Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by THE SANTA BARBARA VENTURA COLLEGE O F LAW.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $7,781,540
- Total expenses
- $7,179,581
- Contributions and grants received
- $65,465
- Grants paid
- $83,986
- Program service revenue
- $7,545,177
- Investment income
- $185,267
- Other revenue
- -$14,369
- Total assets, end of year
- $13,147,764
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,312,950
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $9,834,814
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,927,858
- Management and general expenses
- $2,199,485
- Fundraising expenses
- $52,238
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,927,858
Program services were 68.6% 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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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$39,212
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$26,253
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2a · Program service revenue: Tuition & Fee Revenue
total $7,534,214 · related or exempt $7,534,214
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2b · Program service revenue: Other School Revenue
total $10,963 · related or exempt $10,963
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3 · Investment income
total $185,291 · excluded $185,291
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6a · Gross rents
real property $25,126
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $39,495
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property -$14,369
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total -$14,369 · excluded -$14,369
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $4,669
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $4,693
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$24
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$24 · excluded -$24
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $83,986 · program services $83,986
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $339,709 · program services $84,927 · management and general $254,782
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,845,880 · program services $2,700,416 · management and general $137,339 · fundraising $8,125
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $156,449 · program services $144,164 · management and general $12,285
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $224,707 · program services $180,629 · management and general $42,527 · fundraising $1,551
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $209,465 · program services $198,854 · management and general $9,830 · fundraising $781
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11a · Fees: management
total $302,092 · management and general $302,092
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $4,664 · management and general $4,664
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11g · Fees: other
total $85,991 · program services $65,395 · management and general $20,596
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $1,009,348 · management and general $1,009,348
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13 · Office expenses
total $101,059 · program services $41,663 · management and general $55,121 · fundraising $4,275
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14 · Information technology
total $6,312 · program services $1,483 · management and general $4,829
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16 · Occupancy
total $398,361 · program services $329,361 · management and general $69,000
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17 · Travel
total $88,409 · program services $82,903 · management and general $3,359 · fundraising $2,147
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $54,783 · program services $11,041 · management and general $9,337 · fundraising $34,405
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $198,410 · program services $157,816 · management and general $40,594
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23 · Insurance
total $34,870 · management and general $34,870
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24a · Other expenses: Student Services
total $514,731 · program services $511,940 · management and general $2,678 · fundraising $113
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and Memberships
total $16,601 · program services $14,820 · management and general $1,140 · fundraising $641
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24e · All other expenses
total $503,754 · program services $318,460 · management and general $185,094 · fundraising $200
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $88,301 · end of year $186,752
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $2,076,792 · end of year $3,015,500
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $11,658 · end of year $8,530
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $110,488 · end of year $111,936
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $104,305 · end of year $134,080
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$6,088,659
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,618,034
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $4,535,103 · end of year $4,470,625
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $3,506,579 · end of year $3,903,404
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $1,555,266 · end of year $1,316,937
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $600,546 · end of year $780,125
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $1,039,723 · end of year $1,224,460
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $1,432,351 · end of year $1,308,365
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $8,536,207 · end of year $9,436,079
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $379,665 · end of year $398,735
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
The mission of The Colleges of Law is to provide access to law and law-related professions through emphasizing opportunity, academic excellence, and community engagement.
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The Colleges of Law ("COL") is a California nonprofit corporation that operates as a law school with campus locations in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California. COL provides high quality legal education delivered through two modalities: an evening, onsite option and a hybrid (70 percent online and 30 percent onsite) option, leading to the award of a Juris Doctor Degree and eligibility to sit for the California State Bar Examination. COL also offers a Master of Business, Law, and Technology via distance learning.(See continuation on Schedule O)Founded to provide an opportunity for men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and life experiences to enter the legal profession, COL seeks to develop graduates who will be competent practitioners and who recognize and adhere to the high level of ethics, professional responsibility, and civic duty our society expects of lawyers. Duringthe fiscal year ended May 31, 2025, COL provided education to over 350students.
