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← MISSISSIPPI HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MISSISSIPPI HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,781,341
Total expenses
$9,009,973
Contributions and grants received
$3,759,850
Grants paid
$830,000
Program service revenue
$5,401,650
Investment income
$619,841
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$117,087,253
Total liabilities, end of year
$83,282,653
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$33,804,600
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$8,780,047
Management and general expenses
$229,926
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$8,780,047

Program services were 97.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,759,850

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT LOAN INTEREST

    total $5,325,417 · related or exempt $5,325,417

  • 2b · Program service revenue: LATE FEES

    total $76,233 · related or exempt $76,233

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $619,841 · excluded $619,841

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $830,000 · program services $830,000

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,984,654 · program services $5,984,654

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $328,149 · program services $328,149

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSOLIDATION REBATE

    total $940,682 · program services $940,682

  • 24b · Other expenses: ADMINISTRATION AND LOAN

    total $785,862 · program services $555,936 · management and general $229,926

  • 24c · Other expenses: PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSS

    total $81,981 · program services $81,981

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOND FEES

    total $58,645 · program services $58,645

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $10,563 · end of year $10,834

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,913,534 · end of year $2,528,253

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $127,153,392 · end of year $110,030,513

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $316,057 · end of year $223,239

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,256,571 · end of year $4,294,414

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $195,885 · end of year $191,653

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $104,421,000 · end of year $83,091,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,033,232 · end of year $33,804,600

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE CORPORATION MISSION IS TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF APPROPRIATE QUALITY EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND ELSEWHERE. PRIOR TO 2014, THE CORPORATION OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING STUDENT LOANS INCURRED UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDS TO ACQUIRE THE STUDENT LOANS WAS THE ISSUANCE OF TAX-EXEMPT BONDS AND TAXABLE NOTES. IN JULY 2014, THE CORPORATION AMENDED ITS ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION EXPANDING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE AND REFINANCED ITS TAX-EXEMPT BONDS WITH TAXABLE BONDS. THE CORPORATION IS THE PARENT OF WOODWARD HINES EDUCATION FOUNDATION (WHEF) WHICH PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE, STAFFING AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO THE CORPORATION. IN ADDITION, WHEF PROVIDES COLLEGE PLANNING SERVICES TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS INCLUDING COLLEGE ACCESS AND FINANCIAL AID COUNSELING, AND MENTORING STUDENTS IN MISSISSIPPI THROUGH ITS THREE COLLEGE PLANNING CENTERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SECONDARY MARKET FOR STUDENT LOANS, APPROXIMATELY 6,175 CLIENTS WERE SERVED IN 2023.

  • THE CORPORATION SERVICED STUDENT LOANS INCURRED UNDER THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 AS AMENDED. THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDS WAS THE ISSUANCE OF TAX-EXEMPT BONDS AND TAXABLE NOTES. IN 2014, THE CORPORATION ISSUED TAXABLE BONDS TO RENFINANCE ITS DEBT AND IS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO ISSUE TAX-EXEMPT BONDS.

    Expenses $7,950,047 · Revenue $5,401,650

  • FUNDS CONTRIBUTED TO WOODWARD HINES EDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR ITS GENERAL OPERATIONS.

    Expenses $830,000 · Grants $830,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Edward Carlisle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $6,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Michael Cormack Jr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,400
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $5,400
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Haley Fisackerly

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $3,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert Leard

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,200
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $7,200
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $7,200
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $7,200
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Debra McGee

    BOARD VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $6,600
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $6,600
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Andrew Mullins

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $6,600
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $6,600
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Camille Young

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,400
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $5,400
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • John F Hill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,150
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $8,150
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Nathan Slater

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $8,950
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $8,950
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Cedric Bradley

    DIRECTOR, BEGIN 5/2023

    Total calculated
    $3,900
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $3,900
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • James E McHale

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $300,191
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $282,701
    Other
    $17,490
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $282,701 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,032 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $1,681 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $301,414 related
  • William F Alvis

    CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $222,017
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $197,670
    Other
    $24,347
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $197,670 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $12,442 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $13,128 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $223,240 related
  • Minette D Ketchings

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS/CON

    Total calculated
    $174,533
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $156,659
    Other
    $17,874
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $156,659 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $9,621 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,476 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $175,756 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
7 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413129349301316

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