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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

Totals

Total revenue
$33,027,981
Total expenses
$30,146,830
Contributions and grants received
$14,174,563
Grants paid
$5,812,977
Program service revenue
$13,809,580
Investment income
$3,796,780
Other revenue
$1,247,058
Total assets, end of year
$130,756,934
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,130,644
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$126,626,290
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$20,210,987
Management and general expenses
$7,275,661
Fundraising expenses
$2,660,182
Program service expenses (Part III)
$20,210,987

Program services were 67.0% 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

    $285,071

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $341,763

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $671,693

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,876,036

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $351,717

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $13,354,663 · related or exempt $13,354,663

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COUNSELING CLINIC INCOME

    total $301,557 · related or exempt $301,557

  • 2c · Program service revenue: FINANCE CHARGES

    total $54,431 · related or exempt $54,431

  • 2d · Program service revenue: STUDENT CLINIC FEES

    total $36,900 · related or exempt $36,900

  • 2e · Program service revenue: LIBRARY FINES

    total $1,325 · related or exempt $1,325

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $60,704 · related or exempt $60,704 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,332,271 · unrelated business $590,120 · excluded $742,151

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,196,805

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $440,964

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $755,841 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $755,841 · related or exempt $116,376 · excluded $639,465

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $28,180,392

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

    securities $25,699,234 · other assets $16,649

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $2,481,158 · other assets -$16,649

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,464,509 · excluded $2,464,509

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $285,071

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $42,586

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$42,586 · excluded -$42,586

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $232,701

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $277,923

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$45,222 · excluded -$45,222

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $578,025 · excluded $578,025

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,000 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $1,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $579,025

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000 · program services $5,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $5,761,773 · program services $5,761,773

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $46,204 · program services $46,204

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,319,656 · program services $516,966 · management and general $686,882 · fundraising $115,808

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $10,833,143 · program services $6,242,970 · management and general $3,201,698 · fundraising $1,388,475

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $574,610 · program services $331,139 · management and general $169,824 · fundraising $73,647

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $916,315 · program services $528,058 · management and general $270,814 · fundraising $117,443

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $542,872 · program services $312,849 · management and general $160,444 · fundraising $69,579

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $27,891 · program services $16,073 · management and general $8,243 · fundraising $3,575

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $65,467 · management and general $48,586 · fundraising $16,881

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $148,060 · management and general $148,060

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $95,069 · fundraising $95,069

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $142,021 · management and general $142,021

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,822,603 · program services $1,050,337 · management and general $538,664 · fundraising $233,602

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $48,204 · program services $27,779 · management and general $14,247 · fundraising $6,178

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $668,412 · program services $385,195 · management and general $197,547 · fundraising $85,670

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,225,409 · program services $918,983 · management and general $306,426

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,616,640 · program services $931,644 · management and general $477,792 · fundraising $207,204

  • 17 · Travel

    total $883,691 · program services $509,257 · management and general $261,172 · fundraising $113,262

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $282,316 · program services $162,694 · management and general $83,438 · fundraising $36,184

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $6,689 · fundraising $6,689

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,940,226 · program services $1,706,397 · management and general $233,829

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $465,225 · program services $348,891 · management and general $116,334

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROCESSING FEES

    total $163,135 · program services $94,012 · management and general $48,214 · fundraising $20,909

  • 24b · Other expenses: REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

    total $146,292 · program services $84,306 · management and general $43,236 · fundraising $18,750

  • 24c · Other expenses: LIBRARY

    total $135,452 · program services $78,059 · management and general $40,032 · fundraising $17,361

  • 24d · Other expenses: STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    total $126,348 · program services $72,812 · management and general $37,342 · fundraising $16,194

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $138,107 · program services $79,589 · management and general $40,816 · fundraising $17,702

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $426,141 · end of year $1,470,093

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $106,105 · end of year $123,979

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,128,208 · end of year $2,037,587

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,863,609 · end of year $4,619,732

  • 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 $550,078 · end of year $533,533

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $165,935 · end of year $214,627

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $298,080 · end of year $291,320

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

    $62,561,635

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

    $26,190,012

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $32,481,092 · end of year $36,371,623

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $46,357,796 · end of year $50,517,889

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $33,397,349 · end of year $30,076,032

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $599,095 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,787,381 · end of year $4,500,519

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,996,882 · end of year $1,566,775

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,435,872 · end of year $1,477,477

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,220,938 · end of year $1,086,392

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $62,464,149 · end of year $69,279,972

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $55,043,028 · end of year $57,346,318

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (RTS) EXISTS TO GLORIFY THE TRIUNE GOD AND TO SERVE HIS CHURCH IN ALL BRANCHES OF EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY, ESPECIALLY PRESBYTERIAN AND REFORMED CHURCHES, BY PROVIDING REFORMED GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION THAT IS GLOBALLY ACCESSIBLE. REFORMED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EQUIPS ITS STUDENTS FOR MINISTRY, PRIMARILY THROUGH PASTORAL TRAINING, TO BE SERVANT LEADERS MARKED BY A MIND FOR TRUTH. A HEART FOR GOD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PREPARE LEADERS FOR THE CHURCH WITH A MIND FOR TRUTH AND A HEART FOR GOD THROUGH A PROGRAM OF GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION.

