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← EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$59,986,096
Total expenses
$62,117,519
Contributions and grants received
$8,024,494
Grants paid
$18,818,858
Program service revenue
$49,969,871
Investment income
$2,241,036
Other revenue
-$249,305
Total assets, end of year
$162,683,502
Total liabilities, end of year
$25,438,731
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$137,244,771
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$53,703,830
Management and general expenses
$7,772,606
Fundraising expenses
$641,083
Program service expenses (Part III)
$53,703,830

Program services were 86.5% 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

    $432,425

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $497,757

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,711,302

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,383,010

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $76,582

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TUITION AND FEES

    total $38,319,387 · related or exempt $38,319,387

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILIARY REVENUE

    total $10,988,688 · related or exempt $10,988,688

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $661,796 · related or exempt $661,796

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,142,374 · excluded $2,142,374

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $14,921 · excluded $14,921

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $65,979

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $215,303

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$149,324

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$149,324 · excluded -$149,324

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,402,716

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

    securities $1,282,707 · other assets $21,347

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $120,009 · other assets -$21,347

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $98,662 · excluded $98,662

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $3,675

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

    $432,425

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $118,577

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$114,902 · excluded -$114,902

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $18,818,858 · program services $18,818,858

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,418,278 · program services $410,398 · management and general $818,574 · fundraising $189,306

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $139,583 · program services $104,523 · management and general $28,475 · fundraising $6,585

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $15,892,040 · program services $14,090,301 · management and general $1,707,920 · fundraising $93,819

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $798,845 · program services $703,258 · management and general $87,559 · fundraising $8,028

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,138,685 · program services $1,180,087 · management and general $951,355 · fundraising $7,243

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,146,758 · program services $978,029 · management and general $148,319 · fundraising $20,410

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,360 · management and general $25,360

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $105,784 · management and general $105,784

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $293,000 · management and general $293,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,617,581 · program services $201,466 · management and general $1,341,827 · fundraising $74,288

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $156,716 · program services $9,304 · management and general $67,412 · fundraising $80,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,945,261 · program services $2,661,272 · management and general $236,531 · fundraising $47,458

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $407,688 · program services $373,413 · management and general $30,734 · fundraising $3,541

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,698,126 · program services $3,518,779 · management and general $123,449 · fundraising $55,898

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,825,105 · program services $1,735,039 · management and general $74,000 · fundraising $16,066

  • 20 · Interest

    total $679,741 · program services $619,704 · management and general $53,835 · fundraising $6,202

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,533,513 · program services $3,221,421 · management and general $279,853 · fundraising $32,239

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,437,075 · program services $38,456 · management and general $1,398,619

  • 24a · Other expenses: DINING SERVICES

    total $3,335,471 · program services $3,335,471

  • 24b · Other expenses: STUDENT SERVICES

    total $466,787 · program services $466,787

  • 24c · Other expenses: AUXILIARY SERVICES

    total $448,142 · program services $448,142

  • 24d · Other expenses: INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENSES

    total $441,800 · program services $441,800

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $347,322 · program services $347,322

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $230,165 · end of year $288,457

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $818,832 · end of year $330,595

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $39,060 · end of year $31,435

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,546,646 · end of year $1,629,868

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $166,569 · end of year $186,240

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $649,135 · end of year $848,955

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

    $135,933,187

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

    $55,030,798

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,095,322 · end of year $80,902,389

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $17,939,674 · end of year $16,549,468

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $44,550,363 · end of year $47,773,400

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $13,284,205 · end of year $14,142,695

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $2,464,746 · end of year $2,650,614

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $3,481,530 · end of year $2,745,350

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $20,806,595 · end of year $19,366,987

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $450,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $382,627 · end of year $225,780

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $50,955,001 · end of year $50,092,388

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $84,229,472 · end of year $87,152,383

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (ETBU) WAS FOUNDED IN 1912 AS A FULLY ACCREDITED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. AFFILIATED WITH THE BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION OF TEXAS, ETBU EDUCATES STUDENTS BY INTEGRATING BIBLICAL FAITH AND LEARNING TO DEVELOP MIND, BODY AND SOUL THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO PREPARE GRADUATES TO BE CHRISTIAN SERVANT LEADERS IN THEIR CALLING TO GOD AND HUMANITY. OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS ON QUALITY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS IN THE HUMANITIES, NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, FINE ARTS, AND BUSINESS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP AND TO PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, SERVING STUDENTS OF VARIED AGES AND OF DIVERSE SOCIOECONOMIC, GEOGRAPHIC, CULTURAL, ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS. WE AFFIRM THAT THE LIBERAL ARTS FORM THE SUREST FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION AND THAT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH PROVIDES THE SUREST FOUNDATION FOR LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ETBU IS A CHRIST-CENTERED UNIVERSITY FOCUSED ON PREPARING STUDENTS TO BE CHRISTIAN LEADERS.

  • EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY IS A FULLY ACCREDITED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND ITS SERVICE IS THE INSTRUCTION OF STUDENTS. THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY IS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS BY INTEGRATING BIBLICAL FAITH AND LEARNING TO DEVELOP MIND, BODY, AND SOUL THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO PREPARE GRADUATES TO BE CHRISTIAN SERVANT LEADERS IN THEIR CALLING TO GOD AND HUMANITY. FOR THE FALL 2024 SEMESTER, THE UNIVERSITY ENROLLED 1,663 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND 281 GRADUATE STUDENTS. ETBU STUDENTS HAVE THE CHOICE OF MULTIPLE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS, AND TWO DOCTORAL PROGRAMS. PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED THROUGH THE SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS, CHRISTIAN STUDIES, COMMUNICATION AND PERFORMING ARTS, HUMANITIES, EDUCATION, NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, NURSING, PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, AND B.H. CARROLL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. WITH A STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO OF 15:1 AND AN AVERAGE CLASS SIZE OF 20, STUDENTS RECEIVE INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION TAUGHT THROUGH A CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW AND VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY COURSE CONTENT OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. DEDICATED FACULTY AND STAFF ARE HOLISTICALLY SHAPING ETBU TIGERS INTO CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS AND SERVANT LEADERS, EQUIPPING THE NEXT GENERATION TO SHARE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IN THEIR FUTURE VOCATIONS.

    Expenses $53,703,830 · Grants $18,818,858 · Revenue $49,969,871

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Pamela Coursey

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mike Arnold

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Suzanne McWhorter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rev James Webb

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judge David Anderson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Balfe

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Barnes

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Bell

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Boone

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sherry Bustin

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leon Carter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Chadwick

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Roy Cotton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Belinda Dennis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Dm Edwards

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Henry

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rev Leonard Hornsby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Angela Huffhines

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tamiko Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Diane Lane

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Lazenby

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leon Leach

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chip Luter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hon Chris Paddie

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Peeler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Allison Peteet

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Ben G Raimer

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linda Ringler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kelli Richardson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shannon Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrea Spinney

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melody Thompson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Tompkins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Kent Willis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Keith Hill

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rj Collins

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Patrick Combs

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Benson

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Glenn Bickerdike

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Tyrrel Grohman

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Cary Hilliard

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr David Ritsema

    TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Blair Blackburn

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $622,298
    From this org
    $562,555
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,743
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $444,350
    Bonus
    $115,883
    Other
    $2,322
    Deferred
    $41,707
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,036
    Filer's total
    $622,298
  • Dr Thomas Sanders

    SECRETARY/PROVOST/VP FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $222,842
    From this org
    $190,672
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,170
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,113
    Bonus
    $13,500
    Other
    $11,059
    Deferred
    $15,592
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,578
    Filer's total
    $222,842
  • Joanna Hammond

    VP FIN. AFFAIRS/CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $145,234
    From this org
    $105,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,504
    Hours/week
    40
  • Ryan Erwin

    SENIOR VP FOR CAMPUS LIFE

    Total calculated
    $203,243
    From this org
    $175,412
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,831
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,185
    Bonus
    $3,000
    Other
    $5,227
    Deferred
    $14,251
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,580
    Filer's total
    $203,243
  • Dr Scott Bryant

    VP FOR ADVANCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

    Total calculated
    $185,218
    From this org
    $154,208
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,010
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,640
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $1,068
    Deferred
    $18,630
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,380
    Filer's total
    $185,218
  • Chris Crawford

    AVP OPERATIONS/SOCCER COACH

    Total calculated
    $151,865
    From this org
    $128,179
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,686
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,043
    Bonus
    $500
    Other
    $30,636
    Deferred
    $10,486
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,200
    Filer's total
    $151,865
  • Dr Colleen Halupa

    DEAN OF ONLINE EDUCATION

    Total calculated
    $129,591
    From this org
    $119,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,513
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lee S Ferguson

    FORMER CFO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $129,339
    From this org
    $102,637
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,702
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Marty Warren

    DEAN OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $126,334
    From this org
    $106,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,624
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dr Grace Fant

    DEAN/PROFESSOR

    Total calculated
    $119,100
    From this org
    $104,145
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,955
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, AND AS A CONVENIENCE TO THE UNIVERSITY, THE PRESIDENT IS PROVIDED A HOME ON UNIVERSITY GROUNDS. THESE BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED AS NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ACCORDINGLY. THE UNIVERSITY ALSO PROVIDES GROUNDS CARE AND HOUSEKEEPING FOR THE HOME SINCE THE PRESIDENT HOSTS FUNCTIONS FOR THE UNIVERSITY AT HIS HOME. THE HOME IS PROVIDED AS A NONTAXABLE BENEFIT TO THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE IT IS REQUIRED IN HIS CONTRACT AND HE RESIDES THERE FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY. THESE BENEFITS ARE PROVIDED AS NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS ACCORDINGLY.
PART I, LINE 4B
THE PRESIDENT RECEIVED 457(F) PLAN CONTRIBUTIONS OF $75,000 WHICH WAS NOT TAXABLE.
PART I, LINE 7
THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES DISCRETIONARY BONUS COMPENSATION THAT IS DETERMINED BASED ON PERFORMANCE-BASED GOALS ACHIEVED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD. DISCRETIONARY BONUS COMPENSATION FOR OFFICERS IS DETERMINED BY THE PRESIDENT BASED ON PERFORMANCE.

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.

Related corporations and trusts

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

  • CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS (10)

    HOLD ASSETS & REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

  • PERPETUAL TRUSTS (57)

    HOLD ASSETS & REMIT INCOME TO UNIVERSITY · TX · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by EAST TEXAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 April 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621059349300232

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