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← ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$210,596,214
Total expenses
$223,493,666
Contributions and grants received
$27,908,247
Grants paid
$84,486,657
Program service revenue
$165,178,919
Investment income
$16,811,423
Other revenue
$697,625
Total assets, end of year
$700,329,087
Total liabilities, end of year
$163,425,382
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$536,903,705
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$192,066,138
Management and general expenses
$25,556,111
Fundraising expenses
$5,871,417
Program service expenses (Part III)
$192,066,138

Program services were 85.9% 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)

    $2,748,088

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $25,160,159

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $2,958,602

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION

    total $126,882,773 · related or exempt $126,882,773

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CAMPUS HOUSING

    total $15,972,555 · related or exempt $15,972,555

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FOOD SERVICE

    total $12,689,692 · related or exempt $12,689,692

  • 2d · Program service revenue: OTHER AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

    total $5,137,430 · related or exempt $5,137,430

  • 2e · Program service revenue: HOTEL

    total $4,496,469 · related or exempt $645,917 · unrelated business $3,850,552

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,524,981 · excluded $4,524,981

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $45,678,876

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

    securities $33,392,434

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $12,286,442

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $12,286,442 · excluded $12,286,442

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,762,510

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,064,885

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $697,625 · related or exempt $697,625

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $84,486,657 · program services $84,486,657

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,503,663 · program services $2,095,816 · management and general $276,657 · fundraising $131,190

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $50,447,219 · program services $32,975,371 · management and general $14,821,442 · fundraising $2,650,406

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $2,954,483 · program services $2,473,198 · management and general $326,473 · fundraising $154,812

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $10,361,066 · program services $8,573,783 · management and general $1,145,214 · fundraising $642,069

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $3,750,848 · program services $3,139,835 · management and general $414,472 · fundraising $196,541

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $196,944 · program services $26,267 · management and general $170,677

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,536,351 · management and general $3,536,351

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,783,286 · program services $16,942,260 · management and general $1,170,126 · fundraising $670,900

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $186,440 · program services $77,080 · management and general $109,360

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,576,878 · program services $7,673,785 · management and general $703,081 · fundraising $200,012

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $7,240,867 · program services $6,999,964 · management and general $240,903

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,479,737 · program services $3,059,260 · management and general $185,689 · fundraising $234,788

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $119,204 · program services $85,858 · management and general $13,637 · fundraising $19,709

  • 20 · Interest

    total $5,829,174 · program services $5,829,174

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,976,154 · program services $9,948,338 · management and general $2,027,816

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,450,548 · program services $1,394,212 · fundraising $56,336

  • 24a · Other expenses: ROOM AND BOARD ALLOWANC

    total $2,212,759 · program services $2,165,978 · management and general $42,066 · fundraising $4,715

  • 24b · Other expenses: ENTERTAINMENT

    total $1,526,241 · program services $452,752 · management and general $234,605 · fundraising $838,884

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,875,147 · program services $3,666,550 · management and general $137,542 · fundraising $71,055

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $5,334,742 · end of year $391,487

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $60,365,748 · end of year $60,108,055

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,084,820 · end of year $1,688,650

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $466,795

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $1,561,490 · end of year $1,455,090

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,227,477 · end of year $1,715,729

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

    $439,244,643

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

    $265,391,483

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $166,840,470 · end of year $173,853,160

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $44,660,138 · end of year $43,801,034

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $382,048,686 · end of year $407,363,508

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $20,551,601 · end of year $9,952,374

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,491,869 · end of year $12,623,944

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,679,177 · end of year $1,991,252

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $138,594,275 · end of year $132,654,367

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,845,622 · end of year $16,155,819

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $97,964,395 · end of year $87,422,568

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $415,566,629 · end of year $449,481,137

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY IS A FOUR YEAR PRIVATE, LIBERAL ARTS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION LOCATED IN CANTON, NY. THE TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES ARE DIRECTED TO THE STUDENT BODY OF APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREPARING THEM TO BE CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKERS, TO FIND A COMPASS FOR THEIR LIVES AND CAREERS, AND TO PURSUE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEMSELVES, HUMANITY, AND THE PLANET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE MISSION OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY IS TO PROVIDE AN INSPIRING AND DEMANDING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN LIBERAL ARTS TO STUDENTS SELECTED FOR THEIR SERIOUSNESS OF PURPOSE AND INTELLECTUAL PROMISE.

  • ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY IS A FOUR YEAR PRIVATE, LIBERAL ARTS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION LOCATED IN CANTON, NY. THE TOTAL PROGRAM EXPENSES ARE DIRECTED TO THE STUDENT BODY OF APPROXIMATELY 2,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PREPARING THEM TO BE CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKERS, TO FIND A COMPASS FOR THEIR LIVES AND CAREERS, AND TO PURSUE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEMSELVES, HUMANITY, AND THE PLANET.

