Totals
- Total revenue
- $42,563,904
- Total expenses
- $38,434,856
- Contributions and grants received
- $8,161,611
- Grants paid
- $12,655,286
- Program service revenue
- $33,654,214
- Investment income
- $800,019
- Other revenue
- -$51,940
- Total assets, end of year
- $62,896,123
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $16,167,053
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $46,729,070
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $28,834,608
- Management and general expenses
- $9,251,044
- Fundraising expenses
- $349,204
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $28,834,608
Program services were 75.0% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$260,487
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1d · Related organizations
$1,786,689
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$4,782,140
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,332,295
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$27,759
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2a · Program service revenue: Tuition and Fees
total $26,216,847 · related or exempt $26,216,847
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2b · Program service revenue: Student Support
total $5,982,184 · related or exempt $5,982,184
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2c · Program service revenue: Academic Support
total $1,455,183 · related or exempt $1,455,183
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $802,806 · excluded $802,806
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6a · Gross rents
real property $300
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $300 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $300 · excluded $300
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $15,550,540 · other assets $0
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $15,550,540 · other assets $2,787
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets -$2,787
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total -$2,787 · excluded -$2,787
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$260,487
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$52,240
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$52,240 · excluded -$52,240
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11d · All other revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $12,655,286 · program services $12,655,286
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $342,619 · management and general $326,688 · fundraising $15,931
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $96,177 · management and general $96,177
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $10,699,120 · program services $9,154,704 · management and general $1,353,783 · fundraising $190,633
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $1,178,551 · management and general $1,177,034 · fundraising $1,517
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $714,893 · program services $642,214 · management and general $56,895 · fundraising $15,784
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11b · Fees: legal
total $20,129 · management and general $20,129
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $131,810 · program services $11,537 · management and general $120,273
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11g · Fees: other
total $1,731,596 · program services $537,310 · management and general $1,191,383 · fundraising $2,903
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13 · Office expenses
total $29,356 · program services $11,922 · management and general $11,287 · fundraising $6,147
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14 · Information technology
total $894 · management and general $894
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16 · Occupancy
total $1,207,114 · program services $87,992 · management and general $1,119,122
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17 · Travel
total $723,374 · program services $715,525 · management and general $6,543 · fundraising $1,306
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,452,487 · program services $675,697 · management and general $703,555 · fundraising $73,235
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20 · Interest
total $895,182 · program services $689,290 · management and general $205,892
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $1,535,150 · program services $1,182,065 · management and general $353,085
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23 · Insurance
total $968,701 · program services $553,852 · management and general $414,849
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24a · Other expenses: Bad Debt Expense
total $650,312 · management and general $650,312
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24b · Other expenses: Repairs and Maintenance
total $59,117 · program services $39,325 · management and general $19,792
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24c · Other expenses: Student Reengagement
total $7,629 · fundraising $7,629
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24e · All other expenses
total $3,335,359 · program services $1,877,889 · management and general $1,423,351 · fundraising $34,119
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $5,712,087 · end of year $1,216,282
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $19 · end of year $5,557,854
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,256 · end of year $1,015
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $287,868 · end of year $661,663
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $49,387 · end of year $20,515
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $406,318 · end of year $430,317
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$69,560,677
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$33,694,129
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $33,994,488 · end of year $35,866,548
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $15,838,238 · end of year $16,514,102
-
12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $1,594,272 · end of year $1,713,363
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $895,239 · end of year $584,540
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $357,515 · end of year $329,924
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,232,087 · end of year $1,234,739
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $396,289 · end of year $371,498
-
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
-
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $13,763,171 · end of year $13,623,171
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,505,634 · end of year $937,645
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $27,819,452 · end of year $32,194,229
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $14,420,054 · end of year $14,534,841
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
Advancing God's Kingdom through a commitment to academic excellence, spiritual growth, Christian leadership, and global service within the context of a biblical worldview.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Shorter University is a private Christian non-profit comprehensive liberal arts institution.
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Instructional - Funds expended for instructional activities in Associate, Bachelor, and Master degree programs. Enrollment in 2023-2024 included 1300 students. Scholarship and financial aid - Comprehensive financial assistance program includes scholarships, grants, loans and part-time campus employment. Every student enrolled full time at Shorter University receives some form of financial assistance.
Expenses $18,817,303 · Grants $12,655,286 · Revenue $26,216,847
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Student support - Funds expended for activities contributing to students' well being and intellectual, cultural, and social development outside of formal instruction.
Expenses $6,417,899 · Revenue $5,982,184
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Academic support - Expenditures integral to the operation and support of the academic services of the University. Auxiliary enterprises - Expenditures to provide services to student, faculty, and staff including housing, cafeteria, and bookstore.
Expenses $3,599,406 · Revenue $1,455,183
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Bryan Rice
Board Vice-Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Danny Cochran
Secretary (Part Year)/Trustee (Part Year)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Thomas Hammond
Ex Officio Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jerry Emerson
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Randy Bowen
Chairman
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Amy Patterson
Trustee (Part Year)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carey Strange
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chase Camp
Trustee/MAL Executive Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cheryl Cox
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Chris Cowart
Trustee/MAL Executive Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Cliff Duren
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Whitener
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Joe Tanner
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Keith McBroom
Trustee/MAL Executive Committee (Part Year)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Stacy Dyer
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Stephen Anthony
Trustee (Part Year)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Steve Parr
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Greg Polley
Trustee (Part Year)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
John Hatcher
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ken Guice
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lamar Pinson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Larry Maxey
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lilianna Lewis
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mrs Julianna Rogers
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Mrs Michelle Sabou
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Randall Farrell
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Barry Peppers
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Ben Smith
Chair of Finance
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Brian Carroll
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Jason Britt
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Jon Price
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Keith Moore
Trustee/MAL Executive Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Matthew Bowden
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rev Mike Hardy
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rick Ferrin
Trustee (Part Year)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Russ Brown
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ted Fuller
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tim Brown
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Wayne Angel
Trustee/MAL Executive Committee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Dr Donald V Dowless
President
- Total calculated
- $205,316
- From this org
- $180,334
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $24,982
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $180,334
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $24,982
- Filer's total
- $205,316
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Michelle Stricklin
VP of Finance, CFO
- Total calculated
- $135,307
- From this org
- $122,457
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,850
- Hours/week
- 60
-
Dr Ben Bruce
VP of Advancement
- Total calculated
- $107,499
- From this org
- $106,623
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $876
- Hours/week
- 40
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Dr John Reams
Provost
- Total calculated
- $133,002
- From this org
- $103,122
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,880
- Hours/week
- 40
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 · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
- As a condition of employment, and as a convenience to the University, the President is provided a home on University grounds. The home is provided as a nontaxable benefit to the President.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 7 Non-fixed payments
- The board of directors approved discretionary bonuses for employees during the year.
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.
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.
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Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia
501(c)(3) · Church · GA
Directly controlled by NA
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Georgia Baptist Foundation Inc
501(c)(3) · Trust Agency for Endowments · GA
Directly controlled by Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 28 March 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202530879349300523
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