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← ROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ROBERTS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$54,537,055
Total expenses
$61,568,449
Contributions and grants received
$2,640,427
Grants paid
$20,584,193
Program service revenue
$49,562,932
Investment income
$949,275
Other revenue
$1,384,421
Total assets, end of year
$122,422,313
Total liabilities, end of year
$27,768,592
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$94,653,721
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$55,784,809
Management and general expenses
$5,558,184
Fundraising expenses
$225,456
Program service expenses (Part III)
$55,784,809

Program services were 90.6% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $31,263

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $141,585

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,467,579

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $43,711,877 · related or exempt $43,711,877

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SALES & SERVICES OF AUXILIARY ENTERPRISE

    total $5,092,926 · related or exempt $5,092,926

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAM REVENUE

    total $758,129 · related or exempt $758,129

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $501,479 · unrelated business $17,419 · excluded $484,060

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $16,067,215

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

    securities $15,619,419

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $447,796 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $447,796 · excluded $447,796

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,119

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

    $31,263

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $8,394

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$6,275 · excluded -$6,275

  • 11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENTS

    total $787,670 · related or exempt $787,670

  • 11b · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $603,026 · related or exempt $603,026

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,390,696

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $20,584,193 · program services $20,584,193

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $477,404 · program services $415,077 · management and general $55,362 · fundraising $6,965

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $20,673,342 · program services $18,544,412 · management and general $1,977,856 · fundraising $151,074

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,000 · program services $20,617 · management and general $2,211 · fundraising $172

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,993,100 · program services $1,786,611 · management and general $191,596 · fundraising $14,893

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $192,982 · management and general $192,982

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $90,645 · management and general $90,645

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $131,034 · management and general $131,034

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,417,499 · program services $2,167,040 · management and general $250,459 · fundraising $0

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $812,335 · management and general $812,335

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $799,442 · program services $716,619 · management and general $76,850 · fundraising $5,973

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $401,255 · management and general $401,255

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,208,966 · program services $1,980,113 · management and general $212,348 · fundraising $16,505

  • 17 · Travel

    total $746,026 · program services $668,737 · management and general $71,715 · fundraising $5,574

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $72,987 · program services $65,918 · management and general $7,069

  • 20 · Interest

    total $887,853 · program services $801,861 · management and general $85,992

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,251,968 · program services $2,915,058 · management and general $312,610 · fundraising $24,300

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $685,865 · management and general $685,865

  • 24a · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT AND EVENTS

    total $2,884,885 · program services $2,884,885

  • 24b · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES

    total $2,031,792 · program services $2,031,792

  • 24c · Other expenses: ALLOWANCE FOR BAD DEBTS

    total $110,732 · program services $110,732

  • 24d · Other expenses: ACADEMIC SUPPLIES, BOOKS, ETC

    total $91,144 · program services $91,144

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,394 · end of year $9,344

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,650,095 · end of year $6,178,233

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,952,496 · end of year $2,763,235

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,168,104 · end of year $3,777,218

  • 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 $388,582 · end of year $408,153

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $28,927 · end of year $28,927

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $303,941 · end of year $467,495

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

    $148,819,001

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

    $79,139,308

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $70,459,130 · end of year $69,679,693

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $28,682,829 · end of year $29,613,140

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $15,779,631 · end of year $8,731,810

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,750,572 · end of year $765,065

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,164,350 · end of year $2,611,915

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,853,958 · end of year $1,933,433

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $18,574,736 · end of year $13,670,587

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $7,011,758

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $7,622,572 · end of year $2,540,899

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $68,050,298 · end of year $61,876,103

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,907,787 · end of year $32,777,618

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AS NEW YORK'S LEADING UNIVERSITY FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION, RWU IS A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS COMMITTED TO HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY, WHICH SEEKS TO PREPARE THOUGHTFUL, SPIRITUALLY MATURE, SERVICE-ORIENTED PEOPLE WHO WILL TRANSFORM SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

A COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS COMMITTED TO HISTORIC CHRISTIANITY, RWU SEEKS TO PREPARE THOUGHTFUL, SPIRITUALLY MATURE, SERVICE-ORIENTED PEOPLE WHO WILL TRANSFORM SOCIETY.

