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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by REGENTS OF THE MERCERSBURG COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$70,610,950
Total expenses
$53,356,689
Contributions and grants received
$24,078,237
Grants paid
$8,848,532
Program service revenue
$32,187,993
Investment income
$14,158,423
Other revenue
$186,297
Total assets, end of year
$605,245,039
Total liabilities, end of year
$61,452,879
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$543,792,160
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$40,092,769
Management and general expenses
$9,283,518
Fundraising expenses
$3,980,402
Program service expenses (Part III)
$40,092,769

Program services were 75.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $24,078,237

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $130,593

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $31,443,397 · related or exempt $31,443,397

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER PROGRAMS

    total $744,596 · related or exempt $744,596

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,609,504 · unrelated business -$92,904 · excluded $6,702,408

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $16,860

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $12,325

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $4,535

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $4,535 · unrelated business -$1,585 · excluded $6,120

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $257,666,975

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

    securities $248,618,056 · other assets $1,500,000

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $9,048,919 · other assets -$1,500,000

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $7,548,919 · unrelated business $219,074 · excluded $7,329,845

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $292,876

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $173,864

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $119,012 · excluded $119,012

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $61,839 · excluded $61,839

  • 11b · Other revenue: DINING HALL

    total $911 · unrelated business $844 · excluded $67

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $62,750

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $30,000 · program services $30,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,818,532 · program services $8,818,532

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,493,963 · program services $1,493,963

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,713,139 · program services $10,690,167 · management and general $3,336,092 · fundraising $1,686,880

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,790,401 · program services $1,265,592 · management and general $348,561 · fundraising $176,248

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,012,596 · program services $2,815,567 · management and general $795,027 · fundraising $402,002

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,247,032 · program services $881,497 · management and general $242,776 · fundraising $122,759

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $113,954 · program services $69,656 · management and general $32,552 · fundraising $11,746

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,424,666 · management and general $1,424,666

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,053,070 · program services $786,667 · management and general $197,712 · fundraising $68,691

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $96,661 · program services $59,086 · management and general $27,612 · fundraising $9,963

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $699,766 · program services $463,195 · management and general $174,326 · fundraising $62,245

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $497,413 · program services $304,052 · management and general $142,090 · fundraising $51,271

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,088,809 · program services $2,841,663 · management and general $191,230 · fundraising $55,916

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,005,687 · program services $655,317 · management and general $258,020 · fundraising $92,350

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $515,605 · program services $315,172 · management and general $147,287 · fundraising $53,146

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,890,539 · program services $1,822,480 · management and general $64,278 · fundraising $3,781

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,770,819 · program services $3,472,924 · management and general $233,791 · fundraising $64,104

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $696,125 · program services $425,518 · management and general $198,854 · fundraising $71,753

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $2,384,816 · program services $1,457,760 · management and general $681,242 · fundraising $245,814

  • 24b · Other expenses: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

    total $1,787,160 · program services $1,080,958 · management and general $518,908 · fundraising $187,294

  • 24c · Other expenses: FUNDRAISING COST

    total $530,685 · fundraising $530,685

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $291,290 · program services $178,056 · management and general $83,209 · fundraising $30,025

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $403,961 · program services $164,947 · management and general $185,285 · fundraising $53,729

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,900 · end of year $1,900

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $24,028,103 · end of year $25,038,429

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $30,249,359 · end of year $34,813,819

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,517,094 · end of year $17,304,170

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $157,717 · end of year $97,689

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $186,898 · end of year $163,844

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $502,620 · end of year $563,061

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

    $165,068,580

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

    $69,725,231

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $97,234,057 · end of year $95,343,349

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $77,175,669 · end of year $69,204,995

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $306,349,086 · end of year $356,710,106

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,215,311 · end of year $6,003,677

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,240,021 · end of year $2,963,544

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $19,831,577 · end of year $20,968,752

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $42,327,950 · end of year $35,543,242

