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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$35,299,588
Total expenses
$22,856,945
Contributions and grants received
$17,811,572
Grants paid
$2,957,741
Program service revenue
$15,961,873
Investment income
$1,489,397
Other revenue
$36,746
Total assets, end of year
$106,872,973
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,984,619
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$87,888,354
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$17,134,330
Management and general expenses
$4,497,304
Fundraising expenses
$1,225,311
Program service expenses (Part III)
$17,134,330

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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $17,811,572

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $486,040

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $15,522,827 · related or exempt $15,522,827

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ATHLETICS/CAMPS

    total $164,250 · excluded $164,250

  • 2c · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY/INSTRUCTIONS REVENUE

    total $221,544 · excluded $221,544

  • 2d · Program service revenue: CAFETERIA

    total $53,252 · excluded $53,252

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $778,601 · unrelated business $4,568 · excluded $774,033

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $85,724

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $85,724 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $85,724 · related or exempt $85,724

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,891,738

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

    securities $5,135,022 · other assets $45,920

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $756,716 · other assets -$45,920

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $710,796 · excluded $710,796

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $134,713

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $184,840

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$50,127 · related or exempt -$50,127

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Income

    total $1,149 · excluded $1,149

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,149

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,957,741 · program services $2,957,741

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $845,317 · program services $86,811 · management and general $637,561 · fundraising $120,945

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,110,819 · program services $6,902,664 · management and general $2,414,533 · fundraising $793,622

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $483,730 · program services $483,730

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,443,909 · program services $1,443,909

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $793,184 · program services $594,888 · management and general $198,296

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $312,261 · program services $88,799 · management and general $223,462

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $54,555 · management and general $54,555

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $107,702 · management and general $107,702

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,505,828 · program services $903,687 · management and general $291,397 · fundraising $310,744

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $119,171 · program services $119,171

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $608,128 · program services $502,768 · management and general $105,360

  • 20 · Interest

    total $137,434 · program services $137,434

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,844,501 · program services $1,660,051 · management and general $184,450

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $291,797 · program services $218,848 · management and general $72,949

  • 24a · Other expenses: AUXILIARY EXPENSE

    total $707,702 · program services $707,702

  • 24b · Other expenses: INSTRUCTION & STUDENT A

    total $401,312 · program services $313,497 · management and general $87,815

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $119,224 · management and general $119,224

  • 24d · Other expenses: BOND COSTS

    total $12,630 · program services $12,630

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,311,260 · end of year $4,290,180

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $7,384,358 · end of year $7,638,370

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,882,011 · end of year $25,971,939

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,993,594 · end of year $6,748,641

  • 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 $237,182 · end of year $245,745

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $67,473 · end of year $16,803

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

    $58,259,096

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

    $36,500,077

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $21,207,794 · end of year $21,759,019

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $24,591,555 · end of year $24,914,645

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $14,633,670 · end of year $15,174,127

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $95,036 · end of year $113,504

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $21,192 · end of year $85,636

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $12,920,878 · end of year $13,124,804

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $6,018,434 · end of year $5,321,064

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $414,856 · end of year $453,115

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $41,618,846 · end of year $39,269,567

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $33,409,727 · end of year $48,618,787

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

MEMPHIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL IS A COLLEGE-PREPARATORY SCHOOL DEDICATED TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, CULTIVATION OF SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF WELL-ROUNDED YOUNG MEN OF STRONG MORAL CHARACTER, CONSISTENT WITH THE SCHOOL'S CHRISTIAN TRADITION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

COLLEGE PREPARATORY SECONDARY SCHOOL FOR BOYS

  • EDUCATION GRADES 7-12 APPROXIMATELY 603 STUDENTS

    Expenses $14,695,006 · Grants $518,417 · Revenue $15,558,424

  • FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 7-12 APPROXIMATELY 189 STUDENTS

    Expenses $2,439,324 · Grants $2,439,324

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • D Stephen Morrow

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Frederick C Schaeffer Jr

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Glenn A Crosby II

    Vice-Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William V Thompson

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Andrew F Cates

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brandon K Arrindell

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • J Brett Grinder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James F Burnett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • James H Barton Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeffrey B Meskin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jennifer R Ransom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joseph M Morrison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Margaret C McLean

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark J Halperin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • P Trowbridge Gillespie Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Philip S Wunderlich

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • R Earl Blankenship

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Richard C Moore III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert J Hussey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert M Fockler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • W Thomas Hutton Jr

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William B Dunavant III

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William B Townsend

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • William E Orgel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Peter D Sanders

    Headmaster

    Total calculated
    $372,261
    From this org
    $347,521
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,740
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $347,521
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,376
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,364
    Filer's total
    $372,261
  • Rankin Fowlkes

    Dir of Business Operations

    Total calculated
    $205,921
    From this org
    $189,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,819
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,102
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,455
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,364
    Filer's total
    $205,921
  • Perry Dement

    Dir of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $179,590
    From this org
    $164,025
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,565
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,025
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,201
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,364
    Filer's total
    $179,590
  • Jenny Byers

    Director of College Counseling

    Total calculated
    $142,864
    From this org
    $129,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,816
    Hours/week
    40
  • John Simi

    Director of IT

    Total calculated
    $121,543
    From this org
    $108,742
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,801
    Hours/week
    40
  • Loyal Murphy

    Instructor of Mathematics

    Total calculated
    $120,884
    From this org
    $108,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,770
    Hours/week
    40
  • McKee Humphreys

    Assoc. Headmaster, Head Lower School

    Total calculated
    $181,815
    From this org
    $166,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,671
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,144
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,307
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,364
    Filer's total
    $181,815
  • Zachary Hansen

    Upper School Principal

    Total calculated
    $156,857
    From this org
    $142,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,483
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,374
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,119
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,364
    Filer's total
    $156,857

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
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
HOUSING ALLOWANCE IS PROVIDED TO THE HEADMASTER. THIS BENEFIT IS FOR THE SCHOOLS CONVENIENCE AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE HEADMASTER'S TAXABLE COMPENSATION.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
SOCIAL CLUB DUES ARE PROVIDED TO THE HEADMASTER. THIS BENEFIT IS FOR THE SCHOOLS CONVENIENCE AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE HEADMASTER'S TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202600979349300120

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