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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GORDON COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$62,766,673
Total expenses
$74,166,129
Contributions and grants received
$13,845,083
Grants paid
$15,874,631
Program service revenue
$55,608,078
Investment income
-$6,321,458
Other revenue
-$365,030
Total assets, end of year
$182,425,243
Total liabilities, end of year
$31,160,767
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$151,264,476
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$63,502,451
Management and general expenses
$7,186,359
Fundraising expenses
$3,477,319
Program service expenses (Part III)
$63,502,451

Program services were 85.6% 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)

    $988,381

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,856,702

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $619,912

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION FEES

    total $38,011,842 · related or exempt $38,011,842

  • 2b · Program service revenue: RESIDENCE HALL REVENUE

    total $9,696,639 · related or exempt $9,696,639

  • 2c · Program service revenue: BOARD PLAN

    total $4,040,138 · related or exempt $4,040,138

  • 2d · Program service revenue: BALANCE AND MOBILITY CENTER

    total $970,122 · related or exempt $970,122

  • 2e · Program service revenue: SUMMER PROGRAMS

    total $364,360 · related or exempt $364,360

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $2,524,977 · related or exempt $2,524,977

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,381,654 · excluded $2,381,654

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $5 · excluded $5

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $13,740

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $13,740

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $13,740 · excluded $13,740

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,062,723 · other assets $19,199

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

    securities $13,785,034 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$8,722,311 · other assets $19,199

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$8,703,112 · excluded -$8,703,112

  • 11a · Other revenue: LOSS ON DISPOSAL OF ASSET

    total -$378,775 · excluded -$378,775

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$378,775

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $13,468,815 · program services $13,468,815

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $2,405,816 · program services $2,405,816

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,172,123 · program services $403,217 · management and general $722,569 · fundraising $46,337

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $220,748 · program services $131,125 · management and general $52,238 · fundraising $37,385

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $25,224,630 · program services $19,072,376 · management and general $4,651,843 · fundraising $1,500,411

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,362 · program services $17,057 · management and general $4,788 · fundraising $1,517

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,675,049 · program services $3,435,518 · management and general $932,401 · fundraising $307,130

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,740,308 · program services $1,270,634 · management and general $356,692 · fundraising $112,982

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $397,722 · management and general $397,722

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $183,266 · management and general $183,266

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $292,984 · management and general $292,984

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $6,933,935 · program services $5,874,573 · management and general $839,255 · fundraising $220,107

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $746,417 · program services $146,356 · management and general $1,423 · fundraising $598,638

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,306,522 · program services $1,720,995 · management and general $406,913 · fundraising $178,614

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,225,664 · program services $452,880 · management and general $660,082 · fundraising $112,702

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,206,633 · program services $4,065,410 · management and general $118,635 · fundraising $22,588

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,295,798 · program services $2,089,408 · management and general $123,466 · fundraising $82,924

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,612 · program services $13,696 · management and general $1,916

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,620,024 · program services $4,299,395 · management and general $269,045 · fundraising $51,584

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $384,898 · program services $109,843 · management and general $274,130 · fundraising $925

  • 24a · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $845,928 · program services $557,232 · management and general $110,059 · fundraising $178,637

  • 24b · Other expenses: BOND EXPENSES

    total $511,502 · management and general $511,502

  • 24c · Other expenses: ALLOCATION OF OPERATION

    total $0 · program services $3,833,900 · management and general -$3,843,461 · fundraising $9,561

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $268,373 · program services $134,205 · management and general $118,891 · fundraising $15,277

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,467,549 · end of year $3,368,221

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,922,688 · end of year $9,064,781

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $39,793,568 · end of year $14,896,839

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,705,569 · end of year $1,682,104

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $15,803 · end of year $14,891

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,255,447 · end of year $1,396,523

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

    $184,338,556

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

    $140,082,384

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $46,205,132 · end of year $44,256,172

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $87,743,198 · end of year $106,622,783

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $22,999

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,154,592 · end of year $809,033

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $647,264 · end of year $313,896

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,794,780 · end of year $1,810,743

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,132,560 · end of year $1,699,969