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,888,358 · end of year $1,977,341

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $249,075,501 · end of year $277,601,519

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $242,254,407 · end of year $266,190,641

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AT MERCERSBURG ACADEMY WE EMBRACE THE VALUES OF HARD WORK, CHARACTER, AND COMMUNITY WHILE LEARNING TO BALANCE INDEPENDENCE WITH INTERDEPENDENCE AND INDIVIDUAL HUMILITY WITH COLLECTIVE PRIDE. OUR STUDENTS COMMIT TO A LIFE OF LEARNING, SEEK TO UNDERSTAND THE SPIRITUAL NATURE OF HUMAN EXISTENCE, AND DEVELOP A DETERMINATION TO LEAD AND SERVE THE WORLD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

MERCERSBURG ACADEMY IS A STUDENT-CENTERED SCHOOL THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO DEFINE THEMSELVES THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND EXPOSURE TO A VAST RANGE OF ACADEMIC, EXTRA-CURRICULAR, AND CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES. MERCERSBURG STUDENTS ACTIVELY AND CONFIDENTLY EXPERIENCE THE WORLD BOTH ON CAMPUS AND ABROAD. WE UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND PROVIDE THE IDEAL ACADEMIC SETTING FOR A BALANCED AND AUTHENTIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. MERCERSBURG ACADEMY BELIEVES IN THE VALUE OF HONORING OUR PAST, ENGAGING THE PRESENT, AND PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. FOUNDED IN 1893, MERCERSBURG ACADEMY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND LEARN IN A RICHLY DIVERSE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT THAT PROVIDES A RIGOROUS AND RELEVANT CURRICULUM TO 446 BOARDING AND DAY STUDENTS FROM OVER 30 STATES, INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND MORE THAN 40 NATIONS.

  • AN INDEPENDENT COLLEGE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL IN SOUTH-CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, THE ACADEMY OFFERS A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM TO APPROXIMATELY 445 BOARDING AND DAY STUDENTS IN GRADES 9 THROUGH 12. IN SMALL CLASSES, STUDENTS AND FACULTY WORK EYE TO EYE AND MIND TO MIND, AS THEY DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR SUBJECTSAND OF THEMSELVES. OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, STUDENTS IMMERSE THEMSELVES IN THEATER, SPORTS, MUSIC, COMPETITIONS, AND CAMARADERIE. THEY DEVELOP DEEP FRIENDSHIPS WITH STUDENTS FROM NEXT DOOR AND FROM ACROSS THE WORLD. THEY EXPLORE NEW CONCEPTS AND PUSH PAST THEIR LIMITS. MERCERSBURG IS A PLACE OF TRANSFORMATION. STUDENTS TRANSFORM THEMSELVESAS THEY PREPARE TO TRANSFORM THEIR WORLD.

    Expenses $39,404,671 · Grants $8,848,532 · Revenue $31,481,507

  • SUMMER PROGRAMS:DURING THE SUMMER, MERCERSBURG PROVIDES FOR A WIDE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEARNING, PERSONAL GROWTH, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FUN. EACH SUMMER, PARTICIPANTS TAKE PART IN AN ARRAY OF PROGRAMS, RANGING FROM THE ADVENTURE CAMP SERIES TO VARIOUS ENRICHMENT, ARTS, AND SPORTS CAMPS.

