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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY.

Totals

Total revenue
$54,341,437
Total expenses
$56,716,161
Contributions and grants received
$8,214,980
Grants paid
$19,468,730
Program service revenue
$44,106,987
Investment income
$2,017,155
Other revenue
$2,315
Total assets, end of year
$105,265,457
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,228,701
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$84,036,756
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$43,766,161
Management and general expenses
$11,651,376
Fundraising expenses
$1,298,624
Program service expenses (Part III)
$43,766,161

Program services were 77.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,320,401

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,894,579

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

    total $37,859,678 · related or exempt $37,726,028 · unrelated business $133,650

  • 2b · Program service revenue: AUXILLIARY SERVICES

    total $6,247,309 · related or exempt $6,247,309

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2,017,155 · excluded $2,017,155

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $2,315 · excluded $2,315

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $19,468,730 · program services $19,468,730

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $896,650 · program services $265,653 · management and general $453,347 · fundraising $177,650

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $16,377,879 · program services $9,276,508 · management and general $6,666,509 · fundraising $434,862

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $262,217 · program services $226,821 · management and general $16,083 · fundraising $19,313

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $1,810,431 · program services $1,485,885 · management and general $135,816 · fundraising $188,730

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $555,705 · program services $480,693 · management and general $34,084 · fundraising $40,928

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,237 · program services $4,775 · management and general $32,462

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $73,673 · management and general $73,673

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $70,993 · fundraising $70,993

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,388,458 · program services $3,085,832 · management and general $279,042 · fundraising $23,584

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $229,508 · program services $106,425 · management and general $118,761 · fundraising $4,322

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $464,810 · program services $79,889 · management and general $291,410 · fundraising $93,511

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $712,784 · program services $126,450 · management and general $586,334

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,195,525 · program services $564,564 · management and general $1,624,626 · fundraising $6,335

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,281,612 · program services $1,054,820 · management and general $113,050 · fundraising $113,742

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $198,877 · program services $124,949 · management and general $67,924 · fundraising $6,004

  • 20 · Interest

    total $566,947 · program services $558,885 · management and general $8,062

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $25,000 · management and general $25,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,774,775 · program services $2,558,047 · management and general $216,728

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $305,842 · program services $1,013 · management and general $304,829

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $1,735,507 · program services $1,291,604 · management and general $339,387 · fundraising $104,516

  • 24b · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $1,554,082 · program services $1,354,877 · management and general $191,641 · fundraising $7,564

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD SERVICE

    total $1,450,566 · program services $1,450,566

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS

    total $214,906 · program services $150,802 · management and general $57,674 · fundraising $6,430

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $63,447 · program services $48,373 · management and general $14,934 · fundraising $140

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $8,088,276 · end of year $1,192,427

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $2,308,995

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,882,357 · end of year $1,762,752

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $728,577 · end of year $1,067,296

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $1,589,996 · end of year $1,300,908

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $57,993 · end of year $60,470

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $979,302

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

    $103,386,072

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

    $56,984,676

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $44,213,720 · end of year $46,401,396

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $43,046,371 · end of year $47,888,923

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $1,071,500 · end of year $1,363,800

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $202,118 · end of year $939,188

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,501,149 · end of year $1,824,808

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,312,855 · end of year $3,522,201

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $7,720,000 · end of year $7,080,000

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $3,373,521 · end of year $6,344,302

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,023,318 · end of year $2,457,390

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,630,806 · end of year $40,751,676

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $48,319,259 · end of year $43,285,080

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

A LEADER AMONG FAITH-BASED UNIVERSITIES, EASTERN MENNONITE UNIVERSITY EMPHASIZES PEACE-BUILDING, CREATION CARE, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND CROSS CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT. FOUNDED IN 1917 IN HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA, EMU IS AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF MENNONITE CHURCH USA. EMU SERVICES STUDENTS IN DIVERSE RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL BACKGROUNDS AND CONFERS UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND SEMINARY DEGREES. EMU EDUCATES STUDENTS TO SERVE AND LEAD IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT. OUR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHALLENGES STUDENTS TO PURSUE THEIR LIFE CALLING THROUGH SCHOLARLY INQUIRY, ARTISTIC CREATION, GUIDED PRACTICE, AND LIFE-CHANGING CROSS-CULTRUAL ENCOUNTER. WE INVITE EACH PERSON TO FOLLOW CHRIST'S CALL TO BEAR WITNESS TO FAITH, SERVE WITH COMPASSION AND WALK BOLDLY IN THE WAY OF NONVIOLENCE AND PEACE.

  • HIGHER EDUCATION: ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND CONDUCT NON-PROFIT UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE EDUCATIONAL PROGAMS FOR THE MENNONITE CHURCH AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. OVER 1,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED AND ADDITIONAL PERSONS WERE SERVED THROUGH NON-CREDIT SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS.

    Expenses $43,766,161 · Grants $19,468,730 · Revenue $43,973,337

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Manuel Nunez

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jb Miller

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jane Hoober Peifer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Louise Hostetter

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Diann Bailey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Randall Bowman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gloria Diener

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Liza Heavener

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Kriss

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Beny Krisbianto

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Margie Mejia-Caraballo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Gordon Meriwether

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cedric Moore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Glenna Ramer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Rosenberger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rajarshi Roy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ral E Obioha

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Taylor

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Janet Lind

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Schultz Huxman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $221,213
    From this org
    $221,213
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,213
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $221,213

  • Tynisha Willingham

    PROVOST

    Total calculated
    $88,251
    From this org
    $88,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Shawn Ramer

    VP FOR FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $36,565
    From this org
    $36,565
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Kirk Shisler

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $113,436
    From this org
    $113,436
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Shannon Dycus

    DEAN OF STUDENTS

    Total calculated
    $47,513
    From this org
    $47,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Mary Jensen

    VP FOR ENROLLMENT AND GROWTH

    Total calculated
    $127,142
    From this org
    $127,142
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Jacqueline Font-Guzman

    VP FOR DEI

    Total calculated
    $112,677
    From this org
    $112,677
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

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 · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · 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)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE UNIVERSITY REIMBURSES ORDAINED EMPLOYEES THAT ARE TREATED AS SELF-EMPLOYED FOR SOCIAL SECURITY TAX PURPOSES AT AN AMOUNT CALCULATED TO EQUAL FICA TAX THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID IF THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT TREATED AS SELF-EMPLOYED. HOUSING ALLOWANCE: PRESIDENTS TYPICALLY RECEIVE CAMPUS HOUSING VALUED AT $30,000 PER YEAR AS PART OF THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE. CLUB DUES: THE PRESIDENT IS PROVIDED A CLUB MEMBERSHIP USED FOR BUSINESS 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
202521359349301747

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