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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SAINT PETERS UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$125,880,811
Total expenses
$132,940,377
Contributions and grants received
$12,192,729
Grants paid
$45,118,060
Program service revenue
$108,473,372
Investment income
$5,065,243
Other revenue
$149,467
Total assets, end of year
$179,955,422
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,057,048
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$84,898,374
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$108,404,771
Management and general expenses
$23,129,146
Fundraising expenses
$1,406,460
Program service expenses (Part III)
$108,404,771

Program services were 81.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $372,119

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,392,042

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $5,428,568

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $205,660

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $100,381,038 · related or exempt $100,381,038

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES

    total $7,016,356 · related or exempt $7,016,356

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM-RELATED REVENUE

    total $1,075,978 · related or exempt $1,075,978

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,662,192 · excluded $1,662,192

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $291,472

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $46,578

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $244,894

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $244,894 · unrelated business $94,935 · excluded $149,959

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $36,057,130

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

    securities $32,654,079

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,403,051

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,403,051 · excluded $3,403,051

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $59,590

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $372,119

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $155,017

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$95,427 · excluded -$95,427

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $45,118,060 · program services $45,118,060

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,447,221 · program services $273,436 · management and general $1,173,785

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $32,040,308 · program services $25,846,792 · management and general $5,277,868 · fundraising $915,648

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,194,269 · program services $753,579 · management and general $409,067 · fundraising $31,623

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,909,691 · program services $4,046,791 · management and general $738,805 · fundraising $124,095

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,501,055 · program services $1,834,741 · management and general $602,373 · fundraising $63,941

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $517,920 · program services $22,309 · management and general $495,611

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $258,168 · management and general $258,168

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $175,162 · fundraising $175,162

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $252,366 · management and general $252,366

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $7,632,889 · program services $3,649,290 · management and general $3,982,599 · fundraising $1,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,172,460 · program services $1,948,545 · management and general $219,249 · fundraising $4,666

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $696,897 · program services $458,050 · management and general $234,283 · fundraising $4,564

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $555,693 · program services $358,910 · management and general $196,117 · fundraising $666

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $12,771,368 · program services $7,771,531 · management and general $4,999,837

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,162,989 · program services $953,340 · management and general $207,681 · fundraising $1,968

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,234,823 · program services $909,673 · management and general $325,111 · fundraising $39

  • 20 · Interest

    total $4,006,669 · program services $3,480,411 · management and general $526,258

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $6,152,023 · program services $5,475,723 · management and general $676,300

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,510,869 · program services $429,589 · management and general $1,081,280

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEAL PLANS

    total $2,737,631 · program services $2,737,323 · management and general $308

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES/SUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

    total $1,104,241 · program services $600,162 · management and general $420,991 · fundraising $83,088

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS

    total $1,051,089 · management and general $1,051,089

  • 24d · Other expenses: ATHLETICS

    total $500,935 · program services $500,935

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,235,581 · program services $1,235,581

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $19,973,575 · end of year $47,945

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,041 · end of year $11,687,348

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $6,527,880 · end of year $6,823,139

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,984,634 · end of year $2,592,058

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $828,283 · end of year $1,428,617

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

    $222,166,359

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

    $110,991,963

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $111,032,875 · end of year $111,174,396

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $45,722,075 · end of year $44,690,498

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $212,490 · end of year $212,490

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,144,364 · end of year $1,298,931

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,249,221 · end of year $4,765,394

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,689,012 · end of year $3,514,055

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $22,699,424 · end of year $22,652,388

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $3,870 · end of year $26,670

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $56,644,787 · end of year $57,364,868

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,237,102 · end of year $6,733,673

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,519,672 · end of year $26,390,932

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $61,393,129 · end of year $58,507,442