  • ROBERTS IS AN INNOVATIVE AND DISTINCTIVE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY OFFERING EXCELLENCE IN 90 PLUS LIBERAL ARTS AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS. THE UNIVERSITY PREPARES STUDENTS FOR SERVICE TO HUMANITY IN BUSINESS, THE ARTS AND A VARIETY OF HUMAN SERVICE FIELDS. DURING THE 23-24 FISCAL YEAR, OVER 1,700 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED.

    Expenses $55,784,809 · Grants $20,584,193 · Revenue $50,953,628

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Deborah Schmidt

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Janet Balajthy

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Kevin Mannoia

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Terry Taber

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Barbara Rose

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Caryl Wenzke LEFT 0823

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Chad Goodchild

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • David Rinker LEFT 0524

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Deborah White

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Duncan O'Dwyer LEFT 1023

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Dwight Kip Palmer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Emerson Fullwood

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Eric Logan

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Guy Adams

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Herbert Alexander

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Holly Hillberg

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • John Jennings

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Justin Niebel START 1023

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Linda Adams LEFT 0524

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Mauricio Riveros LEFT 0923

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Pam Braman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Paul Lysander

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Ramona Graham

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Tim Harner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Wayne McCown

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Wesley Jr Skinner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Alexander H Jones LEFT 0624

    VP for Institutional Advancement

    Total calculated
    $151,872
    From this org
    $126,374
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,498
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,374
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,295
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,203
    Filer's total
    $151,872
  • Benjamin Espinoza LEFT 0823

    VP Northeastern Seminary

    Total calculated
    $79,711
    From this org
    $61,065
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,646
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related
  • David W Basinger

    Chief Academic Officer

    Total calculated
    $157,018
    From this org
    $143,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,594
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,424
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,404
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,190
    Filer's total
    $157,018
  • Ken Motsenbocker START 0324

    Chief Financial Officer (Interim)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    35 + 7 related
  • Kimberley A Wiedefeld

    VP for Enrollment Management

    Total calculated
    $146,368
    From this org
    $114,842
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,526
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kristen M Brown LEFT 0324

    VP for Student Experience

    Total calculated
    $133,738
    From this org
    $121,589
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,149
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related
  • Laurie J Leo LEFT 0324

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $160,861
    From this org
    $156,938
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,923
    Hours/week
    40 + 7 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,938
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,923
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $160,861
  • Rupert A Hayles Jr START 0723

    President

    Total calculated
    $161,264
    From this org
    $145,236
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,028
    Hours/week
    40 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,236
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,351
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,677
    Filer's total
    $161,264
  • Simao Da Silva START 1223

    VP of Operations & Bus Dev

    Total calculated
    $6,731
    From this org
    $6,731
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stephen Bovee

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Total calculated
    $135,787
    From this org
    $102,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,953
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cheryl L Repass

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $147,047
    From this org
    $121,785
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,262
    Hours/week
    40
  • Diana D Abbott

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $111,350
    From this org
    $109,174
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,176
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jennifer A Aube

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $156,312
    From this org
    $121,687
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,625
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,687
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,319
    Nontaxable benefits
    $32,306
    Filer's total
    $156,312
  • Kathleen B Stoklosa

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $123,925
    From this org
    $122,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,725
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rachel Adams Goertel

    Professor

    Total calculated
    $139,649
    From this org
    $118,746
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,903
    Hours/week
    40
  • Deana L Porterfield

    Former President

    Total calculated
    $155,280
    From this org
    $114,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,580
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $114,700
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,874
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,706
    Filer's total
    $155,280

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 · Travel for companions
  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1a · Health or social club dues or initiation fees
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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 Travel for companions
THE PRESIDENT OF ROBERTS IS CONSIDERED A KEY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THEREFORE TRAVEL COSTS RELATED TO CERTAIN OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY MEETINGS ARE NONTAXABLE TO THE PRESIDENT.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Housing allowance or residence for personal use
THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT RESIDES IN UNIVERSITY PROVIDED HOUSING WHICH ALSO SERVES AS A PLACE FOR MEETINGS WITH UNIVERSITY GUESTS, STUDENTS, DONORS, AND ALUMNI AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 1a Health or social club dues or initiation fees
THE UNIVERSITY PAYS ANNUAL DUES FOR THE PRESIDENTS DINING CLUB MEMBERSHIP TO PROVIDE A QUALITY, OFF-CAMPUS MEETING VENUE. THE PRESIDENT IS THE ONLY INDIVIDUAL ABLE TO USE, SOLELY FOR UNIVERSITY RELATED PURPOSES.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501349349302895

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