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← BENNINGTON COLLEGE

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BENNINGTON COLLEGE.

Totals

Total revenue
$90,820,710
Total expenses
$95,024,716
Contributions and grants received
$21,565,309
Grants paid
$38,897,336
Program service revenue
$66,945,550
Investment income
$1,075,152
Other revenue
$1,234,699
Total assets, end of year
$147,791,217
Total liabilities, end of year
$58,257,234
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$89,533,983
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$82,929,009
Management and general expenses
$9,955,837
Fundraising expenses
$2,139,870
Program service expenses (Part III)
$82,929,009

Program services were 87.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • NICHOLAS STEPHENS

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAMES SIMON

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BARBARA USHKOW DEANE

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SUZANNE BRUNDAGE

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PRISCILLA ALEXANDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TRACY KATSKY BOOMER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW CLARKE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WILLIAM DERROUGH

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALAN KORNBERG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL B ROWLAND

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELLEN BESKIND SAFIR

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARY SCANLAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHARLENE SOLOW SCHWARTZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JONATHAN MARC SHERMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CATHARINE STIMPSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DEBORAH BORDA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ODILI ODITA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELISSA A ROSENBURG

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE DAVISON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SEKKA SCHER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALISHA SHRESTHA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SAWYER LONDON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BRYN MOOSER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EDWARD UBELL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LORRAINE ATWOOD

    TREASURER/SVP OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $314,823
    From this org
    $274,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,248
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $274,575
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,285
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,963
    Filer's total
    $314,823

  • LAURA WALKER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $615,436
    From this org
    $553,101
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,335
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $534,712
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $18,389
    Deferred
    $30,285
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,050
    Filer's total
    $615,436

  • MAURICE HALL

    PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $297,320
    From this org
    $258,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $258,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,690
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,963
    Filer's total
    $297,320

  • ALLISON GOMES

    VP OF ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $271,864
    From this org
    $225,839
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,025
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,839
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,535
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,490
    Filer's total
    $271,864

  • ALFREDO MEDINA

    VP OF DEI

    Total calculated
    $234,409
    From this org
    $182,182
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,227
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,182
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,260
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,967
    Filer's total
    $234,409

  • JUDE HIGDON-TOPAZ

    AVP FOR IT AND CIO

    Total calculated
    $176,516
    From this org
    $164,216
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,300
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,216
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $176,516

  • JEFFREY PERKINS

    VP OF MARKETING

    Total calculated
    $188,702
    From this org
    $163,239
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,463
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,239
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,560
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,903
    Filer's total
    $188,702

  • MARK WUNDERLICH

    DIRECTOR OF MFA IN WRITING

    Total calculated
    $185,247
    From this org
    $160,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,203
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,044
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,903
    Filer's total
    $185,247

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 · Personal services (maid, chauffeur, chef)
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
HOUSING: AS A SMALL, RESIDENTIAL UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE, BENNINGTON'S PRESIDENT IS REQUIRED TO LIVE AT THE COLLEGE OWNED RESIDENCE MAINTAINED HISTORICALLY FOR THE USE OF SITTING PRESIDENT. IN ADDITION TO SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE, THE PRESIDENT'S HOUSE IS USED FOR NUMEROUS PRESIDENTIAL-LED ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TRUSTEE, FACULTY,STAFF, STUDENT AND ALUMNI MEETINGS, RECEPTIONS AND EVENTS. THE HOUSING IS NON-TAXABLE BENEFIT PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF THIS BENEFIT IS INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT REPORTED ON SCHEDULE J, PART II FOR NONTAXABLE BENEFITS. PERSONAL SERVICE: A HOUSEKEEPER IS PROVIDED TO THE PRESIDENT TO FACILITATE HER ABILITY TO FOCUS ON HER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. THE TOTAL COST OF WAGES AND BENEFITS FOR THE ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE PRESIDENT'S REPORTED TAXABLE WAGES.
PART I, LINE 4B
LAURA WALKER, PRESIDENT, PARTICIPATES IN A 457(B) PLAN AND THE AMOUNT ACCRUED UNDER THE PLAN FOR TAX YEAR 2024 WAS $23,000.

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.

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.

  • BC CAMPUS HOLDINGS LLC

    LEASING/FINANCING · VT · income -$302,199 · assets $49,390,639

    Directly controlled by BENNINGTON COLLEGE CORPORATION

Related partnerships

Part III: related organizations taxable as a partnership, with the filer's share.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • PERPETUAL TRUST

    T · TRUST · VA · share of income $23,447 · share of assets $468,480

  • PERPETUAL TRUST

    T · TRUST · MN · share of income $154,997 · share of assets $211,723

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202611359349308581

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