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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW.

Totals

Total revenue
$22,910,177
Total expenses
$22,377,878
Contributions and grants received
$6,544,592
Grants paid
$7,547,205
Program service revenue
$16,351,204
Investment income
$10,435
Other revenue
$3,946
Total assets, end of year
$19,469,490
Total liabilities, end of year
$11,096,808
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,372,682
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$18,212,518
Management and general expenses
$4,165,360
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$18,212,518

Program services were 81.4% 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

    $287,526

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $150,667

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,106,399

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $5,870

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION & FEES

    total $15,116,175 · related or exempt $15,116,175

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STAFF & STUDENT HOUSING

    total $1,226,675 · related or exempt $1,226,675

  • 2c · Program service revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $8,354 · related or exempt $8,354

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $10,435 · excluded $10,435

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $121,750

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

    $287,526

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $120,837

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $913 · excluded $913

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $13,978

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $10,945

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $3,033 · excluded $3,033

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $7,547,205 · program services $7,547,205

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,326,023 · management and general $1,326,023

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,491,724 · program services $5,657,075 · management and general $834,649

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $774,376 · program services $665,505 · management and general $108,871

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $519,024 · program services $393,730 · management and general $125,294

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $85,073 · management and general $85,073

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $145,091 · management and general $145,091

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $281,262 · program services $31,262 · management and general $250,000

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $224,510 · program services $18,051 · management and general $206,459

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $181,688 · program services $49,364 · management and general $132,324

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $110,217 · program services $110,217

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,837,828 · program services $1,727,220 · management and general $110,608

  • 17 · Travel

    total $249,345 · program services $72,891 · management and general $176,454

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $37,933 · program services $19,310 · management and general $18,623

  • 20 · Interest

    total $390,845 · program services $369,711 · management and general $21,134

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $513,916 · program services $486,126 · management and general $27,790

  • 24a · Other expenses: ALL OTHER EXPENSES

    total $646,473 · program services $130,965 · management and general $515,508

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS AND DATAB

    total $382,382 · program services $382,382

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAR PREPARATION

    total $280,023 · program services $280,023

  • 24d · Other expenses: STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

    total $144,841 · program services $140,709 · management and general $4,132

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $208,099 · program services $130,772 · management and general $77,327

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,105,158 · end of year $4,289,509

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,907,596 · end of year $101,493

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,069,230 · end of year $1,330,397

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $22,020 · end of year $19,307

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $340,068 · end of year $445,093

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

    $22,920,522

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

    $9,794,201

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,588,944 · end of year $13,126,321

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $18,770 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $212,309 · end of year $157,370

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $753,938 · end of year $820,163

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $478,652 · end of year $428,575

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $10,082,822 · end of year $9,710,670

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $108,300 · end of year $137,400

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,490,241 · end of year $4,563,771

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,350,142 · end of year $3,808,911

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EDUCATING STUDENTS LEADING TO A JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE

Activities or mission (Part I)

EDUCATE STUDENTS LEADING TO A JURIS DOCTORATE DEGREE

  • AVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH A TRADITIONAL EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF LAW. THE EDUCATION WILL LEAD TO CONFERRAL OF THE JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE. FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES BENEFIT ANY TAX EXEMPT PURPOSE OF AVE MARIA SCHOOL OF LAW.

    Expenses $18,212,518 · Grants $7,547,205 · Revenue $16,351,204

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Thomas S Monaghan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas B Garlick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard Klaas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Cardinal Maida

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ronald J Rychlak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michel Saadeh

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Ann Gadziala

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Czarnetzky

    PRESIDENT/DEAN

    Total calculated
    $321,017
    From this org
    $302,271
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,746
    Hours/week
    55

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $282,271
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,746
    Filer's total
    $321,017
  • Frank J Dewane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lawrence J Blanford

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • The Honorable Callista L Gingrich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frank Corvino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John J Ferguson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cathy Ruse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • James J Kelleher

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathleen H Kane

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaye Castro

    ASSOCIATE DEAN

    Total calculated
    $192,875
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,875
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,875
    Filer's total
    $192,875
  • Ulysses Jaen

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $222,287
    From this org
    $197,305
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,982
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,305
    Bonus
    $56,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,982
    Filer's total
    $222,287
  • Richard Day

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $300,088
    From this org
    $275,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,088
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,000
    Bonus
    $40,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,088
    Filer's total
    $300,088
  • Eugene Milhizer

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $243,724
    From this org
    $225,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,724
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,500
    Bonus
    $37,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,724
    Filer's total
    $243,724
  • Kevin Govern

    PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $210,609
    From this org
    $185,789
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,820
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,789
    Bonus
    $26,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,820
    Filer's total
    $210,609
  • Roxanna Cruz

    ASSOCIATE DEAN

    Total calculated
    $184,861
    From this org
    $184,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $534
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,327
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $534
    Filer's total
    $184,861

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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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
6 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501129349301365

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