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $30,074,441 · end of year $14,737,029

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $128,733 · end of year $106,005

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,856,250 · end of year $3,372,600

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $11,492,269 · end of year $9,434,421

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $39,659,421 · end of year $69,717,043

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $104,795,355 · end of year $81,547,433

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O

Activities or mission (Part I)

GORDON COLLEGE STRIVES TO GRADUATE MEN & WOMEN DISTINGUISHED BY (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) (CONTINUATION) INTELLECTUAL MATURITY AND CHRISTIAN CHARACTER, COMMITTED TO LIVES OF SERVICE AND PREPARED FOR LEADERSHIP WORLDWIDE.

  • HIGHER EDUCATION: OUR LARGEST PROGRAM SERVICE IS PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INSTRUCTION TO INDIVIDUALS GIVING THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A DEGREE. GORDON COLLEGE IS THE ONLY NONDENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE IN NEW ENGLAND. IT OFFERS 35 MAJORS AND CONFERS 3 SEPARATE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES; BACHELOR OF ARTS, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AND BACHELOR OF MUSIC. UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT OF 1441 STUDENTS IS DRAWN FROM 46 STATES AND 41 COUNTRIES. IN 2022-23, GORDON COLLEGE ISSUED 275 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES (WITH A SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE OF 68%). GORDON HAD A FACULTY TO STUDENT RATIO OF 14 TO 1 WITH 63% OF THE STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE MASSACHUSETTS. OF THE 74 FULL-TIME FACULTY, 85% HAVE EARNED DOCTORATES. (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)GORDON COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A WIDE VARIETY OF OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS, BOTH DOMESTIC AND ABROAD. DURING 2022-23, 60 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OFF-CAMPUS PROGRAMS AND SHORT-TERM INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS. PART V, LINE 2A:EMPLOYEE BREAKOUT:STAFF - 767STUDENT - 854TOTAL - 1,621

    Expenses $44,961,574 · Grants $15,839,068 · Revenue $33,404,536

  • AUXILIARY PROGRAMS RELATED TO THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS FOR DORMITORY HOUSING, FOOD SERVICE, BOOKSTORE, LAVIDA OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE, BALANCE AND MOBILITY CENTER, SUMMER ATHLETIC CAMPS AND OTHER SUMMER PROGRAMS. THERE WERE 1118 RESIDENT STUDENTS IN THE FALL SEMESTER 2022 AND 1060 IN THE SPRING SEMESTER 2023.

    Expenses $16,780,661 · Revenue $17,078,436

  • HIGHER EDUCATION: GORDON COLLEGE HAS GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION, MUSIC EDUCATION, LEADERSHIP, AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS CONFERRING DEGREES IN MASTERS OF EDUCATION, MASTERS OF MUSIC EDUCATION, MASTER OF ARTS IN LEADERSHIP, AND MASTER OF SCIENCE IN FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. IN 2022-23, THE TOTAL OF UNDUPLICATED GRADUATE STUDENTS WAS 334 DRAWN FROM 28 STATES AND 28 COUNTRIES. GORDON COLLEGE CONFERRED 142 MASTERS' DEGREES IN 2022-23.

    Expenses $1,760,216 · Grants $35,563 · Revenue $2,600,129

  • Revenue $2,524,977

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Herman Smith Jr

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD (THRU 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 0.5 related
  • Gordon Hall

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 0.5 related
  • Samuel Acevedo

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Timothy Breene

    TRUSTEE (THRU 2/23)/EVP (AS OF 4/23)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr William Brown

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Francis Brown III

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Dorothy Chappell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Foster Chase

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Forkner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Charley George

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Herschend

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Douglas Macgray

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reid Maclellan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexis Rapo

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ravi Ravichandran

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 02/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barry Rowan

    TRUSTEE (THRU 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dante Rutstrom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jessie Saintcyr Esq

    TRUSTEE (THRU 02/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Sargent

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samuel Schreiner III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Santiago Sedaca

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Shahian

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Madelyn Shields

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori Smith

    TRUSTEE (AS OF 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Carrie Tibbles