    Expenses $192,066,138 · Grants $84,486,657 · Revenue $162,025,992

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jennifer Curley Reichert

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Daniel Brindisi

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jo Ann Campbell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andrew Chan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathleen Perkins Colson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Andre Couture

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Cowan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sharee Freeman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robyn Munn Gengras

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Keith Henry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julie Black Hitch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Peter Hunt

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jay Ireland

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Edward Keller

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kirk Kellogg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shauna Ryan King

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mark Klett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephanie Birrell Luedke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Tarbox Luke

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Heather McCauley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Obi Nwaigwe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Scott O'Connell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nicholas G Penniman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emma Ca Phillips

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Derrick Pitts

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carolyn Davidow Putney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Christina Robichaud

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Trip Samson III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nicoline Sawabini

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Timothy Simpson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marion Roach Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • William Wilson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donna Winston

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathryn Morris

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $583,860
    From this org
    $519,922
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,938
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $514,028
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,894
    Deferred
    $43,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,238
    Filer's total
    $583,860

  • John Christopher

    GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $285,061
    From this org
    $252,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,294
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,096
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,671
    Deferred
    $15,606
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,688
    Filer's total
    $285,061

  • Karl Spiecker

    VP, FOR FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $341,714
    From this org
    $294,961
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,753
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $278,908
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $1,053
    Deferred
    $5,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,853
    Filer's total
    $341,714

  • Alison Del Rossi

    VP, DEAN ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $262,033
    From this org
    $229,579
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,454
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,075
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,504
    Deferred
    $14,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,072
    Filer's total
    $262,033

  • Robert Hance

    ASSOCIATE VP & CHIEF FACILITIES OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $174,476
    From this org
    $155,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,810
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,489
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,177
    Deferred
    $9,364
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,446
    Filer's total
    $174,476

  • Florence Hines

    VP, ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, DEAN OF ADM & FIN AID

    Total calculated
    $351,022
    From this org
    $255,818
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $95,204
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $254,107
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,711
    Deferred
    $15,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $79,254
    Filer's total
    $351,022

  • Kimberly Hissong

    VP, UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $264,286
    From this org
    $234,908
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,378
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $234,123
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $785
    Deferred
    $14,550
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,828
    Filer's total
    $264,286

  • Paul Redfern

    VP, UNIV COMMUNICATIONS & INST STRATEGIES

    Total calculated
    $292,397
    From this org
    $266,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,123
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $266,060
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $214
    Deferred
    $9,702
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,421
    Filer's total
    $292,397

  • Brent Brekke

    MENS HEAD COACH ICE HOCKEY

    Total calculated
    $341,426
    From this org
    $303,434
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,992
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,414
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,020
    Deferred
    $18,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,992
    Filer's total
    $341,426

  • Valerie Lehr

    PROFESSOR GENDER STUDIES

    Total calculated
    $216,574
    From this org
    $196,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,458
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,217
    Bonus
    $3,750
    Other
    $1,149
    Deferred
    $11,683
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,775
    Filer's total
    $216,574

  • Cassandra Peterson

    INTERIM EXEC DIR MAJ/PLAN GIFT

    Total calculated
    $178,977
    From this org
    $168,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,637
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,871
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $469
    Deferred
    $10,072
    Nontaxable benefits
    $565
    Filer's total
    $178,977

  • Karl Schoneberg

    PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT

    Total calculated
    $214,651
    From this org
    $173,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,134
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,672
    Bonus
    $200
    Other
    $645
    Deferred
    $10,493
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,641
    Filer's total
    $214,651

  • Robert Wells

    WOMENS HEAD COACH ICE HOCKEY

    Total calculated
    $320,848
    From this org
    $201,560
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $119,288
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,826
    Bonus
    $4,547
    Other
    $9,187
    Deferred
    $11,955
    Nontaxable benefits
    $107,333
    Filer's total
    $320,848

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 · First-class or charter travel
  • 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 · 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 1A - THE UNIVERSITY HAS A SPOUSAL TRAVEL POLICY. THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES HOUSING ALLOWANCES OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE FOR TRANSITIONING EMPLOYEES, THE VIEBRANZ PROFESSOR FOR CREATIVE WRITING, THE PRESIDENT AND THE VP FOR STUDENT LIFE. SOCIAL CLUB DUES AND PERSONAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENT AS DESCRIBED IN HER EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.

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.

  • ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY LONDON PROGRAMME

    501(C)(3) · STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS · UK · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

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.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • LAURENTIAN PROPERTIES LLC

    HOTEL AND RESTAURANT · NY · income $5,311,043 · assets $3,290,425

    Directly controlled by ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

  • LAURENTIAN REMOTE LLC

    EMPLOYEE OUTSOURCING · NY

    Directly controlled by ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202631079349300023

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