Totals
- Total revenue
- $74,550,409
- Total expenses
- $58,628,842
- Contributions and grants received
- $10,090,746
- Grants paid
- $17,464,574
- Program service revenue
- $55,128,919
- Investment income
- $9,198,357
- Other revenue
- $132,387
- Total assets, end of year
- $133,610,054
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $25,093,746
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $108,516,308
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $53,136,678
- Management and general expenses
- $4,824,721
- Fundraising expenses
- $667,443
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $53,136,678
Program services were 90.6% 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.
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1c · Fundraising events
$72,285
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$468,245
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$9,550,216
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$90,578
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2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT TUITION AND FEES
total $47,848,154 · related or exempt $47,848,154
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2b · Program service revenue: AUXILARY SERVICES
total $7,280,765 · related or exempt $6,989,512 · unrelated business $291,253
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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 $1,171,666 · unrelated business $40,799 · excluded $1,130,867
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $30,848,273
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $22,785,353 · other assets $36,229
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $8,062,920 · other assets -$36,229
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $8,026,691 · excluded $8,026,691
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8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$12,527
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$72,285
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8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$34,431
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total -$21,904 · excluded -$21,904
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$39,097
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10b · Cost of goods sold
$0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $39,097 · excluded $39,097
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11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE
total $115,194 · related or exempt $115,194
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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
$115,194
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $17,464,574 · program services $17,464,574
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $474,187 · program services $403,059 · management and general $61,644 · fundraising $9,484
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $15,461,708 · program services $13,142,452 · management and general $2,010,022 · fundraising $309,234
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $599,816 · program services $509,844 · management and general $77,976 · fundraising $11,996
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $2,072,467 · program services $1,761,597 · management and general $269,421 · fundraising $41,449
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $1,163,248 · program services $988,761 · management and general $151,222 · fundraising $23,265
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11b · Fees: legal
total $108,679 · management and general $108,679
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $115,370 · management and general $115,370
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $169,673 · management and general $169,673
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11g · Fees: other
total $921,114 · program services $782,947 · management and general $119,745 · fundraising $18,422
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $4,839,151 · program services $4,113,278 · management and general $629,090 · fundraising $96,783
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13 · Office expenses
total $2,619,752 · program services $2,226,789 · management and general $340,568 · fundraising $52,395
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16 · Occupancy
total $2,828,446 · program services $2,404,179 · management and general $367,698 · fundraising $56,569
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17 · Travel
total $2,048,160 · program services $1,740,936 · management and general $266,261 · fundraising $40,963
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $344,149 · program services $292,527 · management and general $44,739 · fundraising $6,883
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20 · Interest
total $547,475 · program services $547,475
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $2,475,304 · program services $2,475,304
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23 · Insurance
total $617,417 · program services $524,804 · management and general $92,613
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24a · Other expenses: DINING SERVICES
total $2,386,116 · program services $2,386,116
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24b · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT
total $1,384,898 · program services $1,384,898
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24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT
total -$12,862 · program services -$12,862
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24e · All other expenses
total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,500 · end of year $1,000
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $25,601,476 · end of year $18,314,090
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $7,455,031 · end of year $8,477,997
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $3,333,262 · end of year $5,696,932
-
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
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
beginning of year $168,570 · end of year $95,417
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
beginning of year $18,196 · end of year $21,176
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $1,152,502 · end of year $1,087,768
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$119,652,924
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$60,201,099
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $54,433,445 · end of year $59,451,825
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $29,930,244 · end of year $37,075,533
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12 · Investments: other securities
beginning of year $204,808 · end of year $1,773,958
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13 · Investments: program-related
beginning of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,842,656 · end of year $1,614,358
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $2,229,392 · end of year $4,041,331
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $2,427,281 · end of year $1,788,877
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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 $17,644,513 · end of year $16,838,928
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,776,398 · end of year $2,424,610
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $61,767,688 · end of year $64,284,333
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $37,297,418 · end of year $44,231,975
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY IS A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS DISTINGUISHED BY OUR LIFELONG INVOLVEMENT IN THE STUDY AND APPLICATION OF THE LIBERAL ARTS, TOTAL COMMITMENT TO JESUS CHRIST AS THE PERSPECTIVE FOR LEARNING AND CRITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY PROVIDES POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION TO OVER 2,441 STUDENTS, GRANTING BA, BS, MA ,MS, and DNP DEGREES.
