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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by REGENTS OF THE MERCERSBURG COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$46,957,459
Total expenses
$48,944,017
Contributions and grants received
$9,619,606
Grants paid
$7,779,563
Program service revenue
$29,390,825
Investment income
$7,813,229
Other revenue
$133,799
Total assets, end of year
$558,617,814
Total liabilities, end of year
$67,287,906
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$491,329,908
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$37,542,431
Management and general expenses
$8,363,273
Fundraising expenses
$3,038,313
Program service expenses (Part III)
$37,542,431

Program services were 76.7% 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

    $9,619,606

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,161,060

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $28,738,740 · related or exempt $28,738,740

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SUMMER PROGRAMS

    total $652,085 · related or exempt $652,085

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,487,530 · unrelated business -$102,792 · excluded $5,590,322

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $15,170

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $11,252

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $3,918

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $3,918 · unrelated business -$3,282 · excluded $7,200

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $127,317,139 · other assets $8,325

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

    securities $124,939,450 · other assets $60,315

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,377,689 · other assets -$51,990

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,325,699 · unrelated business $14,428 · excluded $2,311,271

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $267,619

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $210,074

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $57,545 · excluded $57,545

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $52,678 · excluded $52,678

  • 11b · Other revenue: LAUNDROMAT

    total $18,579 · excluded $18,579

  • 11c · Other revenue: DINING HALL

    total $1,079 · unrelated business $1,013 · excluded $66

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $72,336

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $15,000 · program services $15,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,764,563 · program services $7,764,563

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,202,761 · program services $1,202,761

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,500,833 · program services $10,790,910 · management and general $3,151,211 · fundraising $1,558,712

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,594,479 · program services $1,113,867 · management and general $321,557 · fundraising $159,055

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,599,970 · program services $2,561,955 · management and general $694,492 · fundraising $343,523

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,195,070 · program services $855,152 · management and general $227,425 · fundraising $112,493

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $79,439 · program services $49,379 · management and general $22,985 · fundraising $7,075

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $76,819 · program services $47,750 · management and general $22,227 · fundraising $6,842

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $1,129,803 · management and general $1,129,803

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $842,924 · program services $646,811 · management and general $150,610 · fundraising $45,503

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $89,873 · program services $55,865 · management and general $26,004 · fundraising $8,004

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $712,119 · program services $470,540 · management and general $185,757 · fundraising $55,822

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $461,613 · program services $286,936 · management and general $133,565 · fundraising $41,112

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,615,029 · program services $2,418,718 · management and general $151,643 · fundraising $44,668

  • 17 · Travel

    total $844,767 · program services $570,979 · management and general $209,593 · fundraising $64,195

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $422,413 · program services $262,570 · management and general $122,222 · fundraising $37,621

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,181,821 · program services $2,103,275 · management and general $74,182 · fundraising $4,364

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,467,936 · program services $3,193,969 · management and general $215,012 · fundraising $58,955

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $653,410 · program services $406,156 · management and general $189,060 · fundraising $58,194

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $2,147,066 · program services $1,334,605 · management and general $621,239 · fundraising $191,222

  • 24b · Other expenses: CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

    total $1,423,727 · program services $884,982 · management and general $411,946 · fundraising $126,799

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSES

    total $245,169 · program services $140,533 · management and general $84,500 · fundraising $20,136

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $66,099 · program services $41,087 · management and general $19,125 · fundraising $5,887

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $611,314 · program services $324,068 · management and general $199,115 · fundraising $88,131

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 $23,868,939 · end of year $24,028,103

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $35,124,343 · end of year $30,249,359

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $15,311,431 · end of year $16,517,094

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $233,700 · end of year $157,717

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $161,302 · end of year $186,898

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $471,510 · end of year $502,620

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

    $163,326,839

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

    $66,092,782

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $99,762,942 · end of year $97,234,057

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $47,441,803 · end of year $77,175,669

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $307,240,912 · end of year $306,349,086

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $5,521,962 · end of year $6,215,311

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,034,962 · end of year $2,240,021

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $19,021,342 · end of year $19,831,577

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $49,112,658 · end of year $42,327,950

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,524,893 · end of year $2,888,358

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $224,614,248 · end of year $249,075,501

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $234,832,641 · end of year $242,254,407

Mission and programs · 2022

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 $36,844,983 · Grants $7,779,563 · Revenue $28,781,673

  • 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 $697,448 · Revenue $609,152

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Quentin McDowell

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $483,233
    From this org
    $395,428
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $87,805
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $385,288
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $10,140
    Deferred
    $23,834
    Nontaxable benefits
    $69,936
    Filer's total
    $489,198
  • Stacie Rice Lissette Esq

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • H Dean Hosgood III PhD MPH

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Andrew D Alpert Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Anne Marie Bliley-Ester

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Cynthia L Davenport Borger

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Pablo Coballasi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Laura Fisher

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • David C Flanagan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Thomas B Hadzor

    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
  • Frederick Klein

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Betsy Mitchell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Karen L Pak Oppenheimer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • G Ames Prentiss

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • J Bruce Ricciuti

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Amy Jones Satrom

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Lorraine Simonis

    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
  • Vanessa E Youngs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Ryan Colby

    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
  • Maria Kimsey

    ASSOC. HEAD OF SCHOOL/FIN & OPS/TREAS

    Total calculated
    $334,337
    From this org
    $293,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,247
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,996
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $35,094
    Deferred
    $28,924
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,256
    Filer's total
    $335,270
  • Julia Maurer

    ASSOC. HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $274,258
    From this org
    $187,835
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $86,423
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,728
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,107
    Deferred
    $20,790
    Nontaxable benefits
    $66,280
    Filer's total
    $274,905
  • Brian Nordyke

    DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $209,612
    From this org
    $179,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,872
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,615
    Deferred
    $18,947
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,548
    Filer's total
    $210,235
  • Carolyn Yeager

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $196,329
    From this org
    $176,465
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,864
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $798
    Deferred
    $18,624
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,827
    Filer's total
    $196,916
  • Danielle Dehaven Nordyke

    DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

    Total calculated
    $171,492
    From this org
    $143,741
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,751
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,487
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,254
    Deferred
    $16,072
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,197
    Filer's total
    $172,010
  • John Chepren

    DIRECTOR OF IT

    Total calculated
    $257,965
    From this org
    $139,556
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $118,409
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,927
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,629
    Deferred
    $14,596
    Nontaxable benefits
    $104,323
    Filer's total
    $258,475
  • Melody Batson

    CONTROLLER

    Total calculated
    $160,581
    From this org
    $135,972
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,609
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $135,347
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $625
    Deferred
    $14,594
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,513
    Filer's total
    $161,079
  • Susan Orton

    DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS

    Total calculated
    $150,005
    From this org
    $126,829
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,176
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,567
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,262
    Deferred
    $13,549
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,155
    Filer's total
    $150,533
  • Katherine Titus

    FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $187,500
    From this org
    $187,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $187,500
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $187,500

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

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
  • 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. QUENTIN MCDOWELL, HEAD OF SCHOOL, RECEIVED NON-TAXABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000, INCLUDING PART-TIME HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES. EMPLOYEES LISTED BELOW RECEIVED TAXABLE HOUSING ALLOWANCES: MARIA KIMSEY - $4,200 JULIA MAURER - $4,200 JOHN CHEPREN - $4,200
PART I, LINE 4A
KATHERINE TITUS, FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL, RECEIVED A SEVERANCE PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $187,500 AND THIS AMOUNT IS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).

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
2022
Filed
14 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430789349300113

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