  • THE SEMINARY SERVES APPROXIMATELY 1,800 STUDENTS THROUGH CAMPUSES IN JACKSON, MS, ORLANDO, FL, CHARLOTTE, NC, METRO WASHINGTON, DC, ATLANTA, GA, HOUSTON, TX, DALLAS, TX, NEW YORK, NY, DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND AN EXTENSION SITE IN SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. IN ADDITION, THE SEMINARY IS ENHANCING REFORMED THEOLOGY CURRICULUM WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN INDONESIA. STUDENTS AT RTS ARE ENROLLED IN THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC DEGREE PROGRAMS: MASTER OF DIVINITY, MASTER OF ARTS (THEOLOGICAL STUDIES), MASTER OF ARTS (BIBLICAL STUDIES), MASTER OF ARTS (RELIGION), MASTER OF ARTS IN COUNSELING, MASTER OF ARTS IN CHRISTIAN COUNSELING, AND DOCTOR OF MINISTRY.

    Expenses $20,210,987 · Grants $5,812,977 · Revenue $13,925,956

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Larry W Edwards

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Richard L Ridgway

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Roderick S Russ III

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • William M Mounger II

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Benjamin W Roberson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Bf Bracy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Charles L Irby Sr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Collie W Lehn

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Craig C Rohde

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David H Lucas

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • George R Fair

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Hugh M Comer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • J Byron Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • J Scott Redd Sr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Paul Hurst III

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Robert T Curtis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Scott McLellan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • T David Elkin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • V Hu Meena

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Warren J Williamson Jr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • David Veldkamp

    Chief Enrollment Management Officer

    Total calculated
    $157,894
    From this org
    $128,647
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,247
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,344
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $928
    Deferred
    $8,170
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,077
    Filer's total
    $157,894
  • J Ligon Duncan III

    Chancellor and CEO

    Total calculated
    $326,372
    From this org
    $280,111
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,261
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $219,736
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $60,000
    Deferred
    $21,131
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,130
    Filer's total
    $326,372
  • Jessica Short

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $151,257
    From this org
    $135,362
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,895
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,362
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,231
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,664
    Filer's total
    $151,257
  • Michael Copening

    Chief Information Technology Officer

    Total calculated
    $99,935
    From this org
    $87,113
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,822
    Hours/week
    40
  • Richard Doggett

    Chief of Staff

    Total calculated
    $60,609
    From this org
    $53,786
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,823
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ricky Rayborn

    COO

    Total calculated
    $137,996
    From this org
    $108,840
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,156
    Hours/week
    40
  • Robert Cara

    Provost and Chief Academic Officer

    Total calculated
    $178,781
    From this org
    $148,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,392
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $127,016
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $20,998
    Deferred
    $10,897
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,495
    Filer's total
    $178,781
  • J SCOTT Redd JR

    President, Washington DC Campus

    Total calculated
    $182,354
    From this org
    $147,476
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,878
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $99,014
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $48,087
    Deferred
    $12,472
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,406
    Filer's total
    $182,354
  • James Harvey

    Executive Director, NYC Campus

    Total calculated
    $192,423
    From this org
    $155,504
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,919
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $55,642
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $99,487
    Deferred
    $17,024
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,895
    Filer's total
    $192,423
  • Mark McDowell

    Executive Director, Dallas and Houston Campus

    Total calculated
    $158,746
    From this org
    $125,306
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,440
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $86,629
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $38,302
    Deferred
    $10,307
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,133
    Filer's total
    $158,746
  • Michael Kruger

    PRESIDENT, CHAROLOTTE CAMPUS

    Total calculated
    $156,149
    From this org
    $122,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,438
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $72,336
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $50,000
    Deferred
    $11,352
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,086
    Filer's total
    $156,149
  • Scott Swain

    President, Orlando Campus

    Total calculated
    $159,157
    From this org
    $126,320
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,837
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $84,836
    Bonus
    $375
    Other
    $41,109
    Deferred
    $10,757
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,080
    Filer's total
    $159,157

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
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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 Housing allowance or residence for personal use
HOUSING ALLOWANCE OR RESIDENCE FOR PERSONAL USE HOUSING ALLOWANCES - ANNUALLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE SEMINARY. TWO OFFICERS, TWO KEY EMPLOYEES, AND THREE HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES RECEIVED HOUSING ALLOWANCES WHICH WERE INCLUDED IN THEIR TAXABLE COMPENSATION.

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.

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.

  • REFORMED PROPERTIES LLC

    REAL ESTATE · FL · income $240,722 · assets $1,116,114

    Directly controlled by RTS

  • BELCHER PROPERTIES LLC

    REAL ESTATE · MS · income $0 · assets $0

    Directly controlled by RTS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501009349300030

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