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← CARTHAGE COLLEGE

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CARTHAGE COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$139,741,954
Total expenses
$136,274,299
Contributions and grants received
$8,764,987
Grants paid
$51,389,645
Program service revenue
$123,864,257
Investment income
$7,148,235
Other revenue
-$35,525
Total assets, end of year
$440,951,784
Total liabilities, end of year
$127,838,822
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$313,112,962
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$115,003,506
Management and general expenses
$19,209,460
Fundraising expenses
$2,061,333
Program service expenses (Part III)
$115,003,506

Program services were 84.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $69,564

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,232,809

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,462,614

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,289,327

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $96,636,871 · related or exempt $96,636,871

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUX. ENTERPRISE

    total $26,114,020 · related or exempt $24,200,992 · unrelated business $1,913,028

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER STUDENT SERVICES

    total $1,113,366 · related or exempt $1,113,366

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,493,072 · excluded $3,493,072

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $21,400

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $21,400

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $21,400 · excluded $21,400

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $7,541,832

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,886,669

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,655,163

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,655,163 · excluded $3,655,163

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $21,200

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $69,564

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $78,125

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$56,925 · excluded -$56,925

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $51,389,645 · program services $51,389,645

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,754,650 · program services $1,322,355 · management and general $387,822 · fundraising $44,473

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $30,056,298 · program services $22,652,499 · management and general $6,643,548 · fundraising $760,251

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,252,857 · program services $944,189 · management and general $276,913 · fundraising $31,755

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,228,379 · program services $4,693,887 · management and general $1,376,628 · fundraising $157,864

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,200,511 · program services $1,658,461 · management and general $486,395 · fundraising $55,655

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $68,168 · program services $51,373 · management and general $15,067 · fundraising $1,728

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $126,613 · program services $95,419 · management and general $27,985 · fundraising $3,209

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $570,722 · management and general $570,722

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $4,646,350 · program services $3,536,238 · management and general $1,037,111 · fundraising $73,001

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,470,415 · program services $1,108,516 · management and general $325,107 · fundraising $36,792

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,306,502 · program services $2,496,907 · management and general $732,295 · fundraising $77,300

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,123,314 · program services $1,600,357 · management and general $469,354 · fundraising $53,603

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,945,284 · program services $11,521,645 · management and general $2,126,266 · fundraising $297,373

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,560,614 · program services $3,780,833 · management and general $720,268 · fundraising $59,513

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $122,802 · program services $92,547 · management and general $27,142 · fundraising $3,113

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,585,937 · program services $563,579 · management and general $1,022,358

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,697,843 · program services $5,696,577 · management and general $2,633,516 · fundraising $367,750

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,497,401 · program services $1,128,485 · management and general $330,963 · fundraising $37,953

  • 24a · Other expenses: GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL

    total $669,994 · program services $669,994

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,054,472 · end of year $2,074,244

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,313,892 · end of year $4,095,496

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $58,218,220 · end of year $70,253,778

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $3,150,000 · end of year $3,355,341

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,206,778 · end of year $1,103,645

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,824,633 · end of year $3,068,340

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $305,525,794

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $111,691,966

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $191,515,147 · end of year $193,833,828

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $146,363,877 · end of year $162,897,081

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $185,650 · end of year $185,650

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $85,544 · end of year $84,381

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,535,557 · end of year $5,508,176

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,210,433 · end of year $1,085,786

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $58,691,723 · end of year $66,696,872

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $48,288,316 · end of year $51,477,071

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $800,000 · end of year $836,800

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,596,689 · end of year $2,234,117

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $166,641,379 · end of year $169,106,793

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $127,154,116 · end of year $144,006,169

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEEKING TRUTH, BUILDING STRENGTH, INSPIRING SERVICE - TOGETHER

Activities or mission (Part I)

CARTHAGE IS A SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH A COLLEGE EDUCATION. CARTHAGE IS AFFILIATED WITH THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF AMERICA.

  • INSTRUCTION: CARTHAGE COLLEGE AWARDS THE BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREES WITH MAJORS IN MORE THAN 54 SUBJECT AREAS AND 14 MASTER'S DEGREES. THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR ENROLLMENT WAS 2,713 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) STUDENTS IN THE FALL SEMESTER AND 2,499 FTE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SPRING SEMESTER. OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR, 524 MET THE UNDERGRADUATE REQUIREMENTS OF GRADUATION, 30 MET THE GRADUATE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTER'S IN EDUCATION, 25 MET THE GRADUATE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MASTER'S IN SCIENCE AND 17 MET THE GRADUATE REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER'S IN MUSIC.

    Expenses $81,919,961 · Grants $51,389,645 · Revenue $96,636,871

  • INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AT CARTHAGE COLLEGE IS COMPRISED OF SERVICES THAT SUPPORT ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE COLLEGE INCLUDING PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, ADVANCEMENT, COMMUNICATIONS, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, AND GENERAL INSTITUTIONAL EXPENSES.