Expenses $4,927,858 · Grants $83,986 · Revenue $7,545,177
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Michael Horowitz
Corporate President/Trustee
- Total calculated
- $1,747,997
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $1,566,900
- Other
- $181,097
- Hours/week
- 2 + 38 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $936,900 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $630,000 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $162,292 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $18,805 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $1,747,997 related
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Matthew Nehmer
President
- Total calculated
- $337,543
- From this org
- $284,801
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $52,742
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $226,926
- Bonus
- $57,875
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $20,657
- Nontaxable benefits
- $32,085
- Filer's total
- $337,543
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Farfalla Borah
Trustee/Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Casey Summar
Trustee/Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Teri Cannon
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Von Nguyen Deroian
Trustee (until 12/24)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Arturo Hernandez
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Betsy Jeppesen
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Bernard Luskin
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Lauren Nicholson
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Julius Sokenu
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Catherine Swysen
Trustee (until 4/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Lori Trofemuk
Trustee (until 4/25)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Celina Zacarias
Trustee
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Jennifer Gantz
Corporate Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $400,478
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $375,738
- Other
- $24,740
- Hours/week
- 2 + 38 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $304,863 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $70,875 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $24,150 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $590 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $400,478 related
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Greg Beno
Asst. Corp. Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $276,060
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $257,592
- Other
- $18,468
- Hours/week
- 2 + 38 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $225,050 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $32,542 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $18,001 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $467 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $276,060 related
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Shari Mikos
Corporate Secretary
- Total calculated
- $368,593
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $339,858
- Other
- $28,735
- Hours/week
- 2 + 38 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $277,358 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $62,500 related
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0 + $24,002 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $4,733 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $368,593 related
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Elisa Davis
Assistant Secretary (as of 10/24)
- Total calculated
- $53,079
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $49,184
- Other
- $3,895
- Hours/week
- 2 + 38 related
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Sara Sotelo
Asst. Corp. Secretary
- Total calculated
- $113,178
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $93,494
- Other
- $19,684
- Hours/week
- 2 + 38 related
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Jacqueline Gardina
Chief Acedemic Officer
- Total calculated
- $305,792
- From this org
- $263,484
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $42,308
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $228,433
- Bonus
- $35,051
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $18,994
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,314
- Filer's total
- $305,792
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Andrea Funk
Dean of Hybrid JD
- Total calculated
- $188,182
- From this org
- $175,549
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,633
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $166,686
- Bonus
- $8,863
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $12,289
- Nontaxable benefits
- $344
- Filer's total
- $188,182
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April Vincent
Assc. Dean of Student Success
- Total calculated
- $181,324
- From this org
- $154,023
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,301
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $147,225
- Bonus
- $6,798
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,299
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,002
- Filer's total
- $181,324
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Brandy Price
Director of Educational Impact
- Total calculated
- $149,070
- From this org
- $130,342
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $18,728
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jeanne Eicks
Assc. Dean of Grad
- Total calculated
- $124,225
- From this org
- $115,850
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,375
- Hours/week
- 40
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Shawn Taylor
AVP Admissions
- Total calculated
- $114,684
- From this org
- $106,153
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $8,531
- 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
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 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 3
- The Colleges of Law, with support from a related organization, TCS Education System, used one or more of the methods described below to establish the top management official's compensation: - Executive Committee - Independent Compensation Consultant - Compensation Survey or Study - Form 990 of other organizations - Approval by the Board of Executive Committee
- Part I, Line 4b
- Part I, Line 4b: TCS Education System provides a supplemental deferred compensation plan for certain executives. The following individuals participate in the plan: - Michael Horowitz
- Part I, Line 7
- The target opportunity for the discretionary award is established through market compensation and internal policy so as to relate pay, performance and rewards. Upon reviewing annual performance, the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees determines results and the granting of discretionary awards, if any.
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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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
501(c)(3) · Education · IL · controlled entity
Directly controlled by The Chicago School - California Inc
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501(c)(3) · Supporting Organization · IL
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The Chicago School - Washington DC Inc
501(c)(3) · Education · DC · controlled entity
Directly controlled by The Chicago School - California Inc
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The Chicago School - California Inc
501(c)(3) · Education · CA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by TCS Education System
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Pacific Oaks Education Corporation
501(c)(3) · Education · CA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by TCS Education System
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501(c)(3) · Education · TX · controlled entity
Directly controlled by The Chicago School - California Inc
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501(c)(3) · Education · CA · controlled entity
Directly controlled by TCS Education System
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Kansas Health Science University Inc
501(c)(3) · Education · KS · controlled entity
Directly controlled by TCS Education System
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501(c)(3) · Education · OR · controlled entity
Directly controlled by TCS Education System
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.
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University of Western States Health Care Incorporated
C · Health Care · OR · controlled entity
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 8 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202641009349300034
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