    TRUSTEE/CHAIR (AS OF 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Karon Williamson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Suannah Young

    TRUSTEE (THRU 05/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael D Hammond

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $545,940
    From this org
    $414,184
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $131,756
    Hours/week
    60 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $366,417
    Bonus
    $37,500
    Other
    $10,267
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $131,756
    Filer's total
    $545,940
  • Daniel Tymann

    EVP AND CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $216,664
    From this org
    $195,605
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,059
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,904
    Bonus
    $9,500
    Other
    $2,201
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,059
    Filer's total
    $216,664
  • Sandra Doneski

    EVP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $203,935
    From this org
    $181,576
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,359
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,886
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $690
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,359
    Filer's total
    $203,935
  • Stephen D Lacorazza

    VP FOR FINANCE & CFO

    Total calculated
    $200,726
    From this org
    $169,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,561
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,395
    Bonus
    $11,500
    Other
    $270
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,561
    Filer's total
    $200,726
  • Richard Sweeney

    VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARKETING & EXT.

    Total calculated
    $185,538
    From this org
    $157,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,484
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,441
    Bonus
    $8,500
    Other
    $1,113
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,484
    Filer's total
    $185,538
  • Britt Carlson Eaton

    VP FOR ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $163,738
    From this org
    $141,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,708
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $131,781
    Bonus
    $9,000
    Other
    $249
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,708
    Filer's total
    $163,738
  • Salome Brooks

    PROFESSOR (THRU 06/2022)

    Total calculated
    $359,920
    From this org
    $354,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,310
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $81,783
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $272,827
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,310
    Filer's total
    $359,920
  • Jennifer Skaggs

    VP FOR STUDENT LIFE

    Total calculated
    $169,884
    From this org
    $145,659
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,225
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,035
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $16,624
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,225
    Filer's total
    $169,884
  • Jeffery Stevenson

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $139,901
    From this org
    $114,267
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,634
    Hours/week
    60

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
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
TRAVEL FOR COMPANIONS: OCCASIONALLY SPOUSES OF OFFICERS ACCOMPANY THEM ON BUSINESS TRIPS FOR THE COLLEGE. IN ORDER TO BE TREATED AS A WORKING CONDITION FRINGE BENEFIT, THE COLLEGE REQUIRES SUBSTANTIATION OF THE TRIP AS A BONAFIDE BUSINESS EXPENSE FOR BOTH THE OFFICER AND THE SPOUSE. IF THERE IS NO BUSINESS PURPOSE FOR THE SPOUSE, THE SPOUSAL TRAVEL IS TREATED AS TAXABLE INCOME TO THE OFFICER OR THE OFFICER REIMBURSES THE COLLEGE. HOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE: ONE LISTED PERSON RECEIVED THIS BENEFIT. THE PRESIDENT IS REQUIRED TO LIVE IN ON-CAMPUS HOUSING FOR HOSTING PURPOSES AND 24/7 AVAILABILITY TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. BECAUSE OF THIS REQUIREMENT, IT IS EXCLUDED FROM WAGES UNDER SECTION 119 OF THE IRS CODE. THE HOUSING VALUE INCLUDED IN NON-TAXABLE COMPENSATION WAS $102,000. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN D. CERTAIN LISTED INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED HOUSING ASSISTANCE AS A TAXABLE BENEFIT. THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 4A
ONE LISTED INDIVIDUAL SEPARATED FROM THE COLLEGE IN JUNE OF 2022. PURSUANT TO THIS INDIVIDUAL'S AGREEMENT, THE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED SEVERANCE PAYMENTS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2022. THIS AMOUNT IS REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 7
OFFICERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE GIVEN BONUSES FOR EXCEEDING THE GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS ASSIGNED TO THEM FOR THE YEAR. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BONUSES ARE MADE BY THE PRESIDENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD REVIEWS AND DETERMINES BONUS PAYMENTS. SUSPENSION OF QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN: THE COLLEGE SUSPENDED CONTRIBUTIONS AS OF JULY 2020 TO THE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN.

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.

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 TRUSTS(4)

    T · CHARITABLE GIFT · MA · controlled entity

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202401359349307840

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