228K (2023) → $284K (2025)
Kenneth Schneider
Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Vice President for Enrollment Management → Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, 2025
On filings since 2023
65 hrs/week
$177K (2023) → $312K (2025)
Uchenna Baker
Vice President Stdnt Affairs & Dean of Stdnt
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$230K (2023) → $248K (2025)
Angelo Carfagna
Vice President of University Communications
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$178K (2024) → $191K (2025)
Annie Rohan
Dean of School of Nursing
On filings since 2024
65 hrs/week
$221K (2024) → $209K (2025)
Benjamin Rifkin
Uni Prvst & Senior Vice President of Academic Affrs
On filings since 2024
60 hrs/week
$298K (2024) → $329K (2025)
Janet Boyd
Dean of Becton College
On filings since 2024
50 hrs/week
$184K (2024) → $214K (2025)
Rachel Amador
Assistant to General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Assistant Secretary of Uni
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$68K (2024) → $87K (2025)
Colleen Coppla
Senior Vice President for University Advancement
New on the 2025 filing
60 hrs/week
$213K (2025)
Jennifer Sipila
Vice President for Academic Affairs
New on the 2025 filing
50 hrs/week
$202K (2025)
John Castleberry
Head Coach & Men's Basketball
New on the 2025 filing
60 hrs/week
$199K (2025)
Karen Denning
Professor
New on the 2025 filing
60 hrs/week
$194K (2025)
Linda M Bowden
Trustee - Vice Chair
Trustee → Trustee - Vice Chair, 2022
On filings since 2019
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (49)
- Former: Anthony P Ambrosio (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Cheryl K Beebe (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Geoffrey S Weinman (2019–2024) — Prof-Lit, Lang, Writ & Humanity · Filing note: Ended 621
- Former: Saul M Kleinman (2019–2024) — Associate Vice President & Mis
- Former: Vicki L Cohen (2019–2024) — University College Dean
- Former: Jason Amore (2022–2024) — Senior Vice President University Advancement
- Former: John Harmon (2022–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Minerva Guttman (2022–2024) — Director & School of Nursing
- Former: Ron West (2023–2024) — Dept. Chair Acct, Tax & Law
- Former: Tiffany Hansbrough (2024) — Professor
- Former: Angeliki Frangou (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Arthur Sukel (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Brian Mauro (2019–2023) — Fmr Campus Executive Florham
- Former: Luke D. Schultheis (2019–2023) — Vice President Enrollment & Planning
- Former: Paul B. Schmidt (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Robert A. Stewart (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Stuart Krentzman (2020–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Lester Owens (2021–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Paul Manz (2022–2023) — Trustee
- Former: David Rosen (2023) — Interim Dean & Becton College
- Former: Brenda Blackmon (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Gillian M. Small (2019–2022) — University Provost & Senior Vice President
- Former: Greg Herenda (2019–2022) — Head Coach & Men's Basketball · Filing note: Ended 4/2022
- Former: Howard W. Robin (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Marta L. Tellado (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Martha C. Young (2019–2022) — Assistant Secretary of the Corporate
- Former: Richard P. Reiss (2019–2022) — Former Senior Vice President for Advancement
- Former: Stuart Alper (2020–2022) — Assistant Vice President for Univ Systems & Network
- Former: Brad Hurlbut (2021–2022) — Director of Athletics & Metro
- Former: Uchenna Baker Start (2022) — Vice President Stdnt Affairs & Dean of Stdnt
- Former: Daniel C. Lewis (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Evelyn Douglas (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Lisa R. Braverman (2019–2021) — Dean & Petrocelli College
- Former: Patrick J. Zenner (2019–2021) — Trustee - Chair
- Former: Debra V. Jones (2021) — Trustee
- Former: Andrew J. Rosman (2019–2020) — Dean & Silberman College
- Former: Anthony J. Vespa (2019–2020) — Trustee - Vice Chair · Filing note: Ended 092019
- Former: John M. Codd Esq. (2019–2020) — Fmr General Counsel & Secretary
- Former: Michael D. Moss (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Rosemary Espanol (2019–2020) — Trustee
- Former: Edward Silver Start (2020) — General Counsel & Secretary
- Former: Elizabeth Joyce Start (2020) — Int General Counsel & Secretary
- Former: Steven Nelson Start (2020) — Campus Executive Metropolitan
- Former: CECIL A ABRAHAMSend (2019) — Fmr Provost Vancouver
- Former: David A. Langford (2019) — Director of Athletics
- Former: Franklyn G. Jenifer (2019) — Trustee
- Former: JOSEPH J KIERNANend (2019) — Fmr Provost
- Former: ROBERT F VODDEend (2019) — Fmr Campus Executive
- Former: SHELDON DRUCKERend (2019) — Fmr President
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $693K, to Michael J Avaltroni (President & Trustee). 31 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Fairleigh Dickinson University
How much does Fairleigh Dickinson University give each year?
Fairleigh Dickinson University reported $1.4M in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $2.1M in grants paid.
How large is Fairleigh Dickinson University?
Fairleigh Dickinson University reported $386.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $299.8M.
What does Fairleigh Dickinson University fund?
FDU’s stated mission is to prepare “world citizens through global education,” providing students with multidisciplinary, intercultural, and ethical understandings. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from Fairleigh Dickinson University?
For proposals pursued through the Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects, the university asks applicants to notify their dean or director and chair, if applicable, at least three weeks before the deadline, and to… Eligibility and process details are in the grantmaking section of this profile. See how to apply ↑
Where does Fairleigh Dickinson University make grants?
The university’s activities are described across its campuses in northern New Jersey and Vancouver, Canada. Its 2024 filing also lists campuses in Wroxton, England, additional New Jersey instructional locations, and study-abroad opportunities. The available information does not specify a geographic focus for outside grantmaking.
What is Fairleigh Dickinson University's EIN?
Fairleigh Dickinson University's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 22-1494434. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings. Research dossier generated September 2026.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 15, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 14, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 12, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 8, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 13, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 9, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 13, 2026)
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