    Expenses $688,098 · Revenue $706,486

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

Listed in Part VII

  • THOMAS B HADZOR

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • AMY JONES SATROM

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • G AMES PRENTISS

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • ANDREW D ALPERT ESQ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • CYNTHIA BORGER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • PABLO COBALLASI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • RYAN COLBY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • LANE DECORDOVA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • DAVID C FLANAGAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • JOHN A HENRY JR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • MICHAELLA HOEHN-SARIC

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • H DEAN HOSGOOD III PHD MPH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • MAGDALENA KALA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • FREDERICK KLEIN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • BETSY MITCHELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • J BRUCE RICCIUTI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • CHUCK ROBERTS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • TED SMITH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • BETH SPURRY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • BILL SU

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • DAVID G WAGNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • STEVEN M WAGSHAL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • SCOTT M WEAVER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • MARTHA WEBB

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • JASEN WRIGHT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • VANESSA E YOUNGS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • QUENTIN MCDOWELL

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $593,822
    From this org
    $443,162
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $150,660
    Hours/week
    70

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $433,022
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,140
    Deferred
    $35,411
    Nontaxable benefits
    $116,236
    Filer's total
    $594,809
  • JULIA MAURER

    ASSOC HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL LIFE

    Total calculated
    $241,237
    From this org
    $191,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,160
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,329
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,748
    Deferred
    $21,598
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,231
    Filer's total
    $241,906
  • JOHN RICHARDSON

    CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $264,702
    From this org
    $218,459
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,243
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $195,628
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $22,831
    Deferred
    $20,773
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,161
    Filer's total
    $265,393
  • MARIA KIMSEY

    CFO/COO (THRU 09/28/23)

    Total calculated
    $306,228
    From this org
    $270,956
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,272
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,631
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $30,325
    Deferred
    $26,086
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,928
    Filer's total
    $306,970
  • ROCHELLE HARGRAVES

    CFO/COO

    Total calculated
    $188,086
    From this org
    $123,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,814
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $120,074
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,198
    Deferred
    $9,646
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,619
    Filer's total
    $188,537
  • BRIAN NORDYKE

    DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $218,176
    From this org
    $186,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,546
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,708
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,922
    Deferred
    $20,647
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,545
    Filer's total
    $218,822
  • JENNIFER CRAIG

    ASSOC HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $199,090
    From this org
    $155,467
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,623
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,027
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,440
    Deferred
    $18,040
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,121
    Filer's total
    $199,628
  • CAROLYN YEAGER

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $195,316
    From this org
    $176,043
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,273
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $831
    Deferred
    $19,273
    Nontaxable benefits
    $609
    Filer's total
    $195,925
  • DANIELLE DEHAVEN NORDYKE

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $178,477
    From this org
    $150,204
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,273
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,192
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,012
    Deferred
    $16,677
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,309
    Filer's total
    $179,190
  • JOHN CHEPREN

    DIRECTOR OF IT

    Total calculated
    $277,527
    From this org
    $145,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $131,816
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,463
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,248
    Deferred
    $16,404
    Nontaxable benefits
    $116,113
    Filer's total
    $278,228
  • LIAM CHATTERTON

    DEAN, ENROLLMENT MGMT (THRU 6/30/24)

    Total calculated
    $189,157
    From this org
    $149,185
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,972
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,804
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $381
    Deferred
    $16,335
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,126
    Filer's total
    $189,646
  • SUSAN ORTON

    DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $179,692
    From this org
    $151,328
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,364
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,328
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,069
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,846
    Filer's total
    $180,243

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 · Discretionary spending account
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNT IS ONLY ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL BUSINESS AND IS NOT FOR PERSONAL EXPENSES. THE HEAD OF SCHOOL IS REQUIRED TO LIVE ON CAMPUS. THE HOUSE IS USED REGULARLY FOR SCHOOL FUNCTIONS INCLUDING STUDENT DINNERS, BOARD ENTERTAINMENT, ALUMNI EVENTS AND HOSTING OVERNIGHT TEACHER CANDIDATES AND SPEAKERS. HE RECEIVES A TAXABLE CAR ALLOWANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,600. EMPLOYEES LISTED BELOW RECEIVED TAXABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCES: MARIA KIMSEY - $3,508 JULIA MAURER - $4,800 JOHN CHEPREN - $4,800 JOHN RICHARDSON - $16,400 ROCHELLE HARGRAVES - $2,681

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500869349300815

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