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY, INSPIRED BY ITS JESUIT, CATHOLIC IDENTITY, COMMITMENT TO INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION, AND GROUNDING IN THE LIBERAL ARTS, EDUCATES A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS IN UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS TO EXCEL INTELLECTUALLY, LEAD ETHICALLY, SERVE COMPASSIONATELY, AND PROMOTE JUSTICE IN OUR EVER-CHANGING URBAN AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EDUCATE A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS TO EXCEL, LEAD, SERVE AND PROMOTE JUSTICE.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $79,601,978 · Grants $44,208,884 · Revenue $100,381,038

  • STUDENT SERVICES - INCLUDES ENROLLMENT SERVICES, REGISTRAR, HEALTH AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL AID, CAMPUS MINISTRY, STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, INTERCOLLEGIATE AND INTRAMURAL SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES, AND STUDENT HOUSING.SPONSORED PROGRAMS - INCLUDES VARIOUS PRIVATE PROGRAMS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STUDENT BODY, SUCH AS ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, ACADEMIC CHAIRS, CAPITAL CAMPAIGN, AND VARIOUS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS.

    Expenses $28,802,793 · Grants $909,176 · Revenue $8,092,334

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • Hubert Benitez DDS PhD

    PRESIDENT, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $274,960
    From this org
    $227,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,460
    Hours/week
    55 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $27,500
    Deferred
    $4,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,460
    Filer's total
    $274,960
  • Kenneth Moore

    CHAIR, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maureen Lemke Pergola

    VICE CHAIR, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nadine Augusta

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James M Conti

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Joseph Costantino Sj

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia M Digioia MD Facs

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eugene O Flinn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael A Gomez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noreen Heath-Beaman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Stephen Katsouros

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robert Lahita MD PhD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Charles M Lizza Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Luddy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas P Mac Mahon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Francis McGrail

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Niurka Mederos

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Alejandro Olayo-Mendez

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William T Price III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • J Paul Schaetzle

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christina Shea

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Maria Solorzano

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Balmer Tully

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Toni Ann Turco

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elnardo J Webster II Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John B Wilson Esq

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marilda Gandara Esq

    TRUSTEE TO 8/4/2025

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George E Martin PhD

    TRUSTEE TO 11/29/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev James Miracky Sj

    TRUSTEE TO 7/1/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • La Toro Yates PhD

    TRUSTEE TO 10/16/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin J Downes

    VICE CHAIR, TRUSTEE TO 7/1/2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Virginia Bender PhD

    SEC/SPEC ASST TO PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $224,916
    From this org
    $196,739
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,177
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,739
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,338
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,839
    Filer's total
    $224,916
  • Weidong Zhu

    INTERIM VP OF ACADEMICS

    Total calculated
    $224,706
    From this org
    $170,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $54,221
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,622
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $15,863
    Deferred
    $7,731
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,490
    Filer's total
    $224,706
  • Paul Ciraulo

    VP FINANCE & BUSINESS TO 8/29/2025

    Total calculated
    $219,760
    From this org
    $213,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,488
    Hours/week
    55 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,272
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,398
    Nontaxable benefits
    $90
    Filer's total
    $219,760
  • Frederick P Bonato

    PROVOST/ACADEMIC VP TO 8/1/2024

    Total calculated
    $181,944
    From this org
    $156,435
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,509
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,435
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,654
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,855
    Filer's total
    $181,944
  • Leah M Leto Ed

    VP ADVANCEMENT TO 6/2/2025

    Total calculated
    $272,728
    From this org
    $213,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,578
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $213,150
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,592
    Nontaxable benefits
    $49,986
    Filer's total
    $272,728
  • Jeffrey Gant

    VP OF ENROLLMENT & MKT TO 6/12/2025

    Total calculated
    $208,865
    From this org
    $202,608
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,257
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $202,608
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,078
    Nontaxable benefits
    $179
    Filer's total
    $208,865
  • Katherine Arcuri

    ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $202,581
    From this org
    $162,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,181
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $162,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,714
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,467
    Filer's total
    $202,581
  • Bashir Mason

