High Point University
High Point University is a public charity based in High Point, North Carolina. It is a private, co-educational university that, according to its 2023 filing, serves undergraduate and graduate students across a range of academic programs. Its reported giving includes grants to outside organizations, while its website also describes funding programs for HPU students, faculty, staff, and student groups.
High Point University at a glance
In short: High Point University gave $998K across 17 grants in 2025 (avg $59K), mostly in Virginia. 29% of 2025 grantees were new. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $998,062
- -27.3% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 17
- +21.4% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $58,710
- -40.2% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $10,000
- Total assets
- $1,307,628,037
- +5.6% vs 2024
- New grantees (estimate)
- 29% first-time grantees (5 of 17, 2025; small sample)
- Primary geography
- Virginia (53% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026. New grantees are estimated by matching recipient names across years (methodology).
How to apply to High Point University
- Contact
Mailing address: One University Parkway, High Point, NC 27268
Phone: (336) 841-9202
Website: https://highpoint.edu
Application details from Grantable's research on the foundation's public materials; confirm on its website before applying.
Who High Point University funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 10 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Horatio Alger Association ($525K). Together the top 10 received $948K.
Grant Size Distribution
70 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 46 grants of 70 (66%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
The listed 2024 grantees are based in High Point, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. The available information does not state a formal geographic focus.
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 17 itemized grants.
Cities
Is High Point University open to new grantees?
29%
first-time grantees, 2025
In 2025, 5 of 17 grantees (29%) were first-time recipients. With only 17 grantees, that is a small sample: one grantee more or less moves the share by about 6 points. First grants averaged $34K; repeat grants $69K. How we count
Medians: $15K first-time, $10K repeat.
Estimate from itemized grant lists in IRS Form 990 filings (2019–2025). Recipient names are matched across years, so a renamed or misspelled grantee can look new; grants to individuals are left out. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $998K (2025) to $4.4M (2021). In 2025 it made 17 grants totaling $998K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Horatio Alger Association Alexandria, VA | General Support | $525,000 |
| Piedmont Triad Partnership Greensboro, NC | General Support | $125,000 |
| Samaritan's Purse Boone, NC | General Support | $100,000 |
| United Way of High Point Inc High Point, NC | General Support | $88,062 |
| Ncicu Raleigh, NC | General Support | $40,000 |
| National Speakers Association Minneapolis, MN | General Support | $25,000 |
| John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Washington, DC | General Support | $15,000 |
| The Institute of World Politics Washington, DC | General Support | $10,000 |
| Ministers' Conference of High Point High Point, NC | General Support | $10,000 |
| CIS of High Point High Point, NC | General Support | $10,000 |
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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 | $1,307,628,037 | $501,892,632 | $439,333,527 | $998,062 | 17 | $13,869,133 |
| 2024 | $1,237,786,639 | $489,744,856 | $397,214,172 | $1,373,582 | 14 | $8,383,276 |
| 2023 | $1,128,722,579 | $422,077,258 | $356,958,178 | $2,375,300 | 12 | $5,466,891 |
| 2022 | $1,058,110,850 | $438,765,014 | $319,680,996 | $2,129,000 | 14 | $5,505,314 |
| 2021 | $948,579,142 | $347,403,181 | $262,237,085 | $4,402,547 | 13 | $3,522,024 |
| 2020 | $863,444,385 | $294,774,165 | $247,732,082 | $1,255,000 | 6 | $2,158,969 |
| 2019 | $813,272,212 | $290,116,849 | $235,075,114 | $2,426,032 | 9 | $1,248,105 |
Research compiled by Grantable AI from public sources. Last updated September 2026.
Mission & Focus Areas
The university’s 2023 filing states that its mission is to equip graduates for success and significance through an engaging education that cultivates the values, knowledge, mindset, and skills needed to thrive in a changing world. Its stated vision is to be a nationally prominent private institution recognized for academic excellence, a values-based culture, inclusiveness, and preparing students to lead lives of success and significance.
HPU’s website describes institutional funding for undergraduate research and creative work, including eligible student and faculty-mentor travel and projects in progress. It also offers Cultural Enrichment Grants for HPU faculty, staff, and student groups advised by faculty or staff. These are internal university programs, not application opportunities for outside organizations.
