Cooper Union

The Cooper Union's 990 Filings

Each year The Cooper Union must file a 990 tax return to the IRS. The 990 is used by tax exempt organizations to report their mission, programs, and finances. Below are the 990 filings since 2008.

Fiscal Year 2022

* The Form 990 for fiscal year 2016 reflects some changes in presentation practices from prior years based on recommendations made by Grant Thornton, the international accounting firm engaged by Cooper Union in 2016.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.