    Expenses $5,275,277

  • STUDENT SERVICES: CARTHAGE BOASTS A LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO EDUCATING THE WHOLE PERSON BY NOURISHING THE INTELLECTUAL, SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS OF STUDENTS' LIVES. THE COLLEGE OFFERS A CURRICULUM THAT CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO THINK CRITICALLY AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES EFFECTIVELY, A CAMPUS LIFE THAT ENCOURAGES INVOLVEMENT AND SERVICE (OVER 124 STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS), A COMMUNITY OF FAITH THAT NURTURES SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPS MORAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT INSPIRE STUDENTS TO TEST THEIR OWN LIMITS AND EXPRESS THEIR INDIVIDUALITY. THE AWARD-WINNING STATE-OF-THE-ART HEDBERG LIBRARY UNITES BOOKS, PERIODICALS, ACADEMIC COMPUTING, NETWORK DATA PORTS AND MULTIMEDIA RESOURCES.

    Expenses $14,722,816 · Revenue $1,113,366

  • AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES AT CARTHAGE COLLEGE ARE COMPRISED OF 12 RESIDENCE HALLS ON CAMPUS, 7 DINING VENUES, AND A BOOKSTORE FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF. OF THE TOTAL STUDENT BODY, 66.6% OF ENROLLED STUDENTS LIVED ON-CAMPUS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE RESIDENT STUDENT BOARD PLAN. 1,824 STUDENTS RESIDED IN CAMPUS HOUSING DURING THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR.

    Expenses $13,085,452 · Revenue $24,200,992

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

Listed in Part VII

  • John Swallow

    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $614,276
    From this org
    $535,965
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $78,311
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $472,006
    Bonus
    $60,000
    Other
    $3,959
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $61,811
    Filer's total
    $614,276
  • H Jeffrey Hamar

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gina Madrigrano Friebus

    FIRST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hoyt Harper II

    SECOND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Wiers

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Bishop

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lucy Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Christman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Dr Paul Erickson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christine Hobbs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steven Hopp

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tom Duncan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cherie Matthaidess Robinson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frederick John Krull

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Laberge

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lee Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Martinez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Wayne Miller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Mills

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Nalywayko

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeff Neubauer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Palmen

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicholas Pinchuk

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leann Pedersen Pope

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles Sutton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Peccarelli

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Loren Semler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Cynthia Walker

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vincente Ceja

    VP FOR FINANCE, CFO, TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $186,325
    From this org
    $162,516
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,809
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,516
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,398
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,411
    Filer's total
    $186,325
  • David Timmerman

    PROVOST AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $301,067
    From this org
    $231,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $69,344
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $231,723
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $37,049
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,295
    Filer's total
    $301,067
  • Abigail Hanna

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $229,202
    From this org
    $184,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,000
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,202
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,510
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,490
    Filer's total
    $229,202
  • Michele Hancock

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR COLLEGE CULTURE FOR INCLUSION

    Total calculated
    $198,576
    From this org
    $188,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,939
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,637
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,104
    Nontaxable benefits
    $835
    Filer's total
    $198,576
  • Bridget Haggerty

    VICE PRESIDENT OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $214,873
    From this org
    $188,452
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,421
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,452
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,435
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,986
    Filer's total
    $214,873
  • Kevin Crosby

    DIRECTOR FOR THE WISCONSIN SPACE GRANT CONSORTIUM;

    Total calculated
    $271,114
    From this org
    $214,045
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,069
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,045
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,089
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,980
    Filer's total
    $271,114
  • Jim Padilla

    DEAN, BUSINESS SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $245,357
    From this org
    $179,609
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,748
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,609
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,440
    Nontaxable benefits
    $51,308
    Filer's total
    $245,357
  • Robert Nagel

    DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

    Total calculated
    $168,689
    From this org
    $156,562
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,127
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,562
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,628
    Nontaxable benefits
    $499
    Filer's total
    $168,689
  • Corinne Ness

    DEAN, DIVISION OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES; PROGRAM DIR

    Total calculated
    $147,478
    From this org
    $141,715
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,763
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ashley Hanson

    VP OF ENROLLMENT

    Total calculated
    $186,873
    From this org
    $138,882
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,991
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $138,882
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,341
    Filer's total
    $186,873

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

  • 1a · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE ONLY RECIPIENT OF THE STATED BENEFITS APART FROM SOCIAL CLUB DUES. THE PRESIDENT AND THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ARE MEMBERS OF SOCIAL CLUBS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING FUNDS FOR THE COLLEGE. THIS EXPENSE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR TAXABLE BENEFITS AS ITS PURPOSE IS TO BENEFIT THE COLLEGE. THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE SOMETIMES ACCOMPANIES HIM TO FUNDRAISING EVENTS. THE COLLEGE HAS DETERMINED THAT THESE EXPENSES ARE COSTS FOR FUNDRAISING AND ARE NOT CONSIDERED TAXABLE BENEFITS. THE PRESIDENT LIVES IN COLLEGE-OWNED HOUSING AND THE COLLEGE PROVIDES REGULAR LIGHT CLEANING TO THE HOME. THE VALUE OF THE HOUSING AND THE CLEANING ARE CONSIDERED NONTAXABLE FRINGE BENEFITS.
PART I, LINE 4B
CONTRIBUTION TO 457F PLAN DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 WAS $25,000 FOR DAVID TIMMERMAN AND $20,000 FOR ABIGAIL HANNA.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUSTS (132)

    T · CHARITABLE TRUST · WI

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS (2)

    T · CHARITABLE TRUST · WI

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
29 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541279349301854

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