Among the outside organizations listed as grantees in 2024, the High Point Community Foundation describes its work as promoting philanthropy, administering grants, and responding to community needs. Piedmont Triad Partnership says it markets and promotes the region to enhance economic development opportunities. Other listed grantees describe missions involving national security and international affairs education, food assistance and hunger reduction, and preserving John Coltrane’s history and promoting jazz and blues.
Grantmaking
The 2025 filing reports no grants. In 2024, HPU reported 14 grants totaling $1,373,582; in 2023, it reported 12 grants totaling $2,375,300. The filings provide total amounts and counts, but the available information does not establish a typical grant size.
Listed 2024 recipients include the High Point Community Foundation ($500,000), Piedmont Triad Partnership ($125,000), The Institute of World Politics ($10,000), Second Harvest Food Bank ($5,000), and Friends of John Coltrane Inc ($5,000).
HPU’s website also describes internal awards. The Cultural Enrichment Grants program offers a select number of awards of up to $2,500, or up to $5,000 for collaborations between two or more departments or campus offices. The Undergraduate Research and Creative Works program describes travel support for HPU students and faculty, with award limits and eligibility conditions. These programs are for university-affiliated applicants and participants.
Leadership & Key People
Leadership team and compensation from IRS filings
The 2025 filing lists these trustees: L'Tanya Bailey, Michael Brown, Teresa Caine, Richard Callicutt II, Roy Caroll, Lorraine Charman, David S. Congdon, Christine Cottrell, Stephanie Couch, and J. Foster.
High Point University is led by Nido Qubein, President on every filing since 2019; 13 of 51 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Nido Qubein
President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$1.1M (2019) → $5M (2025)
Christine Cottrell
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Henson
Trustee
Vice Chair & Trustee → Chair of Board & Trustee, 2023
Chair of Board & Trustee → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Francis
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donald Haynes
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Douglas Witcher
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Earl Congdon
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Elizabeth Aldridge
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fred Wilson
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Gene Kester
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
J. Robert Stout
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeff Patterson
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
John Finch
Trustee
Chair of the Board & Trustee → Trustee, 2020
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kenneth Kahn
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kevin Norton
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Webb
Trustee
Chair of Audit, Investment, Finance Committee & Trustee → Vice Chair, Chair of Audit, Investment, Finance Committee & Trustee, 2023
Vice Chair, Chair of Audit, Investment, Finance Committee & Trustee → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michael Brown
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Budd
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Callicutt II
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Richard Vert
Trustee
Chair of Audit Committee & Trustee → Trustee, 2021
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Robert Brown
Trustee
Vice Chair of Board & Trustee → Chair of Board & Trustee, 2020
Chair of Board & Trustee → Trustee, 2023
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ron Jones
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Roy Caroll
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shirley Frye
Trustee
Chair of Student Life Committee & Trustee → Trustee, 2024
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Teresa Caine
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
William Kester
Trustee
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kristine Mestdagh
Trustee
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
J. Carlvena Foster
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
James C. Howell
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Lorraine Charman
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Mark Phillips
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephen Pond
Trustee
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Bishop Paul Leeland
Trustee
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cameron Wanek
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David S. Congdon
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
L'tanya Bailey
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Stephanie Couch
Trustee
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
David Smith
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Donny Lambeth
Trustee
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Andrew Bills
Senior Vice President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$273K (2019) → $303K (2025)
Daniel Erb
Senior Vice President
Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs → Provost, 2022
Provost → Senior Vice President, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$209K (2019) → $330K (2025)
Roger Clodfelter
Senior Vice President
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$194K (2019) → $273K (2025)
Brad Calloway
Senior Vice President
On filings since 2020
40 hrs/week
$168K (2020) → $328K (2025)
Barry Kitley
Senior Vice President
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$159K (2022) → $279K (2025)
Kerr Ramsay
Senior Associate Dean for
Senior Vice President → Senior Associate Dean for, 2025
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$153K (2022) → $283K (2025)
Mark Martin
Dean & School of Law
Dean School of Law → Dean & School of Law, 2024