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SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY IS A CHRISTIAN INSTITUTION SERVING OVER 2,441 STUDENTS. ALL PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES ARE RELATED TO INSTRUCTION, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, STUDENT AND AUXILIARY SERVICES FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO STUDY AT OUR MAIN CAMPUS OR THROUGH OUR ONLINE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Expenses $53,136,678 · Grants $17,464,574 · Revenue $55,244,113
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Debra McKenna Blews
Secretary-Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
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Greg Bontrager
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4 + 2 related
-
Robert Gould
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Abdu Murray
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Amber Wright
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Babbie Mason
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Daryl Miller
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Dave Page
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
David Kendall
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Don Walker
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
Douglas Matthews
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Edward Lamoreaux
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Jennifer Boss Mainka
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jim Mol
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ken Johnson
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
Lori Ormston Roberts
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Paul Bucholz
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
-
Richard Townley
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ron Jones
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Todd Tibbits
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Brent Ellis
President
- Total calculated
- $362,818
- From this org
- $326,066
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,752
- Hours/week
- 50 + 2 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $292,208
- Bonus
- $28,304
- Other
- $5,554
- Deferred
- $18,144
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,608
- Filer's total
- $362,818
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Dawn Schnitkey
VP of Finance & Administration (Left 09/24)
- Total calculated
- $111,369
- From this org
- $92,362
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $19,007
- Hours/week
- 50
-
Carol Green
Provost/CAO
- Total calculated
- $168,367
- From this org
- $145,880
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,487
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,880
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,550
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,937
- Filer's total
- $168,367
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Doug Wilcoxson
Executive Vice President
- Total calculated
- $160,595
- From this org
- $134,224
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,371
- Hours/week
- 50 + 2 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $133,162
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,062
- Deferred
- $8,320
- Nontaxable benefits
- $18,051
- Filer's total
- $160,595
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Marla Sanford
VP for Enrollment and Marketing
- Total calculated
- $131,287
- From this org
- $107,680
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,607
- Hours/week
- 50
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Randall Melton
Chief Information Officer
- Total calculated
- $148,795
- From this org
- $123,631
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,164
- Hours/week
- 50
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
- 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
- 1a · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
- 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 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 Travel for companions
- THE SPOUSE OF THE VP OF ADVANCEMENT/EXECUTIVE VP OCCASIONALLY TRAVELS WITH THE ADVANCEMENT TEAM TO CONDUCT AND SUPPORT DONOR/BUSINESS EVENTS AND AS SUCH, RELATED TRAVEL EXPENSES ARE TREATED AS NONTAXABLE ITEMS.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
- THE PRESIDENT RESIDES IN A UNIVERSITY OWNED HOUSE. THE HOUSING IS NONTAXABLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT IS REQUIRED AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, THE HOME IS LOCATED ON CAMPUS, AND THE HOME IS USED FOR BUSINESS EVENTS.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
- THE PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT ARE PROVIDED A COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERSHIP BY THE UNIVERSITY. EMPLOYEES ARE TAXED FOR PERSONAL USE OF THE DUES.
- Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Personal services
- THE PRESIDENT RESIDES IN A UNIVERSITY OWNED HOUSE AND WEEKLY CLEANING SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR THE HOME. SERVICES ARE NONTAXABLE DUE TO THE FACT THE HOME IS LOCATED ON CAMPUS AND IS USED FOR BUSINESS EVENTS.
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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SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
501(c)(3) · FUNDRAISING · MI · controlled entity
Directly controlled by SAU
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501(c)(3) · CHRISTIAN CTR · MI · controlled entity
Directly controlled by SAU
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 15 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202601059349300905
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