    MEN'S BASKETBALL COACH

    Total calculated
    $578,042
    From this org
    $509,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $68,157
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $399,885
    Bonus
    $100,000
    Other
    $10,000
    Deferred
    $15,945
    Nontaxable benefits
    $52,212
    Filer's total
    $578,042
  • Kimberly Reeve - Kpmg Dean

    FRANK J. GUARINI SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

    Total calculated
    $212,340
    From this org
    $187,975
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,365
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,775
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $200
    Deferred
    $6,151
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,214
    Filer's total
    $212,340
  • Maryellen Hamilton

    PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

    Total calculated
    $193,608
    From this org
    $169,149
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,459
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,483
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $47,666
    Deferred
    $6,074
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,385
    Filer's total
    $193,608
  • Cynthia McDaniel

    CONTROLLER TO 3/27/2025

    Total calculated
    $170,609
    From this org
    $167,475
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,134
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,475
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,134
    Filer's total
    $170,609
  • Gulhan Bizel

    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DATA SCIENCE

    Total calculated
    $167,250
    From this org
    $162,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,921
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $85,309
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $77,020
    Deferred
    $4,265
    Nontaxable benefits
    $656
    Filer's total
    $167,250
  • Eugene Cornacchia PhD

    FORMER OFFICER, TRUSTEE TO 6/30/2024

    Total calculated
    $474,085
    From this org
    $430,752
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,333
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $236,385
    Bonus
    $135,000
    Other
    $59,367
    Deferred
    $7,880
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,453
    Filer's total
    $474,085

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1:
THE PRESIDENT RESIDES IN A UNIVERSITY-OWNED PROPERTY AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT AND FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY. THE ANNUAL FAIR MARKET RENTAL OF THE UNIVERSITY-OWNED PROPERTY AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY $50,042 IN 2024 AND WAS NOT REPORTED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION ON THE PRESIDENTS' 2024 FORMS W-2 IT IS INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (D), SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN CURRENT PRESIDENT HUBERT BENITEZ, DDS, PH.D., AND FORMER PRESIDENT EUGENE CORNACCHIA, PH.D. THE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES CLEANING SERVICES TO THE PRESIDENT'S UNIVERSITY-OWNED RESIDENCE. THE VALUE OF THESE SERVICES WAS APPROXIMATELY $2,661 IN 2024 AND WAS NOT REPORTED AS TAXABLE COMPENSATION ON THE PRESIDENTS' 2024 FORMS W-2. IT IS INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (D), SPLIT EQUALLY BETWEEN CURRENT PRESIDENT HUBERT BENITEZ, DDS, PH.D., AND FORMER PRESIDENT EUGENE CORNACCHIA, PH.D.
PART I, LINE 7:
PER THE TERMS OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT, EUGENE CORNACCHIA, PH.D., WAS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AWARD OF UP TO 15% OF BASE SALARY BASED UPON AN EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE AGAINST PRE-DETERMINED OBJECTIVES. THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGREED ON SUCH GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THE PRECISE AMOUNT OF SUCH AN AWARD, IF ANY, WAS DETERMINED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS PAID A PERFORMANCE BONUS OF $60,000 IN CALENDAR YEAR 2024. THIS AMOUNT WAS INCLUDED IN THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S 2024 FORM W-2 AND IS INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J PART II COLUMN (B)(II). THE REMAINING $75,000 BONUS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J PART II COLUMN (B)(II) IS A FIXED RETENTION BONUS.
PART I, LINE 8:
HUBERT BENITEZ, DDS, PH.D., PRESIDENT AS OF JULY 1, 2024, HAS A CONTRACT IN PLACE THROUGH JUNE 30, 2029.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • SPJC MANAGEMENT

    C · INACTIVE · NJ · 100% owned · share of assets $133,290 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY

  • ST PETER'S UNIVERSITY EVENTS COMPANY

    C · TO SUPPORT SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY · NJ · 100% owned · share of income $91,123 · share of assets $282,162 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630779349300038

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