On filings since 2023
40 hrs/week
$259K (2023) → $430K (2025)
Alan Huss
Coach
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$540K (2024) → $748K (2025)
Ali Shazib
Dean & School of Dental Med
Dean & School of Dental Medicine → Dean & School of Dental Med, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$224K (2024) → $381K (2025)
Kevin Cain
Senior Associate Dean for
Senior Associate Dean for Administration → Senior Associate Dean for, 2025
On filings since 2024
40 hrs/week
$211K (2024) → $267K (2025)
Mary Kennedy
Dean & School of Pharmacy
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$225K (2025)
Michael Peeler
Chief Financial Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$100K (2025)
Former officers (41)
- Former: Chris Dudley (2019–2024) — Senior Vice President
- Former: Floyd Craven (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Jacob Martinson (2019–2024) — Trustee
- Former: Debi Shutters (2022–2024) — Chief Financial Officer
- Former: Scott De Rossi (2022–2024) — Dean & School of Dental Medicine
- Former: Angela Bauer (2023–2024) — Senior Vice President
- Former: Charles Smith (2024) — Trustee
- Former: Anne Walker (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: David Couch (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Gail Tuttle (2019–2023) — Senior Vice President
- Former: J. Alexander Ward (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Katherine Maynard (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Meredith Michener (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Miriam Kimsey (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Molly Young (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Scott Hemby (2019–2023) — Pharmacy Professor
- Former: Thayer Coggin (2019–2023) — Trustee
- Former: Thomas Ingram (2019–2023) — Chair, Academic Affairs & Trustee
- Former: Tubby Smith (2019–2023) — Coach
- Former: Marlon Winters (2023) — Business Professor
- Former: David Hayworth (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Peter Mahler (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Robert Stroupe (2019–2022) — Trustee
- Former: Earle Lingle (2021–2022) — Dean School of Pharmacy
- Former: Kevin Ford (2022) — Dean School of Health Sciences
- Former: Debi Butt (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Dennis Carroll (2019–2021) — Provost
- Former: Edward Covington (2019–2021) — Trustee
- Former: Jim Wehrley (2021) — Dean of the School of Business
- Former: Michael Oudshoorn (2021) — Dean School of Engineering
- Former: Dan Hauser (2019–2020) — Athletic Director
- Former: Denny G. Bolton (2019–2020) — Former Executive Vice President
- Former: Douglas Vinzant (2019–2020) — Senior Vice President
- Former: Jeff Adams (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Ronald Ragan (2019–2020) — Dean of Pharmacy
- Former: Stephanie Crofton (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Steve Potter (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Mariann Tillery (2020) — Dean of Education & Professor
- Former: Adnan Mestdagh (2019) — Trustee
- Former: Scott Cherry (2019) — Coach
- Former: Thomas Haggai (2019) — Trustee
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 $5.0M, to Nido Qubein (President). 13 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about High Point University
How much does High Point University give each year?
High Point University gave $998K across 17 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.4M across 14 grants.
What is High Point University's typical grant size?
High Point University's median grant in 2025 was $10,000, and its average grant was $58,710, across 17 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Organizations receiving their first grant from High Point University that year got $34K on average.
Where does High Point University give grants?
High Point University gives mostly in Virginia: 53% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was North Carolina (41%). The most frequent recipient cities were Greensboro, NC (4 grants), High Point, NC (4 grants) and Washington, DC (2 grants).
Does High Point University give general operating support?
Yes: 100% of High Point University's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (17 of 17) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Who are High Point University's largest grantees?
High Point University's largest 2025 grantees include Horatio Alger Association ($525,000), Piedmont Triad Partnership ($125,000) and Samaritan's Purse ($100,000), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. Together they received 75% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is High Point University?
High Point University reported $1.3B in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $501.9M.
What does High Point University fund?
The university’s 2023 filing states that its mission is to equip graduates for success and significance through an engaging education that cultivates the values, knowledge, mindset, and skills needed to thrive in a changing world. See mission & focus areas ↑
How do I apply for a grant from High Point University?
High Point University has no public application process in the sources Grantable reviewed. Check highpoint.edu for current guidelines, or contact the foundation directly before submitting a request.
What is High Point University's EIN?
High Point University's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 56-0529999. 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
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 13, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 15, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 18, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 17, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 12, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS April 15, 2025)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 15, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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